Circuit Descripiton; Receiver Circuits - Icom IC-F3011 Service Manual Addendum

SECTION 4.

4-1 RECEIVER CIRCUITS

4-1-1 ANTENNA SWITCHING CIRCUIT
The antenna switching circuit functions as a low-pass filter
while receiving and a resonator circuit while transmitting.
This circuit does not allow transmit signals to enter the
receiver circuits.
Received signals enter the antenna connector (CHASSIS;
J1) and pass through the low-pass filter (L1–L3, C2–C5,
C175, C176). The filtered signals are passed through the
λ
1⁄4 type antenna switching circuit (D5, D6, L6, L7) and
then applied to the RF circuit.
4-1-2 RF CIRCUIT
The RF circuit amplifies signals within the range of frequen-
cy coverage and filters out-of-band signals.
The signals from the antenna switching circuit pass through
the bandpass filter (D4, D8, L8, L9). The filtered signals are
amplified at the RF amplifier (Q2) and then passed through
the another bandpass filter (D9, D10, L11) to suppress
unwanted signals. The filtered signals are applied to the 1st
mixer circuit.
D4, D8–D10 employ varactor diodes, that are controlled by
the CPU via the D/A converter (IC8), to track the bandpass
filter. These varactor diodes tune the center frequency of an
RF passband for wide bandwidth receiving and good image
response rejection.
4-1-3 1ST MIXER AND 1ST IF CIRCUITS
The 1st mixer circuit converts the received signal into fixed
frequency of the 1st IF signal with the PLL output frequency.
By changing the PLL frequency, only the desired frequency
passes through a crystal filter at the next stage of the 1st
mixer.
2ND IF AND DEMODULATOR CIRCUITS
"SQLC" signal from the
D/A converter IC
(IC8, pin 2)
To D/A converter IC
(IC8, pin 1)
AF signal "DET"
to the AF circuit
CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION
8 7
Noise
AMP
Active
filter
Limiter
AMP
FM
detector
9 10 11
X1
The RF signals from the bandpass filter are mixed with the
1st LO signals, where come from the RX VCO circuit via the
attenuator (R26–R28), at the 1st mixer circuit (Q3) to pro-
duce a 46.35 MHz 1st IF signal. The 1st IF signal is passed
through a monolithic filter (FI1) in order to obtain selection
capability and to pass only the desired signal. The filtered
signal is applied to the 2nd IF circuit after being amplified at
the 1st IF amplifier (Q4).
4-1-4 2ND IF AND DEMODULATOR CIRCUITS
The 2nd mixer circuit converts the 1st IF signal into a 2nd
IF signal. The double-conversion superheterodyne system
(which convert receive signals twice) improves the image
rejection ratio and obtains stable receiver gain.
The 1st IF signal from the IF amplifier (Q4) is applied to
the 2nd mixer section of the FM IF IC (IC1, pin 16), and
is mixed with the 2nd LO signal to be converted into a
450 kHz 2nd IF signal.
The FM IF IC (IC1) contains the 2nd mixer, 2nd local oscil-
lator, limiter amplifier, quadrature detector, active filter and
noise amplifier circuits. A 2nd LO signal (45.9 MHz) is pro-
duced at the PLL circuit by tripling it's reference frequency
(15.3 MHz).
The 2nd IF signal from the 2nd mixer (IC1, pin 3) passes
through the ceramic filter (FI2) to remove unwanted hetero-
dyned frequencies. It is then amplified at the limiter amplifier
section (IC1, pin 5) and applied to the quadrature detector
section (IC1, pins 10, 11) to demodulate the 2nd IF signal
into AF signals.
The demodulated AF signals are output from pin 9 (IC1) as
"DET" signal, and are then applied to the AF circuit.
2nd IF filter
450 kHz
FI2
5 3
Noise
detector
Mixer
Noise
comparator
RSSI
12 13
"NOIS" signal to the CPU (IC13, pin 53)
"RSSI" signal to the CPU (IC13, pin 63)
R5V
4 - 1
X2
Q19
15.3 MHz
45.9 MHz
×3
2
IC1 TA31136FN
16
1st IF signal from the IF amplifier (Q4)