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MGM13S12 Module Radio Board

BRD4305E Reference Manual

The BRD4305E Mighty Gecko Radio Board contains a Mighty Gecko MGM13S12 mod-

ule which integrates Silicon Labs' EFR32MG13 Mighty Gecko SoC into a small form fac-

tor System-in-Package (SiP) module. The fully certified module contains all components

(a high-performance transceiver, an energy efficient 32-bit MCU, HF crystal, RF pas-

sives, and antenna) required for a system-level implementation of Zigbee, Thread, Blue-

tooth® Low Energy, and proprietary wireless networks operating in the 2.4 GHz band

with 18 dBm output power.

RADIO BOARD FEATURES

• Wireless Module: MGM13S12F512GA

•CPU core: ARM Cortex®-M4 with FPU

• Flash memory: 512 kB

• RAM: 64 kB

• Operation frequency: 2.4 GHz

• Transmit power: 18 dBm

• Integrated chip antenna, RF matching

network, HF crystal, and decoupling

• Option for UFL connector

• Crystal for LFXO: 32.768 kHz

• 8 Mbit low-power serial flash for over-the-

air updates

The BRD4305E Mighty Gecko Radio Board plugs into the Wireless Starter Kit Main-

board, which is included with the Mighty Gecko Starter Kit and gives access to display,

buttons, and additional features from expansion boards. With the supporting Simplicity

Studio suite of tools, developers can take advantage of graphical wireless application

development, mesh networking debug and packet trace, and visual energy profiling and

optimization.

This document contains a brief introduction and description of the BRD4305E Radio

Board features, focusing on the RF performance.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction ................................3

2. Radio Board Connector ...........................4

2.1 Introduction...............................4

2.2 Radio Board Connector Pin Associations.....................4

3. Radio Board Block Summary .........................5

3.1 Introduction...............................5

3.2 Radio Board Block Diagram .........................5

3.3 Radio Board Block Description ........................5

3.3.1 Wireless SiP ............................5

3.3.2 LF Crystal Oscillator (LFXO) .......................5

3.3.3 UFL Connector ...........................5

3.3.4 Radio Board Connectors ........................6

3.3.5 Serial Flash ............................6

3.3.6 Serial EEPROM ...........................6

4. Mechanical Details .............................7

5. EMC Compliance ..............................8

5.1 Introduction...............................8

5.2 EMC Regulations for 2.4 GHz ........................8

5.2.1 ETSI EN 300-328 Emission Limits for the 2400-2483.5 MHz Band ..........8

5.2.2 FCC15.247 Emission Limits for the 2400-2483.5 MHz Band ............8

5.2.3 Applied Emission Limits for the 2.4 GHz Band .................8

6. RF Performance ..............................9

6.1 Conducted Power Measurements .......................9

6.1.1 Conducted Measurements in the 2.4 GHz Band ................9

6.2 Radiated Power Measurements ........................10

6.2.1 Radiated Measurements in the 2.4 GHz Band .................10

7. EMC Compliance Recommendations ......................11

7.1 Recommendations for 2.4 GHz ETSI EN 300-328 Compliance .............11

7.2 Recommendations for 2.4 GHz FCC 15.247 Compliance ...............11

8. Board Revision History .......................... 12

9. Errata ................................. 13

10. Document Revision History ........................ 14

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1. Introduction

The BRD4305E Radio Boards provide a development platform (together with the Wireless Starter Kit Mainboard) for the Silicon Labs

Mighty Gecko MGM13S12 modules.

By carrying the MGM13S12 module, the BRD4305E Radio Board is designed to operate in the 2400-2483.5 MHz with the maximum of

18 dBm output power.

To develop and/or evaluate the MGM13S12 module, the BRD4305E Radio Board can be connected to the Wireless Starter Kit Main-

board to get access to display, buttons, and additional features from expansion boards (EXP boards).

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2. Radio Board Connector

2.1 Introduction

The board-to-board connector scheme allows access to all MGM13S12 GPIO pins as well as the RESETn signal. For more information

on the functions of the available pins, see the MGM13S12 data sheet.

