GE Vivid 7 Service Manual

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5-3-21-15 Output Signals
 
5-3-21-16 Power Distribution From DC Power via backplane to RFI.
5-3-21-17 Fuses None. Table 5-54    Output Signals 
OUTPUTDESCRIPTIONCONNECTION TO
TXTRIG_L STARTS THE TRANSMITTER SEQUENCE via Backplane to TX128 BOARDS
SYNC_L SIGNAL USED TO SYNCHRONIZE THE BEAM 
FORMERS via Backplane to BF64 BOARDS
TSIG TEST SIGNAL via Backplane to RX128 BOARD
AT G C V...

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5-3-21-18 Connectors Figure 5-40   Connectors on the RFI Board
Table 5-55    RFI - Connectors
CONNECTOR #DESCRIPTIONCOMMENTS
P1 ATGC OUT
P2 TXTRIG_L OUT
P3 TEST TRIG OUT
4TEST
5TEST
6TEST
P7PCI CABLE CONNECTOR 
CONNECTED TO PC2IP
P8 MANUFACTORING TEST
9 N/A
N/A
10TEST
500TEST
501TEST
502TEST
P/N: FC200054- MCD REV: S/N:
RFI
B
C D E F
1 25AJ6
C3364...

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5-3-21-19 Jumpers
  
 
5-3-21-20 Dip-switches None. Figure 5-41   Jumpers on the RFI Board
Table 5-56    RFI - Jumpers
JUMPER  NAME
DESCRIPTIONCOMMENTS
SW4WD ENABLE BYPASSED, NOT USED.
SW5DISABLE PCI EEPROM
P/N: FC200054- MCD REV:S/N:
RFI
B
C D E F
1 25AJ6
C3364
8U71C432C433C429C337TP45R326R412R413R415R417TP46
48
24U55
C365C85C84C426C175C152C15114...

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5-3-21-21 Switch on RFI Figure 5-42   Reset Switch on the RFI Board
Table 5-57    RFI - Switches
NAMEDESCRIPTIONCOMMENTS
SW3RESET SWITCH ONLY FOR USE BY ENGINEERING. 
(NOT INSTALLED ON ALL BOARDS)
P/N: FC200054- MCD REV: S/N:
RFI
38
2P9
2829C362RN11C24C126C127C146C150C297C31620
10U62C314L10L9R381R110 R109R106TP32
TP27D22 D12D11D109
TP39TP34
R111R501R502R500
R529R531R530
TP35D501...

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5-3-21-22 Test Points Table 5-58    RFI - Test Points 
TEST POINT #
DESCRIPTIONCOMMENTS
1 EMIFB CLOCK
133 MHz
2 Doppler Probe Sense Voltage
3 Tempsense Output
130.8 mV/ 
oC
4MAX158 INTNOT USED
5MAX158 RDYNOT USED
6-5 V
7CLK40
40 MHz
8 N/A
N/A
9 2.5 V voltage
Locally generated from +3.3 V
10DSP CLOCK50 MHz
1115 V MONITOR voltage
12EMIFA CLOCK133 MHz
13 DSP_BSOE3_L signal
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33 2.5 V voltage
343.3 V voltage
355 V voltage
36- 5 V voltage
37 N/A
38 N/A
39 -2.0 V voltage
40FAN VENT 1 voltage
41FAN VENT 2 voltage
4210V_Ref_voltage
43 - 5V_ref voltage
44 5V_ref voltage
45 AUDIO RIGHT CHANNEL OUT
+/- 1 V
46AUDIO LEFT CHANNEL OUT+/- 1 V
47N/A
48N/A
49N/A
50 CLK20
20 MHz
500...507 GND
Table 5-58    RFI - Test Points (cont’d)
TEST POINT 
#
DESCRIPTIONCOMMENTS 

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5-3-21-23 LEDs on the RFI Board
 
Figure 5-43   LEDs on the RFI Board
Table 5-59    RFI - LEDs
LED #LED COLORDESCRIPTIONNORMAL STATE
LD505  - Red Demod Error
LD504  - Green Lit in scanning mode Slow tick in idle
LD503  - Yellow Transmit data to BEP During Processing
LD502 - RedNot Used
LD501 - YellowNot Used
LD500 - GreenNot Used
LD12
 - Green 5.0 V status ON
LD22  - Green -2.0 V...

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5-3-22 Motherboard (Backplane)
5-3-22-1 General Description The Motherboard is the Front End Card Rack’s Ba ckplane. It distributes DC Voltages from the DC 
Power to all the boards in the Card Rack and interconnects (distributes signals and data buses between) 
the different boards.
Two versions have been used:
• The first version is used for FEP1
• The second version is used for...

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DIRECTION FC091194, REVISION 11    VIVID 7 SERVICE MANUAL 
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Section 5-4
Back-End Processor (BEP)
5-4-1 BEP Overview
Contents in this section:
• 5-4-2 Introduction on page 5-74
• 5-4-3 Signal Flow and Processing on page 5-74
• 5-4-4 Location of the Back-End Processor (BEP) on page 5-75
• 5-4-5 Back-End Processor (BEP) Block Diagrams on page 5-76
• 5-4-6 Back-End Processor (BEP) Descriptions on page 5-88
• 5-4-7 Internal Storage Devices on...

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DIRECTION FC091194, REVISION 11    VIVID 7 SERVICE MANUAL 
5 - 74 Section 5-4 - Back-End Processor (BEP)
5-4-2 Introduction
The Back-End Processor is a computer designed spec ially for the use in the Vivid 7 ultrasound scanners 
made by GE. 
The following BEP versions ha ve been used for Vivid 7:
• BEP1 was introduced at the in troduction of the Vivid 7 ultrasound scanners in 2001. 
• BEP2 was introduced September  2002 as a replacement for BEP1, both for new ultrasound 
scanners from...