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Date: 6/4/07 

 

Document number:  236 

Rev. 002  Organization:  S&M 

A11XLV USER MANUAL 

 

Description 

The A11XLV  is a RF (L band) amplifier intended to operate with GPS frequencies 
and signal levels.  It has one input RF port and one output RF port.  Using front 
panel buttons or an RS232 serial port, the gain can be adjusted in 1dB steps over 
the operating range of the device.   

Features  

The A11XLV contains standard features but many described are not standard and 
require the addition of optional circuitry; these may not be installed and/or 
applicable to your device.   

 Adjustable gain 

 The amplifier is capable of adjustable gain from +40dB to -15dB.  It can provide 
less than +40dB total gain but not more. 

RF Filtering 

There are three RF filtering options: 

L1/L2 filtering 

With L1L2 filtering the gain provided will be in the frequency pass bands of 
L1, 1575.42 MHz and L2, 1227.60 MHz.   

L1 filtering  

With L1filtering the gain provided will be in the pass band only i.e. 1575.42 
MHz. 

No RF filtering 

With no RF filtering the gain will be approximately the same for all 
frequencies across the L band (~ 1-2 GHZ see data sheet for response 
performance).  

Antenna/RF Line DC voltage 

The A11XLV is capable of providing a fixed DC voltage out each RF port to power 
other devices in the RF signal chain.  The unit can be externally powered by 
110VAC, 220VAC 240VAC or from a DC source a few volts higher than the 
desired antenna/line voltage e.g. if you want 5 volts out then you will need to put in 

Summary of Contents for A11XLV

Page 1: ...pable of adjustable gain from 40dB to 15dB It can provide less than 40dB total gain but not more RF Filtering There are three RF filtering options L1 L2 filtering With L1L2 filtering the gain provided will be in the frequency pass bands of L1 1575 42 MHz and L2 1227 60 MHz L1 filtering With L1filtering the gain provided will be in the pass band only i e 1575 42 MHz No RF filtering With no RF filte...

Page 2: ...V_A11XLV_Serial_Interface_Reference If you do not have the serial port option the factory defaults are low current threshold level is less than 15ma and the high threshold level is greater than150ma Oscillation Detection OSC Detect The A11XLV is capable of detecting high levels of RF indicative of feed back from the input of the device to the output or a runaway condition If the OSC detect circuit...

Page 3: ...ences The device will echo the text to the serial port and in most case it will be the same as the front panel LCD or it will be more verbose Note the letter D d will also function as the down arrow key and the letter U u will function as the up arrow key The terminal ESC sequences ESC B or 0x1B and then a 0x41 will function as an up arrow key The terminal ESC sequences ESC A or 0x1B and then a 0x...

Page 4: ...tes the menu system The menu system is flat i e it is a loop of items that can be selected for modification or selected to display the current values or settings Once an item is selected the up and down keys can be used to change the displayed values of the particular item After approximately 10 seconds with no user input button presses from the user or characters on the serial port the menu retur...

Page 5: ...ss middle down button 2 press Enter 3 Adjust brightness using up down buttons Gain Sets the gain of the amplifier Instructions 4 press up or down button until Level appears on screen 5 press Enter 6 Adjust gain level up or down using up down buttons Contrast Sets the contrast of the LCD display Instructions 7 press middle down or up button until contrast is displayed on screen 8 press Enter 9 Adju...

Page 6: ...e Antenna operation turns the antenna power on and off Note Antenna power is on the input port This action does not affect the output port so this will not turn off power to the devices powered by the output port provided the output port it is a pass DC PDC port Antenna VDC Displays the voltage that is available to power the output ports Note this only displays the voltage available to the ports I...

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