2.2 Radio Board Connector Pin Associations

The figure below shows the mapping between the connector and the MGM13S12 pins and their function on the Wireless Starter Kit

Mainboard.

GND

F9 / PA3 / VCOM.#RTS_#CS

3v3

UIF_BUTTON1 / PF7 / P36

P200

Upper Row

NC / P38

NC / P40

NC / P42

NC / P44

DEBUG.TMS_SWDIO / PF1 / F0

DISP_ENABLE / PD15 / F14

UIF_BUTTON0 / PF6 / F12

UIF_LED0 / PF4 / F10

VCOM.#CTS_SCLK / PA2 / F8

DEBUG.RESET / RADIO_#RESET / F4

DEBUG.TDO_SWO / PF2 / F2

DISP_SI / PC6 / F16

VCOM.TX_MOSI / PA0 / F6

PTI.DATA / PB12 / F20

DISP_EXTCOMIN / PD13 / F18

USB_VBUS

Board ID SCL

GND

Board ID SDA

USB_VREG

F7 / PA1 / VCOM.RX_MISO

F5 / PA5 / VCOM_ENABLE

F3 / PF3 / DEBUG.TDI

F1 / PF0 / DEBUG.TCK_SWCLK

P45 / NC

P43 / NC

P41 / NC

P39 / NC

P37 / PD9 / SENSOR_ENABLE

F11 / PF5 / UIF_LED1

F13 / PF7 / UIF_BUTTON1

F15 / PC8 / DISP_SCLK

F17 / PD14 / DISP_SCS

F19 / PB13 / PTI.SYNC

F21 / PB11 / PTI.CLK

GND VMCU_IN

VCOM.#CTS_SCLK / PA2 / P0

P201

Lower Row

VCOM.#RTS_#CS / PA3 / P2

PD10 / P4

PD11 / P6

GND VRF_IN

P35 / PD15 / DISP_ENABLE

P7 / PC9

P5 / PC8 / DISP_SCLK

P3 / PC7

P1 / PC6 / DISP_SI

P33 / PD14 / DISP_SCS

P31 / PD13 / DISP_EXTCOMIN

P29 / NC

P27 / 1V8*

P25 / NC

P23 / NC

P21 / NC

P19 / NC

P17 / NC

P15 / NC

P13 / PC11

P11 / PA1 / VCOM.RX_MISO

P9 / PA0 / VCOM.TX_MOSI

UIF_BUTTON0 / PF6 / P34

UIF_LED1 / PF5 / P32

UIF_LED0 / PF4 / P30

DEBUG.TDO_SWO / PF2 / P28

DEBUG.TMS_SWDIO / PF1 / P26

DEBUG.TCK_SWCLK / PF0 / P24

PTI.SYNC / PB13 / P22

PTI.DATA / PB12 / P20

PTI.CLK / PB11 / P18

VCOM_ENABLE / PA5 / P16

PA4 / P14

PC10 / P12

DEBUG.TDI / PF3 / P10

PD12 / P8

* Connection is available by mounting the corresponding 0 Ohm resistor.

(See the schematic of the Radio Board for details.)

Figure 2.1. BRD4305E Radio Board Connector Pin Mapping

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3. Radio Board Block Summary

3.1 Introduction

This section gives a short introduction to the blocks of the BRD4305E Radio Board.

3.2 Radio Board Block Diagram

The block diagram of the BRD4305E Radio Board is shown in the figure below.

2.4 GHz RF

UFL

Connector

Radio

Board

Connectors

8 Mbit

MX25R

Serial Flash

I2C

24AA0024

Serial EEPROM

Path

Selection

GPIO

UART

Debug

Packet Trace

AEM

I2C

SPI

2.4 GHz RF

EFR32

SiP Module

Chip

Antenna

RF In/Out

2.4 GHz RF

Crystal

32.768k

Figure 3.1. BRD4305E Block Diagram

3.3 Radio Board Block Description

3.3.1 Wireless SiP

The BRD4305E Mighty Gecko Radio Board incorporates an MGM13S12F512GA Mighty Gecko MGM13S12 module featuring 32-bit

Cortex®-M4 with FPU core, 512 kB of flash memory, 64 kB of RAM and a 2.4 GHz band transceiver with output power up to 18 dBm.

