This chapter contains information on IC marking, ordering codes, and container sizes.

Box labels

The following figures show the box labels used for the nRF9160.

Figure 1. Inner box label

Page-1 Sheet.1 Page-1 Rectangle Sheet.4 Sheet.5 Sheet.6 Sheet.7 PART NO.: (1P) <Nordic device order code> PART NO.: (1P) <Nordic device order code> Sheet.8 TRACE CODE: (1T) <YYWWLL1/YYWWLL2/...YYWWLLn> TRACE CODE: (1T) <YYWWLL1/YYWWLL2/...YYWWLLn> Sheet.9 TOTAL QUANTITY: (Q) <Total inner box qty> TOTAL QUANTITY: (Q) <Total inner box qty> Sheet.10 <Box ID> <Seal date> <Box ID> <Seal date> Circle Pb Pb Circle.22 e3 e3 Multi-Line Rectangle.24 <HPF> <HPF> Sheet.15 TRACE CODE QUANTITY: <.Quantity1/Quantity2/...Quantityn> TRACE CODE QUANTITY: <.Quantity1/Quantity2/...Quantityn> Sheet.16 Sheet.17 Sheet.18 Sheet.19 Sheet.20 (e4) (e4)

Figure 2. Outer box label

Page-1 Sheet.1 Rectangle.28 Multi-Line.22 Multi-Line.23 Multi-Line.34 Multi-Line.35 Multi-Line.36 Multi-Line.37 Multi-Line.38 Multi-Line.39 Multi-Line.40 Multi-Line.42 Sheet.13 Sheet.14 FROM: FROM: Sheet.15 PART NO: (1P) <Nordic device order code> PART NO: (1P) <Nordic device order code> Sheet.16 CUSTOMER PO NO: (K) <Customer Purchase Order No.> CUSTOMER PO NO: (K) <Customer Purchase Order No.> Sheet.17 SALES ORDER NO: (14K) <Nordic Sales Order+Sales order line no... SALES ORDER NO: (14K) <Nordic Sales Order+Sales order line no.+ Delivery line no.> Sheet.18 SHIPMENT ID.: 2K <Nordic’s shipment ID.> SHIPMENT ID.: 2K <Nordic’s shipment ID.> Sheet.19 QUANTITY: (Q) <Total quantity> QUANTITY: (Q) <Total quantity> Sheet.20 DELIVERY NO.: (9K) <Shipper’s shipment no.) DELIVERY NO.: (9K) <Shipper’s shipment no.) Sheet.21 GROSS WEIGHT: GROSS WEIGHT: Sheet.22 TO: TO: Sheet.23 Sheet.24 Sheet.25 Sheet.26 Sheet.27 Sheet.28 Sheet.29 Rectangle.72 Rectangle.73 Rectangle.77 Sheet.33 KGS KGS Sheet.34 Sheet.35 Rectangle.87 <H><P><F> <H><P><F> Sheet.37 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.: 4L <2- character code of COO> COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.: 4L <2- character code of COO> Multi-Line.42 Sheet.39 CARTON NO: x/n CARTON NO: x/n Sheet.40 Multi-Line.70 Circle.72 Pb Pb Multi-Line.73

Order code

The following are the order codes and definitions for the nRF9160.

Figure 3. Order code


Table 1. Abbreviations
Abbreviation Definition and implemented codes
N91/nRF91 nRF91 Series product
60 Part code
<PP> Package variant code
<VV> Function variant code
<H><P><F> Build code

H - Hardware version code

P - Production configuration code (production site, etc.)

F - Firmware version code (only visible on shipping container label)
<YY><WW><LL> Tracking code

YY - Year code

WW - Assembly week number

LL - Wafer lot code
<CC> Container code

Code ranges and values

The nRF9160 code ranges and values are defined here.

Table 2. Package variant codes
<PP> Package Size (mm) Pin/Ball count Pitch (mm)
SI LGA 16.00 x 10.50 127 0.50
Table 3. Function variant codes
<VV> LTE-M/NB-IoT/GPS Flash (kB) RAM (kB)
CA LTE-M/NB-IoT/GPS 1024 256
AA LTE-M only
Table 4. Hardware version codes
<H> Description
[A . . Z] Hardware version/revision identifier (incremental)
Table 5. Production configuration codes
<P> Description
[0 . . 9] Production device identifier (incremental)
[A . . Z] Engineering device identifier (incremental)
Table 6. Production version codes
<F> Description
[A . . N, P . . Z] Version of preprogrammed firmware
[0] Delivered without preprogrammed firmware
Table 7. Year codes
<YY> Description
[15 . . 99] Production year: 2015 to 2099
Table 8. Week codes
<WW> Description
[01 . . 53] Week of production
Table 9. Lot codes
<LL> Description
[AA . . ZZ] Wafer production lot identifier
Table 10. Container codes
<CC> Description
R7 7" Reel
R 13" Reel

Product options

The nRF9160 SiP ordering codes and minimum ordering quantity are described in the following table.

Table 11. nRF9160 order codes
Order code Minimum ordering quantity (MOQ) Comment
nRF9160-SICA-B1A-R 2500 LTE-M/NB-IoT/GPS product
nRF9160-SICA-B1A-R7 100 LTE-M/NB-IoT/GPS product
nRF9160-SIAA-B1A-R 2500 LTE-M only product
nRF9160-SIAA-B1A-R7 100 LTE-M only product
Table 12. Development tools order code
Order code Description
nRF9160-DK nRF9160 Development Kit
nRF6943 Nordic Thingy:91