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Table Of Contents

Important Notice
Safety and Hazards
Limitation of Liability
Patents
Copyright
Trademarks
Contact Information
Revision History
1: Introduction
- Supported RF bands
- Physical features
- Application interface features
- Packet mode features
- LTE features
- Short Message Service (SMS) features
- Position location (GPS)
- Warranty and support
- Supporting documents
- Accessories
- Required connectors
- Ordering information
- Integration requirements
2: Technology Overview
- LTE
- CDMA
  - 1xEV-DO
  - 1X and IS-95A
3: Standards Compliance
4: Electrical Specifications
- Host interface pin assignments
- Power supply
- USB interface
  - USB high / full speed throughput performance
  - User-developed drivers
- SIM interface
  - SIM implementation
- Control interface (Signals)
  - W_DISABLE_N — Wireless disable
  - WLAN_LED_N — LED output
- Digital interface
5: RF Specifications
- RF connections
  - Shielding
  - Antenna and cabling
- Ground connection
- Interference and sensitivity
- Radiated sensitivity measurement
  - Sierra Wireless’ sensitivity testing and desensitization investigation
  - Sensitivity vs. frequency
- Supported frequencies
- Conducted Rx sensitivity / Tx power
- GPS specifications
6: Power
- Power consumption
- Module power states
  - Power state transitions
- Power interface
7: Software Interface
- Support tools
- USB interface
- TCP window size (Windows XP)
8: Mechanical and Environmental Specifications
- Device views
- Labeling
  - Electrostatic discharge (ESD)
- Thermal considerations
9: Regulatory and Industry Approvals
- Important notice
- Safety and hazards
- Important compliance information for North American users
- OEM integration
  - Application of regulatory guidelines
  - OEM device classification process
A: Antenna Specification
- Recommended GPS antenna specifications
- Antenna tests
B: Design Checklist
C: Testing
- AT command entry timing requirement
- Acceptance testing
  - Acceptance test requirements
  - Acceptance test procedure
- Certification testing
- Production testing
- Functional production test
- Quality assurance testing
- Suggested testing equipment
- Testing assistance provided by Sierra Wireless
- IOT/Operator testing
- Extended AT commands for testing
D: Packaging
E: References
- Web site support
- Sierra Wireless documents
F: Acronyms
Index

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1: Introduction

The Sierra Wireless MC7750 PCI Express Mini Card is a compact,

lightweight, wireless

LTE - and CDMA-based modem, designed to be

Verizon Wireless certified.

The MC7750 provides LTE, CDMA, and GPS connectivity for

portable and handheld computers, point-of-sale devices, telemetry

products and other machine-to-machine and vertical applications

over several radio frequency bands.

Supported RF bands

The modem, based on Qualcomm's MDM9600 baseband processor,

supports data operation on LTE and CDMA networks.

Physical features

• Small form factor—conforms to F1 as specified in PCI Express

Mini Card Electromechanical Specification Revision 1.2.

• Operating temperature range: -30 °C to +60 °C

Application interface features

• USB interface (QMI )

• NDIS NIC interface support for Windows 7, Windows Vista, and

Windows XP platforms

• Multiple non-multiplexed USB channel support

• USB selective suspend to maximize power savings

• AT command interface ([1] AT Command Set for User Equipment

(UE) (Release 6) (Doc# 3GPP TS 27.007), plus proprietary

extended AT commands)

• Software Development Kit (SDK) including a Linux API (Appli-

cation Program Interface)

Table 1-1: Supported RF bands

Technology Bands Diversity

LTE • Band 13: 700 MHz



(MIMO)

CDMA

• Cellular (800 MHz)

• PCS (1900 MHz)



GPS • 1575.42 MHz

n/a