PXIe-5820 Connector
PXIe-3623 Connector
I/Q IN Q-
I/Q OUT Q-
2. Use the 87 mm MMCX (m)-to-MMCX (m) cable to connect the PXIe-5820 REF IN
front panel connector to the PXIe-3623 REF OUT front panel connector.
This completes the Reference Clock connection.
Connecting the PXIe-5653 LO Source
If you purchased the IF and mmWave instrument configuration, complete the
following steps to connect the PXIe-5653 as an LO source, as shown in the following
figure.
Skip this section if your configuration does not include the PXIe-5653.
Figure 4.
PXIe-5832 with PXIe-5653 Equipment Setup
PXIe-3623
Vector Signal Up/Down Converter
5–21 GHz
LO2
LO1
AUX 1
LO1 0
mmWave
LO1 1
mmWave
REF
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
AUX 0
IF OUT
mmWave
IF IN
mmWave
DIO
ALL COAXIAL
PORTS 50
Ω
IF IN/OUT
0
1
0
1
0
1
IN
OUT
ACCESS ACTIVE
ESD
SENSITIVE
I/Q
IN
100
Ω
DIFF
I+
I–
Q+
Q–
I/Q
OUT
100
Ω
DIFF
I+
I–
Q+
Q–
ESD
SENSITIVE
ACCESS
ACTIVE
LO3
800 MHz
OUT
LO2
4 GHz
LO1
3.2 GHz - 8.3 GHz
OUT
ALL PORTS
50
Ω
NI PXIe-5653
Synthesizer
REF IN
10 MHz
.5 V p-p MAX
REF OUT
10 MHz
1.5 V p-p MAX
REF OUT
100 MHz
1.5 V p-p MAX
NI PXIe-5820
Vector Signal Transceiver
Baseband I
Q
, 1.25 GS/s
REF
OUT
I/
Q
OUT
PFI 0
DIO
REF
IN
I+
I–
Q
+
Q
–
ACCESS ACTIVE
ESD
SENSITIVE
50
Ω
100
Ω DIFF
I/
Q
IN
I+
I–
Q
+
Q
–
100
Ω DIFF
50
Ω
1
1. MMPX (m)-to-SMA (m) Cable, 152 mm
1. Use one of the 152 mm MMPX (m)-to-SMA (m) cables to connect the PXIe-3623
REF IN front panel connector to the PXIe-5653 REF OUT (10 MHz) front panel
connector.
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PXIe-5832 Getting Started