Silex Technology SXPCEACDB SX-PCEAC-DB User Manual

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(1/18) CONFIDENTIAL © silex technology, Inc. Title: PCI Express Half mini card WLAN module SX-PCEAC-DB Drawing Type : User’s manual Date : March 18, 2016
Date：March 18, 2016 (2/18) CONFIDENTIAL © silex technology, Inc. Revision HistoryRev. Description Date Prepared Checked Approved 1 The first edition. Mar.18,16 K.Yoshikawa Y.Shibuya T.Kometani
Date：March 18, 2016 (3/18) CONFIDENTIAL © silex technology, Inc. Table of Contents 1. Introduction ............................................................................. 4 2. Overview ................................................................................. 4 3. Hardware system block diagram ............................................................ 5 4. Board specifications ..................................................................... 6 4.1. General specifications ......................................................... 6 4.2. Environmental specifications ................................................... 6 4.3. Electrical specifications ...................................................... 7 4.4. Wireless LAN general specifications .............................................. 8 5. Connector interface specifications ....................................................... 10 5.1. PCI Express Mini Card edge pin assignments .................................... 10 6. Mechanical Specifications ............................................................... 12 7. System requirements and quick start guide ................................................ 13 8. Notifications ........................................................................... 15
Date：March 18, 2016 (4/18) CONFIDENTIAL © silex technology, Inc. 1. Introduction This document describes about hardware specifications of “SX-PCEAC-DB”. 2. Overview SX-PCEAC-DB is the radio module which supports Dual Band IEEE802.11ac/a/b/g/n and PCI express 1.1. This module complies with EU RoHS Directive 2011/65/EC(Lead Free). This module is made up of an Chipset QCA9880-BR4A (Qualcomm Atheros) which contains a MAC/BBP, 2.4GHz RF front end circuits and a 5GHz RF front end module AWL9581(Anadigics). Also this module supports high speed 3x3 SU-MIMO and 80MHz bandwidth. Features ❑ IEEE 802.11ac/a/b/g/n conformity (2.4GHz & 5GHz) ❑ Supports the 3 streams 3 x 3 SU-MIMO system and 80MHz band width for 5GHz. (Throughput up to 1300Mbps) ❑ Data rates of 1 - 54 Mbps for 802.11b/g, 6 - 54 Mbps for 802.11a, MCS0-7 for 802.11n and MCS0-9 for 802.11ac. ❑ Supports IEEE802.11e, IEEE 802.11h and IEEE 802.11i. ❑ Supports PCI express 1.1 as the host IF of wireless LAN * Not supported MU-MIMO and 160MHz bandwidth.
Date：March 18, 2016 (5/18) CONFIDENTIAL © silex technology, Inc. 3. Hardware system block diagram ① QCA9880 Wireless Lan base band IC. Generates base band signal. ② Low pass filter Cuts off signal above 2.5GHz. ③ Band pass filter Cuts off signal under 5GHz and above 6GHz. ④ Single pole double throw switch Switches Tx and Rx of 2.4GHz. ⑤ Fron end module Integrates a 5GHz power amplifier, a 5GHz low noise and Tx/Rx select swtich. ⑥ Single pole double throw switch Switches 2.4GHz and 5GHz. ⑦ Co-axial connector NOTE1 Antenna port. MHF4 type. ⑧ Crystal driver Generates 40MHz system clock. ⑨ Voltage stabilizer NOTE2 Stabilize +3.3VDC for RF. ⑩ Switching regulator NOTE2 Coverts +3.3VDC to +1.2VDC. NOTE1 Any signals of 1 stream data, 2 stream data and 3 stream data is output from three antennas. NOTE2 Any voltage source for RF parts are generated/stabilized on the module.(RF +3.3V, RF +1.2V) RF performance shown in the product spec is not affected by any behaviors of external +3.3V supply.
