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Theory of Operation—492/492P Service Vol. 1 (SN B030000 & up)
Table 5-1
RF INTERFACE LINES
Line
Purpose
Q1
Enables 10 dB attenuator
02
No connection
Q3
Enables 30 dB attenuator
04
Enable current drivers Q2025 and Q3028
05
Enables transfer switch driver
Q6
Selects 829 MHz IF (high state) or
2072 MHz IF (low)
Q7
Enables 20 dB attenuator
08
Enables baseline clipping
RF CIRCUITRY
Introduction
Refer to the block diagram adjacent to Diagram 12. The
input signal is processed through a calibrated 0—60 dB
attenuator (10dB steps) and applied to the 1st Mixer. Op
tion 01 instruments add a limiter and a 1.8 GHz lowpass
filter, or a current-tuned preselector, between the attenuator
and the 1 st Mixer to improve selectivity. The IF output of the
1st mixer is sent through Transfer Switch S13 to a direc
tional filter where 2.072 GHz and 829 MHz intermediate fre
quencies are selected for the 2072 MHz 2nd Converter or
829 MHz 2nd Converter. The 2072 MHz IF is fed through a
4.5 GHz lowpass filter (to reject the re-entrant modes of the
directional filter) to the 2072 MHz 2nd Converter. The
829 MHz signal is fed through a diplexer and a 4.5 GHz filter
before it is applied to the 829 MHz IF stages. The 4.5 GHz
filter is used to reject the re-entrant modes of an internal
filter to the 829 MHz 2nd Converter. Two intermediate fre
quencies are used in the analyzer to prevent baseline rise
due to local oscillator feedthrough and crossover
intermodulation products.
The 2072 MHz IF is selected for bands 1 and 5, plus the
waveguide bands. The 829 MHz IF is selcted for bands
2—4. With Option 01 installed, band 1 frequency range is
limited to 1.8 GHz, due to a lowpass filter. A tunable
preselector is used instead of the lowpass filter when bands
2 through 5 are used. Refer to Diagram 12 while reading the
following description.
RF Signal Path
The 0—60 dB step attenuator consists of three sections
(10 dB, 20 dB, and 30 dB), which are controlled by relays
that receive drive signals from the RF Interface circuit. The
output of the attenuator is connected directly to the 1 st Mix
er through a 3 dB attenuator in analyzers not equipped with
Option 01. The attenuator protects the mixer diodes from
excessive input voltages and static discharges. In analyzers
equipped with Option 01, the Preselector and related circuit
ry is placed between the step attenuator and the 3 dB
attenuator.
1st Mixer
The 1st Mixer receives the RF signal through the 3 dB
attenuator, and generates the intermodulation products that
are filtered to provide the low and high IF signals. The mixer
is a single balanced design, which has less conversion loss
in comparison with unbalanced mixers. The local oscillator
input is split through a broadband multi-section coupler,
whose outputs are equal in power but 90 °s out of phase.
An additional 90 ° phase shift is cascaded with the appropri
ate signal to create a 180 ° phase difference that is applied
across a pair of series-connected Schottky diodes. The re
sult is that the diodes are alternately switched on and off as
the local oscillator cycles. The node between the two diodes
is isolated from the 1st LO input by about 30 dB, so the RF
input is applied to this node. The blocking capacitor at the
input connector permits broadband signal application from
the RF port, while blocking dc diode bias from appearing at
the analyzer input. Dc return for the mixer is by way of the
Transfer Switch, Directional Filter, Diplexer, and 4.5 GHz fil
ter through the 829 MHz IF circuits. The mixer bias voltages
arrive at the mixer through the same path.
Not counting the IF filtering circuitry, the fundamental
conversion loss of the 1st Converter is about 14 dB; third
harmonic conversion loss is about 24 dB. The Schottky di
odes are mounted in a removable assembly that can be ex
tracted or inserted in the main mixer module.
Power Divider
The Power Divider splits the output of the 1st LO (YIG
oscillator) to isolate the 1st Mixer from the 1st LO OUTPUT
front-panel connector. The unit is essentially two
multisection directional couplers that are multi-port cascad
ed to produce two ports having equal power. The isolation
between output ports is greater than 15 dB at operating
frequency. The Power Divider also provides an improved
load to the local oscillator.
1 st Local Oscillator
The 1st LO is a YIG (Yitrium-lron-Garnet) oscillator that
has a tuning range of 2.072 to 6.35 GHz. The oscillator as
sembly includes the interface circuit board that couples op
erating and tuning voltages from the 1st LO Driver, Span
Attenuator, and Error Amplifier circuits to the oscillator.
REV AUG 1981
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