Gap Filler PDF

GAP FILLER
VHF-UHF frequency agile

Output Power up to 100W
High efficiency Echo Canceller for SFN networks
Ethernet control with HTTP and SNMP protocols
Standards DVB-T/H, ATSC, DAB, T-DMB, ISDB-T/TB
GAP FILLER
The n ew E l ect r o s y s g a p fille r a n s we r s to the l y, the si gnal i s converted agai n to a nalog and
r eq u i remen t o f c o m p le tio n o f d ig ita l te levi - up converted to R F. W hen the i nput and out put
s io n n et w o rks with a n e x tr e m e ly r e lia b le and channel frequency i s the same, the echo- can -
v ersat i l e p ro d uc t. cel l ati on adapti ve al gori thms reduce t he eff ect
Th e gap f iller s u p p o rts a l l D VB -T a n d D V B -H of the antenna coupl i ng to guarante e an high
modes as def ine d i n th e E T SI EN 3 0 0 7 4 4 stan - quality of the output signal. The gap-filler is
d ar d, inc luding S F N a n d MF N o p e ra ti o n s and composed of the fol l ow i ng mai n parts:
h i e r ar c hic al m o d e s , a n d i t c a n a l s o c o v e r ATS C
a nd I S DB - T / T B s ta n d a rd s a s w e l l a s D AB and • di gi tal si gnal processi ng uni t
T-D M B . T he uni t o p e ra te s i n VH F B III a n d U H F • R F secti on
b and wit h an o u tp u t p o w e r ra n g e fro m 1 W up • pow er suppl y secti on
to 100W. T her e a re d i ffe re n t v e rs i o n s fo r 5, 6, • control uni t
7 or 8 M Hz c ha n n e l s b a n d w i d th . T h e R F i nput
si g nal is down c o n v e rte d to IF a n d th e n con -
ver t ed t o digit a l . A l l th e o p e ra ti o n s i n c l udi ng
fi l ter ing, pr e- c o rre c ti o n a n d e c h o -c a n c e l l ati on
a re per f or m ed u s i n g d i g i ta l a l g o ri th ms . Fi nal -
RF MON
RS232
CONTROLLER RF OUT
ETHERNET &
INTERFACES
PARALLEL
SIGNALS RF PWR AMP
PROTECTION
CONTROLLER &
INTERFACES RF SECTION
SECTION
DIGITAL 5V 12V 32V

RF IN SIGNAL
PROCESSING
VAC
BAND POWER
DOWN IF IF UP SUPPLY
PASS CONVERTER CONVERTER
FILTER 40 VDC
(optional)
DIGITAL SIGNAL POWER SUPPLY
PROCESSING UNIT SECTION
DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING UNIT
The assembly, which includes the digital si- In the down converter, the received RF signal is
gnal processor, the down converter and the up amplified and translated into IF frequency (70MHz)
converter boards, is arranged in a metal box in by a mixer which carries out a beating with a tone
order to protect them from the emissions ra- generated by a local oscillator, made up by a PLL.
diated by the other circuits of the equipment. For a good frequency stability, the synthesizer is
In the digital signal processor the IF signal coming locked to a 10MHz tone generated by an OCXO on
from the down-converter is amplified (an AGC cir- the up converter board.
cuit is present), converted to digital, and sent to The up conversion from IF frequency to transmis-
an FPGA performing the following processes: sion channel frequency, is carried out in two steps
in order not to have tunable or replaceable band
• filtering in order to reduce the adjacent channel pass filters. The resulting RF signal passes throu-
interferences gh a low pass filter (image frequency suppression)
• tilt correction in order to compensate for the li- and is amplified by an amplifier with variable gain.
near distortions introduced by the channel filter, The local oscillators are locked to a 10MHz refe-
after the RF output rence tone generated by an OCXO; alternatively,
• pre-correction in order to compensate for the the OCXO may be locked to a 10MHz external re-
non-linear distortions introduced by the amplifiers ference from a GPS Receiver.
after the RF output .
• echo suppression in order to improve the SFN
operations.
RF SECTION
The final power amplifier is made up by two RF rectional couplers for the measurements of the
stages: the first one amplifies the RF input si- forward and reflected powers: the measurements
gnal up to 1Wrms, the second one raises it up are also displayed on the front panel display. A
to nominal output power (25W, 50W or 100W). sample of the reflected power is also used to pro-
The amplifier section is provided with output di- tect the amplifier from excessive VSWR.
POWER SUPPLY SECTION

The power supply section is made up by two +48VDC voltage; the other AC/DC converter deli-
AC/DC converters supplying all the circuits vers +3.3VDC, +5VDC and ±12VDC used to sup-
and assemblies of the unit. One AC/DC conver- ply the other circuits of the unit.
ter is used to supply the final RF stages with a
CONTROL UNIT
The gap filler control unit allows commands, Server) and SNMP protocols.
configuration and parameters monitoring. The A front display and a keyboard allows a complete
ESS (Electrosys Supervisory System) software al- control of the unit without any external PC. The
lows the remote control and monitoring of the unit pre-correction is performed by using a user-frien-
by means of a proprietary protocol or HTTP (Web dly PC software.
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
Power supply 88 to 240V
Relative humidity 95% without condensation
Temperature range 0°C to +45°C
Maximum operating altitude Up to 3000m
Dimensions (wxhxd) 483x134x505 mm (19” – 3HE)
Weight 15kg
INPUT AND OUTPUT INTERFACES
RF Input N connector, 50Ω

10MHz Reference Input -15dBm +15dBm level, BNC connector, 50Ω
1PPS Reference Input BNC connector, 5kΩ
RF Output N connector, 50Ω
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Output frequency range 170–240 MHz VHF BIII, 470-870 MHz UHF
Output power 1W, 25W, 50W, 100W
Input frequency range 170–240 MHz VHF BIII, 470-870 MHz UHF
Input frequency step 1Hz
Channel bandwidth 2/5/6/7/8 MHz
Sensibility range -70 dBm to 0 dBm
Channel selectivity > 35 dB
MER > 33 dB (RF input -57dBm level and 38dB MER)
Shoulder > 38 dB (measured at 4,2mHz from CF, 8MHz Channel)
Spurious > 50 dB (relative to the total signal power)
Noise figure < 8 dB
Minimum transit time < 5 µs
Echo Canceller attenuation > 40 dB
Electrosys
Loc. Sferracavallo 19/A
05018 Orvieto
Italy
Phone: +39 0763 3361

Fax: +39 0763 336344
E-mail: sales@electrosys.it
Web: www.electrosys.it
Electrosys is a registered trademark of Electrosys s.r.l.

Trade names are trademark of the owners
Printed in Italy
Version 1.00 - February 2010
Data without tolerance is not binding

Subject to change

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GAP FILLER

VHF-UHF frequency agile

DIGITAL 5V 12V 32V

POWER SUPPLY SECTION

INPUT AND OUTPUT INTERFACES

RF Input N connector, 50Ω

Phone: +39 0763 3361

Electrosys is a registered trademark of Electrosys s.r.l.

Version 1.00 - February 2010

Data without tolerance is not binding

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