GE Vivid E9, Service Manual

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Chapter 5 - Components and functions (theory) 5 - 43
5-8-6 Front Plane boards (XD BUS)
5-8-6-1 General Description
The two Front Plane boards plug into the rear edge connectors on the Relay Board, the GTX Board(s)
and on the GRX Board(s).
The XD signals, TX and RX signals to and from the probes (via the Relay Board) are routed via these
boards.
Two different Front Plane boards have been used:
• The first model (B), supporting up to four TX cards with 64 channels each, was used from the
introduction of VIVID E9.
• In August 2011, a new Front Plane board model (A), supporting the TX card with 192 TX channels,
was phased into production.
5-8-6-2 Location in the Unit
The Front Plane boards plugs into the connectors on the rear of the Relay board, the GTX board(s) and
the GRX board(s).
Figure 5-29 Front Plane board for GTX w/192 channels (A) and for GTX w/64 channels (B)
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