Voltage Controlled Oscillator (Vco) - Motorola Professional GP340 Service Manual

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Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO)

(Refer to Figure 2-5 and the Voltage Controlled Oscillator schematic diagram)
The VCOBIC (U241) in conjunction with the Fractional-N synthesizer (U201) generates RF in both
the receive and the transmit modes of operation. The TRB line (U241 pin 19) determines which
oscillator and buffer will be enabled. A sample of the RF signal from the enabled oscillator is routed
from U241 pin 12, through a low pass filter, to the prescaler input (U201 pin 32). After frequency
comparison in the synthesizer, a resultant CONTROL VOLTAGE is received at the VCO. This
voltage is a DC voltage between 3.5V and 9.5V when the PLL is locked on frequency.
The VCOBIC(U241) is operated at 4.54 V (VSF) and Fractional-N synthesizer (U201) at 3.3V. This
difference in operating voltage requires a level shifter consisting of Q260 and Q261 on the TRB line.
The operation logic is shown in Table 2-1.
Rx-SW
Tx-SW
(U201 Pin28)
VSF
Steer Line
Voltage
(VCTRL)
RX VCO
RX Tank
Circuit
TX VCO
TX Tank
Circuit
Pin 20
Pin7
Pin13
Switching Network
Vcc-Superfilter
Pin3
Collector/RF in
Pin4
RX
Active Bias
Pin5
Pin6
TX
Active Bias
Pin16
Pin15
Vsens
Circuit
Pin18
Vcc-Logic
VSF
(U201 Pin28)
Figure 2-5 VCO Block Diagram
Level Shifter
Prescaler Out
TRB_IN
Pin 19
TX/RX/BS
U241
VCOBIC
Rx
Tx
Pin2 Pin1 Pins 9,11,17
Tx-I adjust
Rx-I adjust
THEORY OF OPERATION
5V
AUX3 (U201 Pin2)
AUX4 (U201 Pin3)
Network
U201 Pin 32
Pin 12
LO RF INJECTION
Presc
Matching
Network
RX
Pin8
VSF
(U201 Pin28)
Pin14
VCC Buffers
TX
TX RF Injection
Pin10
Attenuator
Low Pass
Filter