Motorola Cp150 Cp200 6880309n62 C Manual

Chapter 9 438-470 MHz UHF Theory Of Operation
9.1 Introduction
This chapter provides a detailed theory of operation for the radio components. Schematic diagrams 
for the circuits described in the following paragraphs are located in Chapter 12 of this manual.
9.2 UHF Receiver
The UHF receiver covers the range of 438-470 MHz and provides switchable IF bandwidth for use 
with 20/25/30 kHz or 12.5 kHz channel spacing systems. The receiver is divided into two major 
blocks, as shown in Figure 9-1.
• Front End...

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The output of the RF amplifier is applied to the interstage filter, a fixed-tuned 4-pole Butterworth 
shunt-coupled resonator design having a 3 dB bandwidth of 68 MHz centered at 462 MHz, and 
insertion loss of 3 dB. This filter yields an image rejection of 48 dB at 380 MHz, assisted by a 
transmission-zero at 300 MHz implemented by C524 for the reasons mentioned above.
The output of the interstage filter is connected to the...

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9.3 UHF Transmitter
The UHF transmitter covers the range of 438-470 MHz. Depending on model, the output power of the 
transmitter is either switchable on a per-channel basis between high power (4 watts) and low power 
(1 watt), or is factory preset to 2 watts. The transmitter is divided into four major blocks as shown in 
Figure 9-2.
• Power Amplifier
• Harmonic Filter 
• Antenna Matching Network
• Power Control.
Figure 9-2....

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9.3.4 Antenna Matching Network
The harmonic filter presents a 50Ω impedance to antenna jack J140. A matching network, made up of 
C140-C141 and L140, is used to match the antenna impedance to the harmonic filter. This optimizes 
the performance of the transmitter and receiver into the impedance presented by the antenna, 
significantly improving the antennas efficiency.
9.3.5 Power Control
The power control...

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SPI_CLK, and SYNTH_CS (chip select) lines (U409 pins 100, 1 and 47 respectively). A logic high 
(3 V) from U201 pin 4 indicates to the microprocessor that the synthesizer is locked.
Figure 9-3.  UHF Frequency Generation Unit Block Diagram
Transmit modulation from the ASFICcmp (U451 pin 40) is applied to U201 pin 10 (MOD_IN). An 
electronic attenuator in the ASFICcmp adjusts overall transmitter deviation by...

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One of the auxiliary outputs of the synthesizer IC (AUX3, U201 pin 2) provides the TRB signal which 
determines the operating mode of the VCO, either receive or transmit.
Figure 9-4.  UHF Synthesizer Block Diagram
9.4.2 Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO)
The VCOBIC (U251), shown in Figure 9-5, in conjunction with the Fractional-N synthesizer (U201) 
generates RF in both the receive and the transmit modes of...

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C267, and varactor D261. High-port audio modulation from the synthesizer IC is applied as 
VCO_MOD to varactor D262 which modulates the transmit VCO.
Figure 9-5.  UHF VCO Block Diagram
Presc
RX
TX
Matching 
Network Pin 8
Pin 14
Pin 103V (U330 Pin 5)
VCC BuffersU201 Pin 32 AUX3 (U201 Pin 2)
Prescaler Out
Pin 12 Pin 19 Pin 20
TX/RX/BS
Switching Network
U251
VCOBIC
Rx Active
Bias
Tx Active
Bias
Pin 2
Rx-I...

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Chapter 10 465-495 MHz UHF Theory Of Operation
10.1 Introduction
This chapter provides a detailed theory of operation for the radio components. Schematic diagrams 
for the circuits described in the following paragraphs are located in Chapter 12 of this manual.
10.2 UHF Receiver
The UHF receiver covers the range of 465-495 MHz and provides switchable IF bandwidth for use 
with 20/25/30 kHz or 12.5 kHz channel spacing systems. The receiver is divided into two major 
blocks, as shown in Figure 10-1.
• Front...

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The output of the RF amplifier is applied to the interstage filter, a fixed-tuned 4-pole Butterworth 
shunt-coupled resonator design having a 3 dB bandwidth of 68 MHz centered at 480 MHz, and 
insertion loss of 3.3 dB. This filter yields an image rejection of 55 dB at 405.3 MHz, assisted by a 
transmission-zero at 300 MHz implemented by C524 for the reasons mentioned above.
The output of the interstage filter is connected to the...