For additional information on the MGM13S12F512GA, refer to the MGM13S data sheet.

3.3.2 LF Crystal Oscillator (LFXO)

The BRD4305E Radio Board has a 32.768 kHz crystal mounted. For details regarding the crystal configuration, refer to Application

Note "AN0016.1: Oscillator Design Considerations".

3.3.3 UFL Connector

To be able to perform conducted measurements, Silicon Labs added a UFL connector to the Radio Board. The connector allows an

external 50 Ohm cable or antenna to be connected during design verification or testing.

Note: By default, the output of the matching network is connected to the printed inverted-F antenna by a series component. It can be

connected to the UFL connector as well through a series 0 Ohm resistor, which is not mounted by default. For conducted measure-

ments through the UFL connector, the series component to the antenna should be removed and the 0 Ohm resistor should be mounted

(see section for further details).

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3.3.4 Radio Board Connectors

Two dual-row, 0.05” pitch polarized connectors make up the BRD4305E Radio Board interface to the Wireless Starter Kit Mainboard.

For more information on the pin mapping between the MGM13S12F512GA and the Radio Board Connector, refer to section 2.2 Radio

Board Connector Pin Associations.

3.3.5 Serial Flash

The BRD4305E Radio Board is equipped with an 8 Mbit Macronix MX25R SPI flash that is connected directly to the MGM13S12 to

support over-the-air (OTA) updates. For additional information on the pin mapping see the BRD4305E schematic.

3.3.6 Serial EEPROM

The BRD4305E Radio Board is equipped with a serial I2C EEPROM for board identification and to store additional board related infor-

mation.

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4. Mechanical Details

The BRD4305E Radio Board is illustrated in the figures below.

20 mm

UFL

Connector

33 mm

RF Output

Selection

OTA

Flash

xGM13S

37.5 mm

XTAL

40 mm

Figure 4.1. BRD4305E Top View

24 mm

27.3 mm

28.6 mm

5 mm

Interface

Connector

Interface

Connector

Board

Identification

20 mm

Figure 4.2. BRD4305E Bottom View

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5. EMC Compliance

5.1 Introduction

Compliance of the fundamental and harmonic levels of the BRD4305E Radio Board is tested against the following standards:

• 2.4 GHz:

• ETSI EN 300-328

• FCC 15.247

5.2 EMC Regulations for 2.4 GHz

5.2.1 ETSI EN 300-328 Emission Limits for the 2400-2483.5 MHz Band

Based on ETSI EN 300-328, the allowed maximum fundamental power for the 2400-2483.5 MHz band is 20 dBm EIRP. For the unwan-

ted emissions in the 1 GHz to 12.75 GHz domain, the specific limit is -30 dBm EIRP.

5.2.2 FCC15.247 Emission Limits for the 2400-2483.5 MHz Band

FCC 15.247 allows conducted output power up to 1 Watt (30 dBm) in the 2400-2483.5 MHz band. For spurious emissions the limit is

-20 dBc based on either conducted or radiated measurement, if the emission is not in a restricted band. The restricted bands are speci-

fied in FCC 15.205. In these bands the spurious emission levels must meet the levels set out in FCC 15.209. In the range from

960 MHz to the frequency of the 5th harmonic, it is defined as 0.5 mV/m at 3 m distance which equals to -41.2 dBm in EIRP.

Additionally, for spurious frequencies above 1 GHz, FCC 15.35 allows duty-cycle relaxation to the regulatory limits. For the EmberZNet

PRO the relaxation is 3.6 dB. Therefore, the -41.2 dBm limit can be modified to -37.6 dBm.

If operating in the 2400-2483.5 MHz band, the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th harmonics can fall into restricted bands. As a result, for those harmon-

ics the -37.6 dBm limit should be applied. For the 4th harmonic the -20 dBc limit should be applied.

