Quectel EG18-NA 4G LTE Cat18 LGA Module

Quectel EG18-NA is an LTE Cat 18 IoT modules in an LGA form factor measuring 39.5mm x 37mm x 2.8mm, which meets the 3GPP Release 12 standard. The EG18-NA is compatible with Quectel’s Cat 6 and 12 modules EG06 and EG12, to enable ease of migration between different categories. The EG18-NA consists of two variants to meet various geographical demands, which can be compared via the table above.

Delivering maximum downlink rates of 1.2Gbps and uplink rates of 150Mbps under LTE, the EG18-NA supports a range of applications that require fast and reliable transmission of large amounts of data, and multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology meets demands for data rate and link reliability. A wide range of internet protocols, industry-standard interfaces and functionalities (such as USB serial drivers for Windows 7/8/8.1/10, and Linux) allow the module to serve a wide range of IoT applications with demanding data transmission requirements.

Quectel EG18-NA LTE Module Specifications：

* Product type: 4G LTE Module

* Category: LTE Cat18

* Target Market: North America

* Chipset:

* Form factor: LGA

* Dimensions: 37.0 × 39.5 × 2.8mm

* Frequency Bands:

- LTE-FDD Bands: B2/B4/B5/B7/B12/B13/B14/B17/B25/B26/B29/B30/B66/B71
- LTE-TDD Bands：B41
- WCDMA Bands: B2/B4/B5

* GNSS (Optional): GPS/GLONASS/BeiDou (Compass)/Galileo/QZSS

* Weight: 8.2g

* Temperature range:
- -30°C ~ +75°C (Operation Temperature)
- -40°C ~ +85°C (Extended Temperature)

* Control via AT Commands: 3GPP TS27.007 and Quectel Enhanced AT Commands

* Data Transmission:
- LTE-FDD: Max. 1.2Gbps (DL)/ Max. 150Mbps (UL)
- LTE-TDD: Max. 545Mbps (DL)/ Max. 90.6Mbps (UL)
- DC-HSPA: Max. 42Mbps (DL)/ Max. 11.5Mbps (UL)
- WCDMA: Max. 384Kbps (DL)/ Max. 384Kbps (UL)

* Protocols: PPP*/TCP*/UDP*/FTP*/HTTP*/SSL*/HTTPS*/NTP*/PING*/MMS*/SMTPS*/FTPS*/SMTP*

* Interfaces:

- USB 2.0/ 3.0 × 1 (Master mode* and slave mode)
- PCM* x 1
- (U)SIM (1.8/3.0 V) x 2
- UART × 3
- SPI* (multiplexing BT UART interface) × 1
- I2C x 1
- ADC x 2
- PCIe × 1 (PCIe Gen 2, for Wi-Fi*/Ethernet* Functions)
- GPIO x 5
- SDIO x 1
- Antenna Tuner Control Interface x 2
- USB_BOOT x 1
- Antennas
× 1 (Main Antenna)
× 3 (Diversity Antennas)
× 1 (GNSS Antenna)

* Voice：
- Speech Codec Modes: AMR/AMR-WB
- Echo Arithmetic: Echo Cancellation/Noise Suppression
- VoLTE: CSFB and VoLTE (Voice over LTE) (Optional)

* Enhanced Features
- MIMO: 2 × 2, 4 × 2, 4 × 4, DL
- DFOTA: Delta Firmware over the Air
- DTMF: Dual-tone Multi-frequency
- Digital Audio and VoLTE (Voice over LTE) : optional
- Ethernet*/Wi-Fi* Function through PCIe Interface
- GNSS
- (U)SIM Card Detection

* Electrical Features
- Supply Voltage Range: 3.3V~4.3V, 3.8V Typ.
- Power Consumption
12 μA @ Power off
3.7 mA @ Sleep (LTEFDD PF = 64)
2.8 mA @ Sleep (LTEFDD PF = 128)
11.6 mA @ Idle (LTEFDD PF = 64)

* Software Features

- USB Driver: Windows 7/8/8.1/10, Linux 2.6 ~ 5.4, Android 4.x/5.x/6.x/7.x/9.x

- GNSS Driver: Android 4.x/5.x/6.x/7.x/8.x/9.x

- RIL Driver: Android 4.x/5.x/6.x/7.x/8.x/9.x/10.x

- NDIS Driver: Windows 7/ 8/ 8.1/10

- MBIM Driver: Windows 8/8.1/10, Linux 3.18 ~ 5.4

- GobiNet Driver: Linux 2.6–5.4

- QMI_WWAN Driver: Linux 3.4–5.4

* Regulatory
Global: GCF
North America: PTCRB
America: FCC
Canada: IC

* Carrier
America: Verizon*/AT&T*/T-Mobile*/U.S. Cellular*

* Applications: router, MiFi, home gateway, Set-top Box, PDA, tablet PCs etc...