Biasing Of Pa Driver And Pas; Prepare To Check Biasing - Tait TM9100 Service Manual

11.3

Biasing of PA Driver and PAs

The measurements of the transmitter RF output power in
Introduction
Power"
PA driver. The procedure is covered in this section. There are thirteen tasks
grouped as follows:
The test and measurement points for diagnosing faults in the biasing of the
PAs and PA driver are summarized in
If the transmitter is not being inhibited, check the biasing of the two PAs
Task 12 —
Prepare to
and the PA driver. First make the following preparations:
Check Biasing
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might indicate a need to check the biasing of the two PAs and the
Task

12: prepare to check biasing

Task 13 to Task 15: check biasing of first PA
Task 16 to Task 18: check biasing of second PA
Task 19 and Task 20: check biasing of PA driver
Task 21 to Task 24: repair circuitry
Set the current limit on the DC power supply to 3A.
Enter the CCTM command 331 to check the DAC value of final bias
1) at maximum power. Record the value x returned.
1 (
CDC TX FIN BIAS
Enter the CCTM command 332 to check the DAC value of final bias
2) at maximum power. Record the value y returned.
2 (
CDC TX FIN BIAS
Enter the CCTM command 304 to check the DAC value of the
clamp current at the driver gate. Record the value z returned.
Enter the CCTM command 33 to place the radio in transmit mode.
Switch off all biases by entering the following CCTM commands in
sequence:
331 1
332 1
304 1
114 1023
334 0
335 0
Note the current reading on the DC power supply. This will be less
than 500mA.
With the radio still in transmit mode, check the biasing of the PAs and
PA driver, beginning with
Transmitter Fault Finding (50W/40W Radios)
"Transmitter RF
Figure 11.10.
Task 13.
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