Date：March 18, 2016 (6/18) CONFIDENTIAL © silex technology, Inc. 4. Board specifications 4.1. General specifications Items Specifications Units Remarks Connector Type PCI express mini card edge － Antenna connectors MHF4 Alternative connector x 3 pcs Device Interfaces PCI Express Mini Card v1.2 － Signal definitions : PCI Express v1.1 RF Interface IEEE802.11ac/a/b/g/n - MTBF 90,000 h Min. 4.2. Environmental specifications Items Specifications Units Remarks Min. Typ. Max. Operating Temperature -20 － +60 ℃ Case temperature After assembled with powered Operating humidity 20 － 80 %RH Non condensing After assembled with powered Assembled storage temperature -20 － +85 ℃ After assembled with no-powered Storage humidity 20 － 85 %RH Non condensing After assembled with no-powered
Date：March 18, 2016 (7/18) CONFIDENTIAL © silex technology, Inc. 4.3. Electrical specifications Absolute Maximum Ratings (Ta=+25℃) Items Specifications Units Remarks Min. Typ. Max. Main Power supply voltage (VDD) -0.3 － +3.6 V Recommended Operating Conditions (Ta=+25℃) Items Specifications Units Remarks Min. Typ. Max. Main Power supply voltage (VDD) +3.135 +3.3 +3.465 V Digital logic signal level (Ta=+25℃) Items Parameters Specifications Units Remarks Sink current Min. Typ. Max. VIH Input High Voltage 0.7 x VDD － － V VIL Input Low Voltage － － 0.3 x VDD V VOH Output High Voltage 0.9 x VDD － － V VOL Output Low Voltage － － 0.1 x VDD V ※All voltage source for the analog RF power supply is internally regulated in the module, and RF performance described in this document is not affected by any variation for external power source.
Date：March 18, 2016 (8/18) CONFIDENTIAL © silex technology, Inc. 4.4. Wireless LAN general specifications Items Specifications Units Remarks Chipset QCA9880-BR4A (Qualcomm Atheros) － Country code US － Center frequency 11a/11nHT20/11acVHT20 5180 - 5825 MHz US:W52/W53/W56/W58 11n HT40/11ac VHT40 5190 - 5795 11ac VHT80 5210 - 5775 11b 2412 - 2462 MHz US:2412–2462MHz 11g 2412 - 2462 MHz 11ng HT20 2412 - 2462 MHz 11ng HT40 2422 - 2452 MHz Channel spacing 11a/11nHT20/11acVHT20 20 MHz 11nHT40/11acVHT40 40 11acVHT80 80 11b/11g/11ngHT20/11ngHT40 5 Link rate 11b 1,2,5.5L,5.5S,11L,11S Mbps 11a/g 6,9,12,18,24,36,48,54 Mbps 11ng/na/ac 1-3 Stream MCS0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 － Modulation type 11b DSSS(CCK,DQPSK,DBPSK) － 11a/11g OFDM (64QAM,16QAM,QPSK,BPSK) 11na/11ng/11ac OFDM (256QAM,64QAM,16QAM,QPSK,BPSK) Hardware encryption engine WiFi RC4(64-128bit) － AES(128-256bit) －
Date：March 18, 2016 (9/18) CONFIDENTIAL © silex technology, Inc. Usable channel list 11b Ch.1, Ch.2, Ch.3, Ch.4, Ch.5, Ch.6, Ch.7, Ch.8, Ch.9, Ch.10, Ch.11 11g Ch.1, Ch.2, Ch.3, Ch.4, Ch.5, Ch.6, Ch.7, Ch.8, Ch.9, Ch.10, Ch.11 11ng HT20 Ch.1, Ch.2, Ch.3, Ch.4, Ch.5, Ch.6, Ch.7, Ch.8, Ch.9, Ch.10, Ch.11 11ng HT40 Ch.3, Ch.4, Ch.5, Ch.6, Ch.7, Ch.8, Ch.9 11a Ch.36, Ch.40, Ch.44, Ch.48, Ch.52, Ch.56, Ch.60, Ch.64 Ch.100, Ch.104, Ch.108, Ch.112, Ch.116, Ch.120, Ch.124, Ch.128, Ch.132, Ch.136, Ch140 Ch.145, Ch.149, Ch.153, Ch.157, Ch.161, Ch.165 11n HT20 11ac VHT20 Ch.36, Ch.40, Ch.44, Ch.48, Ch.52, Ch.56, Ch.60, Ch.64 Ch.100, Ch.104, Ch.108, Ch.112, Ch.116, Ch.120, Ch.124, Ch.128, Ch.132, Ch.136, Ch140 Ch.145, Ch.149, Ch.153, Ch.157, Ch.161, Ch.165 11n HT40 11ac VHT40 Ch.38, Ch.46, Ch.54, Ch.62 Ch.102, Ch.110, Ch.118, Ch.126, Ch.134 Ch.151, Ch.159 11ac VHT80 Ch.42, Ch.58 Ch.106, Ch.122 Ch.155 ・Above region code relating channel list is programmed in the module by module manufacturer (Silex). ・Since programmed region code and channel list is binary data and user cannot know the structure of program, any customers cannot change usable channels. Operation theory Client mode (Station) Operation frequencies Active/Passive ad-hoc mode 2.4GHz band 11b/g/n 2412-2462MHz Active scan No W52 11a/an/ac 5180-5240MHz Active scan No W53 11a/an/ac 5260-5320MHz Passive scan No W56 11a/an/ac 5500-5700MHz ※IC:5600-5650MHz disable Passive scan No W58 11a/an/ac 5745-5825MHz Active scan No Compliance with FCC requirement 15.407(c) Data transmission is always initiated by software, which is the passed down through the MAC, through the digital and analog baseband, and finally to the RF chip. Several special packets are initiated by the MAC. These are the only ways the digital baseband portion will turn on the RF transmitter, which it then turns off at the end of the packet. Therefore, the transmitter will be on only while one of the aforementioned packets is being transmitted. In other words, this device automatically discontinue transmission in case of either absence of information to transmit or operational failure.
