Operation Manual Part 2

Digital Liquid Cooled UHF
TV Equipment
Description / Test points / Location of units
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3.2.3.1. Digital board
Topography ref.1
This version is designed upon FPGA hardware and is dedicated to MediaFLO.
The serial incoming data stream signal is processed by the channel encoder, which provides an
output complex digital signal in the form of parallel I and Q digital signals and a clock reference.
The channel encoder has a hardware version allowing to perform MediaFLO modulation.
The equipment can support redundant switching input for MediaFLO operation. The equipment will
also be able to manage SFN operation.
An embedded microprocessor will manage daughter boards such as GPS (optional) OEM receiver,
and TS Board.
RS232, I2C and SPI buses are used for internal control and monitoring of the daughter boards.
External Control and Monitoring is done through RS232 and/or Ethernet and/or CAN bus.
The digital board is distributing pilot clocks to SIRIUS boards. 10MHz to the synthesizer and TS
board and system clock to the TS board.
3.2.3.2. TS board
Topography ref.2
The TS board received from the digital board the outputs I&Q signals and clock reference.
These I&Q signals are processed by the TS board which includes : Clipping, Linear Equalization,
Non Linear adaptive pre-correction.
The Clipping function limits the magnitude of the vector above a given threshold. The magnitudes
higher than the threshold are replaced by the threshold complex value.
The non linear automatic pre-correction function computes the best shoulder level at the output of
the transmitter. The process is based on a LUT (Look Up Table) that is loaded from an iterative
measurement of the shoulder level. The complex base band outputs of the LUT is then up-
converted to the IF frequency.
The complex IF frequency signals are converted in the analog domain, filtered,(Rep. 4) transposed
and amplified to UHF band (Rep. 6 and 7)
Tx Board (Rep. 3) A daughter board is fitted on the TS board in order to do the up conversion
function. External feedback which is coming from the RF signal at the output of the transmitter is
used in order to control the shoulder, the linear correction process.
Feedback signals are then processed by the TS board via the switch/ALE card (Rep. 5) achieves
an automatic change over from the both signals (ALE-IN and FDB-IN) to the TS card input.
3.2.3.3. Power supply
Topography ref.8 and 8A
A specific power supply is used for the whole cabinet to supply +12volts, -12 volts, +5 volts and +
3,3 volts.

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