5.2.3 Applied Emission Limits for the 2.4 GHz Band

The above ETSI limits are applied both for conducted and radiated measurements.

The FCC restricted band limits are radiated limits only. In addition, Silicon Labs applies the same restrictions to the conducted spec-

trum. By doing so, compliance with the radiated limits can be estimated based on the conducted measurement, by assuming the use of

an antenna with 0 dB gain at the fundamental and the harmonic frequencies.

The overall applied limits are shown in the table below.

Table 5.1. Applied Limits for Spurious Emissions for the 2.4 GHz Band

Harmonic Frequency Limit

2nd 4800~4967 MHz -37.6 dBm

3rd 7200~7450.5 MHz -37.6 dBm

4th 9600~9934 MHz -30 dBm

5th 12000~12417.5 MHz -37.6 dBm

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6. RF Performance

6.1 Conducted Power Measurements

During measurements, the BRD4305E Radio Board was attached to a Wireless Starter Kit Mainboard which was supplied by USB. The

voltage supply for the Radio Board was 3.3 V.

6.1.1 Conducted Measurements in the 2.4 GHz Band

The BRD4305E Radio Board was connected directly to a Spectrum Analyzer through its UFL connector (the was removed and a 0 Ohm

resistor was soldered to the position). The supply for the module (VDD) was 3.3 V provided by the mainboard; for details, see the sche-

matic of the BRD4305E. The transceiver was operated in continuous carrier transmission mode. The output power of the radio was set

to 18 dBm.

The typical output spectrum is shown in the following figure.

Figure 6.1. Typical Output Spectrum of the BRD4305E

As shown in the figure, the fundamental is just a bit under 18 dBm and all of the unwanted emissions are under the -37.6 dBm applied

limit.

Note: The conducted measurement is performed by connecting the on-board UFL connector to a Spectrum Analyzer through an SMA

Conversion Adapter (P/N: HRMJ-U.FLP(40)). This connection itself introduces approximately 0.3 dB insertion loss.

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6.2 Radiated Power Measurements

During measurements, the BRD4305E Radio Board was attached to a Wireless Starter Kit Mainboard which was supplied by USB. The

voltage supply for the Radio Board was 3.3 V. The radiated power was measured in an antenna chamber by rotating the board 360 de-

grees with horizontal and vertical reference antenna polarizations in the XY, XZ, and YZ cuts. The measurement planes are illustrated

in the figure below.

Figure 6.2. Illustration of Reference Planes with a Radio Board Plugged into the Wireless Starter Kit Mainboard

Note: The radiated measurement results presented in this document were recorded in an unlicensed antenna chamber. Also, the radi-

ated power levels may change depending on the actual application (PCB size, used antenna, and so on). Therefore, the absolute levels

and margins of the final application are recommended to be verified in a licensed EMC testhouse.

6.2.1 Radiated Measurements in the 2.4 GHz Band

The supply for the module (VDD) was 3.3 V provided by the mainboard; for details, see the BRD4305E schematic. The transceiver was

operated in continuous carrier transmission mode. The output power of the radio was set to 18 dBm based on the conducted measure-

ment.

The fundamental was set to the frequency where the maximum antenna gain was measured. The results are shown in the table below.

Note: The frequency in which the antenna gain has its maximum value can vary between modules due to the technological spreading

of the passive RF components and the antenna.

Table 6.1. Maximums of the Measured Radiated Powers in EIRP [dBm]

Frequency EIRP [dBm] Orientation Margin [dB] Limit in EIRP [dBm]

Fund (2425 MHz) 17 XY/H 13 30

2nd -38.3 XZ/H 0.7 -37.6

3rd <-50*-/- >10 -37.6

4th <-50*-/- >10 -30

5th <-50*-/- >10 -37.6

* Signal level is below the Spectrum Analyzer noise floor.

As shown in the table, the level of the fundamental is 17 dBm. The strongest harmonic is the double-frequency one and it is compliant

with the -37.6 dBm applied limit with 0.7 dB margin.

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