Date：March 18, 2016 (10/18) CONFIDENTIAL © silex technology, Inc. 5. Connector interface specifications 5.1. PCI Express Mini Card edge pin assignments Pin Numbers Pin Names Types Descriptions 1 RESERVED OD WAKE_L 2 +3.3Vaux PWR 3 RESERVED IO Connected to GPIO. 4 GND GND 5 RESERVED IO Connected to GPIO. 6 RESERVED NC 7 RESERVED OD CLKREQ_L 8 RESERVED NC 9 GND GND 10 RESERVED NC 11 REFCLK- IA PCI Express differential reference clock (100MHz) 12 RESERVED NC 13 REFCLK+ IA PCI Express differential reference clock (100MHz) 14 RESERVED NC 15 GND GND 16 RESERVED NC Mechanical key 17 RESERVED NC 18 GND GND 19 RESERVED NC 20 RESERVED IO Disable wireless module. On board Pull-up(10kohm) 21 GND GND 22 PERST_L IL Express reset. Internal weak pull-down 23 PERn0 OA Module : Differential data transmit 24 +3.3Vaux PWR 25 PERp0 OA Module : Differential data transmit
Date：March 18, 2016 (11/18) CONFIDENTIAL © silex technology, Inc. Pin Numbers Pin Names Types Descriptions 26 GND GND 27 GND GND 28 RESERVED NC 29 GND GND 30 RESERVED NC 31 PETn0 IA Module : Differential data receive 32 RESERVED NC 33 PETp0 IA Module : Differential data receive 34 GND GND 35 GND GND 36 RESERVED NC 37 RESERVED NC 38 RESERVED NC 39 RESERVED NC Connected to pin 41 internally 40 GND GND 41 RESERVED NC Connected to pin 39 internally 42 RESERVED NC 43 RESERVED GND Connected to GND 44 RESERVED IO Connected to GPIO. 45 RESERVED IO Connected to GPIO 46 RESERVED NC 47 RESERVED IO Connected to GPIO. 48 RESERVED NC 49 RESERVED NC 50 GND GND 51 RESERVED NC 52 +3.3V PWR NC : No Connection. IO : Digital bidirectional pin. IA : Analog input signal. OA : Analog output signal. OD : Digital output signal with open drain. IL : Input signal with weak internal pull-down. PWR : Power signal. GND : Ground signal.
