Receiver; General Description - Nokia NHL-2NA Series Troubleshooting Instructions

NHL-2NA

Receiver

General description

The receiver is a direct-conversion, dual-band linear receiver. RF signal energy gathered
by the antenna is fed via the antenna switch module to the 1
and MMIC LNAs. The RF antenna switch module provides for upper- and lower-band
operation. The signal having been amplified by the LNA is then fed to 2
SAW filters. Both of these 2
achieve the balanced feed for HAGAR. The discrete LNAs have three gain levels. The first
one is maximum gain, the second one is about -30dB ( GSM1800 ) and –25dB ( E-
GSM900 ) below maximum gain and the last one is off state. The LNA gain selection is
controlled directly by HAGAR.
The performance of the RX bandpass SAW filters are mainly responsible for defining the
receiver's blocking characteristics against spurious signals outside passband and the pro-
tection against spurious responses.
The differential RX signal is amplified and mixed directly down to BB frequency in
HAGAR. The LO signal is generated with external VCO. This VCO signal is divided by 2 (
GSM1800 ) or by 4 ( E-GSM900 ). The PLL and dividers are internal to the HAGAR IC.
From the mixer output to ADC input RX signal is divided into I- and Q-signals. Accurate
phasing is generated in LO dividers. After the mixer DTOS amplifiers convert the differen-
tial signals to single ended.
The DTOS has two gain stages. The first one has constant gain of 12dB and 85kHz cut off
frequency. The gain of second stage is controlled with control signal g10. If g10 is high
(1) the gain is 6dB and if g10 is low (0) the gain of the stage is -4dB. The active channel
filters in HAGAR provide selectivity for channels (-3dB @ ± 91 kHz typ.). The integrated
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