Telit Wireless Solutions GM862-GPS - Manual (Page 10)

GM862-GPS Hardware User Guide
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3 Power Supply
The power supply circuitry and board layout are the most important part in the full product design and
they strongly reflect on the product overall performances, hence read carefully the requirements and
the guidelines that will follow for a proper design.
3.1 Power Supply Requirements
The GM862-GPS power requirements are:
• Nominal
Supply Voltage: 3.8 V
• Max Supply Voltage: 4.2 V
• Supply voltage range: 3.4 V - 4.2 V
• Max Peak current consumption (impulsive): 1.9 A
• Max Average current consumption during GPRS transmission (rms): 500 mA
• Max Average current consumption during VOICE/CSD transmission (rms): 270 mA
• Average current during Power Saving: ≈ 4 mA
• Average current during idle (Power Saving disabled) ≈ 19 mA
• GPS Max Peak current consumption: 80 mA
• GPS Max Average current consumption during Tracking: 60 mA
• GPS Average current during Power Saving: ≈ 1 mA
• GPS antenna consumption (external active antenna) ≈ 20 mA
The GSM system is made in a way that the RF transmission is not continuous, else it is packed into
bursts at a base frequency of about 216 Hz, the relative current peaks can be as high as about 2A.
Therefore the power supply has to be designed in order to withstand with these current peaks without
big voltage drops; this means that both the electrical design and the board layout must be designed for
this current flow.
If the layout of the PCB is not well designed a strong noise floor is generated on the ground and the
supply; this will reflect on all the audio paths producing an audible annoying noise at 216 Hz; if the
voltage drop during the peak current absorption is too much, then the device may even shutdown as a
consequence of the supply voltage drop.
TIP: The electrical design for the Power supply should be made ensuring it will be capable of a peak current output
of at least 2 A.