© silex technology, Inc.6. Mechanical Specifications *Solder thickness=0.1mm All dimension tolerances are +/ silex technology, Inc.Mechanical Specifications*Solder thickness=0.1mmdimension tolerances are +/ TOP Viewsilex technology, Inc. Mechanical Specifications*Solder thickness=0.1mm dimension tolerances are +/ TOP View Mechanical Specifications dimension tolerances are +/-0.15 mm, unless otherwise specified. (12/18 0.15 mm, unless otherwise specified. 4.002.101.00SIDE View 18) 0.15 mm, unless otherwise specified.4.002.101.00 0.15 mm, unless otherwise specified. BOTTOM View Date：CONFIDENTIAL Thickness +/ BOTTOM View ：March 18, 2016CONFIDENTIAL +/-0.15mmThickness +/-0.25mm March 18, 2016 CONFIDENTIAL 0.15mm 0.25mm
Date：March 18, 2016 (13/18) CONFIDENTIAL © silex technology, Inc. 7. System requirements and quick start guide 1) System requirements Prepare the host CPU board whose spec requirements are shown below. System pecifications Items Descriptions MCU (CPU) ARM based 1.0GHz or greater SoC from any companies. Eg. Freescale i.MX6SX – 1200MHz Memory size ROM : 512MB, RAM : 1GB or greater OS Linux any kernel distribution Host interface PCI Express 1.1 2) Install the driver which is provided by Silex to the CPU board. Any other 3rd party’s software shall be rejected due to Subsystem ID mismatch. 3) Install the SX-PCEAC-DB board to the CPU board. CPU boardSX-PCEAC-DBBoardPCI Expressmini Card connector
Date：March 18, 2016 (14/18) CONFIDENTIAL © silex technology, Inc. System block diagram 4) Antenna location Attach the antenas to the co-axial connectors on the SX-PCEAC-DB board. This product doesn’t include the CPU board and the plastic case. The figure below is an assumed example of embedded system. Both the baseboard and the case does not affect to RF performance including Antenna performance as long as distance between each antenna is farther than 30mm. Installater must keep this distance when installing this module.
Date：March 18, 2016 (15/18) CONFIDENTIAL © silex technology, Inc. 8. Notifications FCCID ：N6C-SXPCEACDB IC ：4908A-SXPCEACDB Regulatory notice Channel Selection For product available in the USA/Canada market, only channel 1~11 can be operated. Selection of other channels is not possible. Fcc Rules Part 15 FCC CAUTION Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. FCC Rules, Part 15 §15.19(a)(3) / IC RSS Gen §8.4 Below sentences must be indicated on the final product which contains this module inside. This device complies with part 15 of FCC Rules and Industry Canada’s licence-exempt RSSs. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Le présent appareil est conforme aux CNR d’Industrie Canada applicables aux appareils radio exempts de licence. L’exploitation est autorisée aux deux conditions suivantes : 1) l’appareil ne doit pas produire de brouillage; 2) l’utilisateur de l’appareil doit accepter tout brouillage radioélectrique subi, même si le brouillage est susceptible d’en compromettre le fonctionnement. FCC Rules Part 15 Subpart C §15.247 and Subpart E / IC RSS-102 §2.6 This equipment complies with FCC/IC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment and meets the FCC radio frequency (RF) Exposure Guidelines and RSS-102 of the IC radio frequency (RF) Exposure rules. This equipment should be installed and operated keeping the radiator at least 20cm or more away from person’s body. Cet équipement est conforme aux limites d ’ exposition aux rayonnements énoncées pour un environnement non contrôlé et respecte les règles les radioélectriques (RF) de la FCC lignes directrices d'exposition et d’exposition aux fréquences radioélectriques (RF) CNR-102 de l’IC. Cet équipement doit être installé et utilisé en gardant une distance de 20 cm ou plus entre le radiateur et le corps humain.
Date：March 18, 2016 (16/18) CONFIDENTIAL © silex technology, Inc. FCC Rules Part 15 Subpart E §15.407(c) Compliance with FCC requirement 15.407(c) Data transmission is always initiated by software, which is the passed down through the MAC, through the digital and analog baseband, and finally to the RF chip. Several special packets are initiated by the MAC. These are the only ways the digital baseband portion will turn on the RF transmitter, which it then turns off at the end of the packet. Therefore, the transmitter will be on only while one of the aforementioned packets is being transmitted. In other words, this device automatically discontinue transmission in case of either absence of information to transmit or operational failure. FCC Rules Part 15 Subpart E §15.407(g) Frequency Tolerance: +/-20 ppm FCC Rules Part 15 Subpart C §15.247(g) / Subpart E This device and its antenna(s) must not be co-located or operation in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. RSS-Gen §8.3 This radio transmitter 4908A-SXPCEACDB has been approved by Industry Canada to operate with the antenna types listed below with the maximum permissible gain and required antenna impedance for each antenna type indicated. Antenna types not included in this list, having a gain greater than the maximum gain indicated for that type, are strictly prohibited for use with this device. Le numéro IC du présent émetteur radio 4908A-SXPCEACDB a été approuvé par Industrie Canada pour fonctionner avec les types d'antenne énumérés ci-dessous et ayant un gain admissible maximal et l'impédance requise pour chaque type d'antenne. Les types d'antenne non inclus dans cette liste, ou dont le gain est supérieur au gain maximal indiqué pour ce type, sont strictement interdits pour l'exploitation avec cet appareil. Certified antenna list Part number Vendor Antenna Gain 2.4GHz W52 W53 W56 W58 Units 146153 Molex +3.25 +5.00 +5.00 +5.00 +5.00 dBi H2B1PC1A1C (AA258) Unictron +2.90 +4.40 +4.40 +4.40 +4.40 dBi H2B1PD1A1C (AA222) Unictron +2.80 +4.20 +4.20 +4.20 +4.20 dBi
