RF Characteristics & RF Block

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Contents

Introduction

Configuration of BTS

Functional Block Diagram of RF System

Key Features of RF Unit

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개요

 Standards for Base station

- TIA/EIA-97-D (Proposed Baseline Version Oct 23, 2000)

 Frequency Band (KTF Band)

- Down Link : 869 ~ 894 MHz
- Up Link : 824 ~ 849 MHz

 Transmitter Output Power

- 20Watts/carrier

 Number of CDMA carriers

- up to 4 CDMA Carriers for Single Rack

Type of Transmitter High Power Amplifier

 LPA (for multiple carrier)
 HPA (for single carrier)

 Duplexed Front End Filter for Transmitter & Receiver Diversity

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BTS Configuration for 4FA/3Sector
▶ CFEB(Compact Front End Block)
CFEB CFEB CFEB
   CFEU(Front End Filter for IS-95C)
LNA(Low Noise Amplifier)

LPAB LPAB LPAB

   ▶ LPAB(Linear Power Amplifier Block)
LPAU(Linear Power Amplifier Block)
BLANK
FAN

DBPB RCCB
(#3~#4) (#3~#4)
▶ RCCB(Radio and Channel Block)
BUDA(Baseband and Up/Down Converter)
DBPB RCCB PACA(Power Adjustment Control Board Assembly)
(#1~#2) (#1~#2)

B R B
S I O
B
T
▶ BSTB(Base Station Test System Block)
BSPB BANB
T S T G BADA(BTS Analysis & Diagnostic Assembly)
B B B B
BOTA(Beacon Transmitter Assembly)
FAN RISA(RF & IF Supervisor Assembly)

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BTS Configuration for 4FA/3Sector
ISBR ISBR

CFEB CFEB CFEB CFEU-D CFEU-D CFEU-D

     

L L L L L L
P P P P P P
LPAB LPAB LPAB
A A A A A A
  
U U U U U U
/ / / / / /
D D D D D D

FAN FAN
DBCB
DDDDDDDDDDRR B B B B B B P
P BB B BB B B BB BCC P
DBPB RCCB S
U U U U U U A
S
PP P PP P P PP PCC D D D D D D C
(#3~#4) (#3~#4) U AAAAAAAAAAAA
/
A A A A A A A
U
/
3 ~ 4FA
/ / / / / / /
N C C C C C C C N
DBCB
DDDDDDDDDDRR BB B B B B P
P P
DBPB RCCB S
BB B BB B B B B BCC U
U U U U U A
S
PP P PP P P P P PCC D
D D D D D C
(#1~#2) (#1~#2) U AAAAAAAAAAAA
/
AA A A A A A
U
/
1 ~ 2FA
// / / / / /
N N
C
C C C C C C
BABB(APPD=LICA*1) B
B R B B UUA BB B L B B
L B
A
R
B G
P P A I P
S I O T S
CCRPCC I L L
S N D S O
BSPB BANB PP I PRRCA A A T
S
T S T G U
AA A AA A ANN
U K
/
A
A
/
/ / R
B B B B O
K K
O
C3

FAN
FAN

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RF Block Diagram for 4FA/3Sector
RCCB LPAB FEIB

BUDA B
LPAU
C
O TX A
LPAU
M
RX A
LNA
BUDA 4
W TX A
A
Y RX A
LNA

BUDA 4
W
A
Y BADA

BUDA RISA
BSTB

BOTA
PACA

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Functional Description
▶ BUDA
 Baseband Function

 1FA/1Sector Baseband & RF signal processing per one board

 Tx & 2 Rx Path (RX Diversity)

 Conversion from Digital I & Q Signal to IF Frequency

 Conversion from receive IF Frequency to Digital I & Q Data

 TX Output (IF Out ) Detection

 AGC(Automatic Gain Control) for RX IF

 Signal Conversion (A/D, D/A)

 Support DRAN Interface Port

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  Tx Baseband Block Diagram

S D L Fre
TX_I P / AMP P Mixer
C A F AMP

LO I B A
AMP P M IF OUT
F P
LO Q
S D L Fre
TX_Q P / AMP P Mixer
C A F AMP

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  Rx Baseband Block Diagram

LPF AMP A/D

AGC
IF BPF LO I
AMP
RX A
LPF AMP A/D

LO Q
LATCH
D/A PROM
MUX BUFFER
A/D
TO DBPA
D/A PROM
LATCH

LPF AMP A/D

AGC
IF BPF LO I
AMP
RX B
LPF AMP A/D

LO Q

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  Up/Down Converter Function

 Tx Path
 Spurious Rejection by SAW Filter
 IF to RF Conversion
 Tx Gain Control by Flower Attenuator
 IF to RF TX AGC
 RX PATH
 RF to IF Conversion
 AGC Circuit
 Flower Attenuator to balance A/B Path
 Spurious Rejection & ACS satisfaction by SAW Filter
 RSS(Received Signal Strength) Detection
 Digital Interface stage
 IF & RF PLL Synthesizer
 DC Power Fault Detection

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  Tx Block Diagram for Up converter

IFIN
CPL PAD VAR.
LPF AMP SAW AMP AMP SAW AMP A
ATT

IF Detection Comparator RF Detection

D/A Converter
CONTROLLED
FROM RCCA
RF OUT
VAR. VAR.
A BPF AMP AMP AMP CPL
ATT ATT

RF PLL
10MHz REF.
SYNTHESIZER

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  Rx Block Diagram for Down converter

RF IN FLOWER VAR. VAR.

