I want to use one shared antenna for the Lora/FSK transceiver sx1272 and LTE/GSM SIM700E module, with BGS12SN6 as a switch.
I've matched the antenna with two conductor and validated the result with a VNA after the switch (sx1272/SIM7000E->Switch->TestPoint->Matching->Antenna) with a reasonable performance (-28.9db 50.5+j0.17 @868MHz).
I strictly copied the switchless reference design from Semtech, but for some reason I get really a bad performance, even if I use an external 30db perfectly matched 50ohm antenna. I've already used the antenna for an other board with a Si4463 and get way better results (testing with wireless M-Bus devices, the Si4463 gets about 800 devices in the areas, the Sx1272 only about 150)
So I got curious and tried to rebuild the reference design with qucs (see image below (red line antenna without filter, blue line with reference design filter), but i don't think the result can be right.
The PCB schematic looks like the image below, the VNA was connected to J5, with C9 placed and C30 left open.
Is there anything I missed or did a big mistake? I'm grateful for any hint or idea.
the reference design is really bad
andI rebuild the design with qucs and was a little shocked
are meaningless statements. They impart no technical value at all to help you with this:Did I do something wrong?
. Then you say this:I can't change the matching network because otherwise the GSM module would perform bad
but I'm unclear where it fits into things schematically. \$\endgroup\$I can't change the matching network because otherwise the GSM module would perform bad
but i could change the values in the reference design, but i don't know what the sideeffects this would have. \$\endgroup\$