Date：March 18, 2016 (17/18) CONFIDENTIAL © silex technology, Inc. RSS-247 Issue 1 May 2015 Radio Standards Specification RSS-247, Issue 1, Digital Transmission Systems (DTSs), Frequency Hopping Systems (FHSs) and Licence-Exempt Local Area Network (LE-LAN) Devices, is a new standard to replace annexes 8 and 9 of RSS-210, Issue 8, Licence-exempt Radio Apparatus (All Frequency Bands): Category I Equipment. At the date of publication of this standard, devices covered under the scope of this document will no longer be certified under RSS-210, Issue 8. Le Cahier des normes radioélectriques 247, 1re édition, Les systèmes de transmission numérique (STN), les systèmes à sauts de fréquence (SSF) et les dispositifs de réseaux locaux exempts de licence (RL-EL), remplace les annexes 8 et 9 du CNR-210, 8e édition, Appareils radio exempts de licence (pour toutes les bandes de fréquences) : matériel de catégorie I. À la date de publication de la présente norme, les dispositifs visés par ce document ne seront plus certifiés conformément au CNR-210, 8e édition. Frequency Band 5150 – 5250 MHz LE-LAN devices are restricted to indoor operation only in the band 5150-5250 MHz. Les dispositifs LAN-EL sont restreints à une utilisation à l'intérieur, dans la bande 5150-5250MHz. High-power radars are allocated as primary users (i.e. priority users) of the bands 5250-5350 MHz and 5650-5850 MHz and that these radars could cause interference and/or damage to LE-LAN devices. Les radars de haute puissance sont désignés comme utilisateurs principaux (c’ est-à dire utilisateurs prioritaires) pour les bandes 5250-5350 MHz et 5650-5850 MHz, et que ces radars peuvent provoquer du brouillage et/ou des dommages aux dispositifs LAN-EL.
Date：March 18, 2016 (18/18) CONFIDENTIAL © silex technology, Inc. WARNING： The FCC / The Industry Canadaregulations provide that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’sauthority to operate the equipment. Manual and Product Labeling information To The End User The end user manual shall include all required regulatory information/warning as show in this manual.And when this module is installed in the host product, you must include a “Contain FCC ID : N6C-SXPCEACDB”and a “Contain IC: 4908A- SXPCEACDB” in the label of the host product. This module is designed for embedded purpose into the general electric devices, and is not designed for high reliability demands like aircraft instruments, nuclear control instruments, high reliability medical instruments, high reliability security instruments or any other devices required extremely high reliability and quality. • As this module communicates by radio wave, it is strongly recommended to use some security system to prevent unexpected information leakage to others. • This module is a radio module for embedded purpose. Please understand functions and features of this module, and evaluate as the final product which has this module embedded. Also, as evaluation of EMC conformity of this module has not been performed, EMC conformity evaluation and application must be performed with the final product which this module is embedded. • This module will effect to some other device or be affected by the some other device using the same frequency band.Please investigate the environment to use this module beforehand. • Disassembling or modifying the radio module leads to punishment based on radio law. • This module is the embedded module that has the exposed connectors or some devices.Please be careful for electro static, condensing, and other dusts. • “The OEM integrator has to be aware not to provide information to the end user regarding how to install or remove this RF module in the user’s manual of the end product which integrates this module.” IMPORTANT NOTE: In the event that these conditions cannot be met (for example co-location with another transmitter), then the FCC / IC authorization is no longer considered valid and the FCC / IC ID cannot be used on the final product. In these circumstances, the OEM integrator will be responsible for reevaluating the end product (including the transmitter) and obtaining a separate FCC / IC authorization. As long as a condition above is met, further transmitter test will not be required. However, the OEM integrator is still responsible for testing their end product for any additional compliance requirements required with this module installed (for example, digital device emissions, PC peripheral requirements, etc.

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