LNA BPF AMP SAW AMP SAW
A ATT. ATT ATT

AGC RSSI
DRIVER
AMP BPF
PLL 10MHz REF.
SYNTHESIZER

AMP BPF

RF IN VAR. VAR.
LNA FLOWER BPF AMP SAW AMP SAW
B ATT ATT
ATT.

AGC RSSI
DRIVER

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▶ LPA (Linear Power Amplifier Block)

 Function
 High Power Amplification : 60 Watts per LPA
 Combined Output Power : 100Watts per Sector( LPA 2units)
 Up to 4 CDMA Carrier Amplification for Single Rack
 Soft fail Redundancy
 Alarm Status Report to BPPA
 Over-power Alarm
 Over-temperature Alarm
 VSWR Alarm
 Enable/Disable Status

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  Block Diagram

LPAU

2 2
RF INPUT W W
A A
RF OUTPUT
Y Y

LPAU

MICRO
PROCESSING
UNIT COMBINER

SYSTEM
CONTROLLER

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▶ CFEU & LNA
 Function

 Provide Rx Multi-FA Signal from Rx Antenna to BUDA

 Produce Tx Coupling Signal to PACA & BADA
 Produce Rx Coupling Signal to BADA
 Sampling for Tx Output
 Tx / Rx Band Pass Filtering : Duplexer
 High Performance LNA(Low Noise Amplifier) for Rx input signal

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  Block Diagram

CFEU-D PACA A1
4
PACA A2
W
RFMA TA
SP

TXA IN TXF BADA A FWD

4
TX RA1
W
TX RA2
SP
TXA Sample

ANT A
RXF D/C (TX/RX)

DC PWR
Alarm
BADA A REV

2
RXA OUT 1 w
a LNA
RXA OUT 2
y

2 * Note
RXA Sample w 1) Marking은 Termination을 의미
RFMA RA a
y

D/C : Directional Coupler

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▶ PACA
 Function
 Signal Conversion from Tx Output to IF
 Tx Output Power Detection : Measure each Carrier’s Tx Power
 Tx Output Power Reporting to RCPA
RFPA controls Tx Path gain of each carrier

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  Block Diagram

TX_RF_In Main
Amp A/D LOG
RF IF Processing
DET
LO unit
BPF

PLL
Synthesizer

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▶ RISA
 Function
 TX Output Spectrum Monitoring
 RX LNA Output Spectrum Monitoring
 RX IF Output Spectrum Monitoring
 Signal Conversion from TX/RX Output to IF

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  Block Diagram

Main
RF/IF_In MUX RF IF Amp A/D Processing
LO unit
BPF

PLL
Synthesizer Display

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▶ BOTA

 Function
 Hopping Beacon Execution Board
 Generation of Pilot and Sync Channel
 Provide Smooth Hand off
between Small Capacity and Large Capacity BTS

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  Block Diagram

Even_sec
D/A
Pilot,Sync.
I, Q MOD IF RF LPA input
Generator D/A LO
Sys_Clk

Processor Control
(Pilot, Sync, LO)

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▶ BADA
 Function
 BTS Transmitter/Receiver terminal status check
 Transmitter/Receiver Antenna VSWR measurement
 Mobile Simulator MIN/ESN Number
 Center Frequency, Pilot PN Number
 Mobile TX Power, Mobile Adjust Level
 Vocoder Data Rate,Frame Error Rate
 Markov Call Statistics
 Markov rate
 Total error rate
 Pilot Ec/No
 Searcher/Finger Data:Neighbor Pilot Strength, Multi-path Strength
 Voice Loop Back Test
 Adjustable Path Loss

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  Block Diagram

COAXIAL
MOBILE SIMULATOR RF SIGNAL
FRONT-END
RF MATRIX BLOCK COAXIAL 18EAFOR SIMPLEX
(DIRECTIONAL COUPLER)
COAXIAL 12EAFOR DUPLEX

+5V
-5V

CONTROL
MS_POWER
TXD_MS

STATUS
MS_PROG_EN
RXD_MS

&
MS _PWR_SW
MS_PRE_SW
POWE
R MSP_STS* OPEN & FAIL
REGULATION PROE _STS* ADDRESS DECODING & CONTROL REGISTER BANK
ARIA
TOWER TOP LNA SWITCH CONTROL - TTL12LINE
POWER LED
FAIL LED
CA(0:7)
LED TXD_MP CAS* CD(0:7) MFAIL*
FAIL*
RXD_MP OPEN M-BUS TRX RS422
DISPLAY CDS*
CWR*
M-BUS TRX TTL

LINK LED TRANCEIVER EX TERNAL RF UNIT

TOWE R TOP TRX TTL
CONTROL TRX RS422
EXTERNAL RF UNIT

H_RESE T*
PUSH BCDB(BADAControl Daughter
SW Board)

SHELF ADDRESS BUS & SHELF DATA BUS BSP

RS232

INVENTORY
MONITOR PORT TBD
VERSION
MONITOR PORT TTL(OPEN
(9PIN) DRAIN)
EEPROM

BADACONTROL DECODING & REGISTER BANK &POWER

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