EKF introduces the SPX-PHASE, a peripheral slot card for CompactPCI® Serial systems. The board serves as a quad carrier for M.2 3042 style WWAN modules, e.g. 3G or 4G (LTE) modems, and also forthcoming technologies beyond 4G. Four front panel Mini SIM card slots are provided.
The R/F module connectors are strapped to an on-board 4:1 R/F combiner circuit, for minimum external antenna cabling effort.
The SPX-PHASE is well suited especially for higher throughput applications which require WWAN bandwidth aggregation and redundancy.
As an option, the SPX-PHASE can be equipped with a custom specific 8HP or 12HP front panel, providing up to six or twelve more antenna connectors, which would be strapped directly to the module W.FL type R/F jacks, hence bypassing the R/F combiner circuit.
An on-board PCI Express® to quad USB 3.0 5Gbps controller is used as upstream connection from the M.2 sockets to the CompactPCI® Serial CPU card.
The R/F module connectors are strapped to an on-board 4:1 R/F combiner circuit, for minimum external antenna cabling effort.
The SPX-PHASE is well suited especially for higher throughput applications which require WWAN bandwidth aggregation and redundancy.
As an option, the SPX-PHASE can be equipped with a custom specific 8HP or 12HP front panel, providing up to six or twelve more antenna connectors, which would be strapped directly to the module W.FL type R/F jacks, hence bypassing the R/F combiner circuit.
An on-board PCI Express® to quad USB 3.0 5Gbps controller is used as upstream connection from the M.2 sockets to the CompactPCI® Serial CPU card.
Feature Summary
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- General
- PICMG® CompactPCI® Serial Standard (CPCI-S.0) Peripheral Slot Card
- Single Size Eurocard 3U 4HP 100x160mm2
- CompactPCI® Serial backplane Connector P1
- Suitable for PCIe x1 Gen2 peripheral slots
- USB Controller
- Texas Instruments PCI Express® to quad-port USB 3.0 controller TUSB7340
- PCI Express® x 1 Gen2 interface for optimum performance
- USB 3.0 xHCI (eXtensible host controller interface) SuperSpeed supported
- USB 2.0 high-speed, full-speed, low-speed supported
- Drivers available for download
- M.2 Sockets
- 4 x M.2 sockets, for 30mm x 42mm cards, B-key
- Socket 2 WWAN configuration according to PCI Express M.2 Specification Rev. 1.1 2016
- USB controlled host I/F, USB 3.0 and USB 2.0
- Future proof by USB 3.0 SuperSpeed, maximum data rate 5Gbps full duplex
- Legacy compliant 2G/3G/4G (LTE) by USB 2.0 480Mbps
- +3.3V power supply, 3.7A typ. current limited electronic power switches, option I2C controlled M.2 socket power on/off
- F/P Mini SIM card holder associated to each socket, 2 x dual-slot
- Suitable for 25mm x 15mm 2FF UICC, often referred to as 'Standard SIM'
- Front panel screw lock solution available for Mini SIM cards
- Front panel LED array associated to M.2 modem LED outputs
- Common F/P antenna connector SMA R/P for simplified external antenna cabling
- Custom specific F/P design for additional pigtail antenna connectors (8HP/12HP width)
- R/F Combiner/Splitter Circuit
- Mini-Circuits SEPS-4-272+, on-board soldering, 4:1
- 690-2700MHz, 50 Ohm
- Isolation 20dB typ.
- nsertion loss 7dB typ. 800-2200MHz
- Active antenna DC current 1A max. (250mA per port)
- On-board R/F strapping from M.2 WWAN modules (e.g. diversity antenna connector) to combiner/splitter via e.g. Hirose W.FL or I-PEX MHF4 or Murata HSC (2x2mm2) coaxial connectors and cable assemblies
- Combiner/splitter bypassing option w. pigtail antenna connectors (custom specific F/P required e.g. 8HP width)
- Applications
- WWAN e.g. 3G 4G LTE with or w/o data transfer rate aggregation
- Railway, transportation
- Industrial IoT networking
- Environment & Regulation
- Designed & manufactured in Germany
- Certified quality management according to ISO 9001
- Long term availability
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