To ensure good RF performance when designing PCBs, using the PCB layouts and component values provided by Nordic Semiconductor is highly recommended .

Documentation for the different package reference circuits, including Altium Designer files, PCB layout files, and PCB production files can be downloaded from the product page at www.nordicsemi.com.

This section contains reference circuitry showing the components to support the design of on-chip features.

Note: This is not a complete list of configurations, but all required circuitry is shown for further configurations.

nRF9161 reference design

Circuit configuration schematic for the nRF9161 SiP.

Figure 1. nRF9161 reference design
image/svg+xmlC10 nRF9161 GPS 67 AUX 64 ANT 61 VDD1 102 ENABLE 101 VDD2 22 VDD_GPIO 12 DEC0 13 U1A nRF9161-LACA P0.05 2 P0.06 3 P0.07 4 P0.08 15 P0.09 16 P0.10 18 P0.11 19 P0.12 20 P0.13/AIN0 23 P0.14/AIN1 24 P0.15/AIN2 25 P0.16/AIN3 26 P0.17/AIN4 28 P0.18/AIN5 29 P0.19/AIN6 30 P0.20/AIN7 35 P0.21/TRACECLK 37 P0.22/TRACEDATA[0] 38 P0.23/TRACEDATA[1] 39 P0.24/TRACEDATA[2] 40 P0.25/TRACEDATA[3] 42 P0.26 83 P0.27 84 P0.28 86 P0.29 87 P0.30 88 P0.31 89 P0.00 95 P0.01 96 P0.02 97 P0.03 99 P0.04 100 U1B nRF9161-LACA nRESET 32 SWDCLK 33 SWDIO 34 SIM_RST 43 SIM_DET 45 SIM_CLK 46 SIM_IO 48 SIM_1V8 49 MAGPIO2 53 MAGPIO1 54 MAGPIO0 55 VIO 57 SCLK 58 SDATA 59 COEX2 91 COEX1 92 COEX0 93 U1C nRF9161-LACA RES 51 RES 73 RES 71 RES 70 RES 10 RES 104 RES 105 RES 106 RES 107 RES 108 RES 109 RES 110 RES 111 RES 112 RES 113 RES 114 RES 115 RES 116 RES 117 RES 118 RES 119 RES 120 RES 121 RES 122 RES 123 RES 124 RES 125 RES 126 RES 127 U1D nRF9161-LACA GND 69 GND 68 GND 6 GND 7 GND 8 GND 11 GND 5 GND 9 GND 14 GND 17 GND 21 GND 27 GND 31 GND 1 GND 36 GND 41 GND 44 GND 94 GND 90 GND 85 GND 81 GND 82 GND 80 GND 79 GND 78 GND 47 GND 77 GND 76 GND 75 GND 50 GND 74 GND 66 GND 65 GND 63 GND 62 GND 60 GND 56 GND 52 GND 72 GND 98 GND 103 U1E nRF9161-LACA P0.05 P0.06 P0.07 P0.08 P0.09 P0.10 P0.11 P0.12 P0.13/AIN0 P0.16/AIN3 P0.14/AIN1 P0.15/AIN2 P0.17/AIN4 P0.19/AIN6 P0.18/AIN5 P0.20/AIN7 P0.21/TRACECLK P0.22/TRACEDATA[0] P0.23/TRACEDATA[1] P0.24/TRACEDATA[2] P0.24/TRACEDATA[3] P0.26 P0.27 SIM_IO SIM_CLK SIM_RST SIM_1V8 P0.30 P0.28 P0.29 P0.31 VDD_nRF P0.00 P0.01 P0.02 P0.03 P0.04 nRESET FB1 COEX1 COEX2 C8 R1 MAGPIO1 MAGPIO2 DEC0 COEX0 MAGPIO0 VDD_GPIO C1 C2 C6 C4 C5 C7 C3 C9 SIM_DET MIPI_SCLK MIPI_SDATA MIPI_VIO SWDCLK SWDIO GPS AUX ANT Optional R2 VDD_nRF FB2

For Bill of Materials (BOM), PCB layout and thermal design, see the nRF9161 Hardware Design Guidelines.