Table 10-14 Divider And Integrator Troubleshooting - HP 8560E Service Manual

Table 10-14 Divider and Integrator Troubleshooting
Measured
VCO
Frequency
Relative to
Expected
Value
Measured >
expected
Measured <
expected
10.Divider troubleshooting:
11.Detector and integrator troubleshooting:
Chapter 10
steps.
zero
Dividers
Both
a. Check the frequency at A14TP2. It should be equal to the
frequency at A14TP1 divided by two.
b. The signal at A14TP3 should be greater than −14 dBm.
c. Use an analog oscilloscope to view the signal at A14TP5. Adjust
the scope triggering to view the divide-by-16 signal. The
frequency at this point will be varying as the prescaler changes
its divide number to either 16, 17, 20, or 21. The prescaler uses 16
as the divide number most frequently. The frequency displayed on
the oscilloscope should equal the frequency from TP2 divided by
16.
d. Use an oscilloscope to view the signal at pin 8 of U112. Its
average frequency should be given by:
f = f(A14TP5) × 80 MHz/RAW OSC FREQ
where: f(A14TP5) is the frequency measured at TP5, and RAW
OSC FREQ comes from step 4 (A14TP1).
If the frequency is in error, the fractional divider, block AS, is not
functioning. Check that FRAC N RUN on U113 pin 39 is high.
e. Use an oscilloscope to verify that the signals at N_in (U112 pin 8)
and N_out (TP6) are identical except for a sub-microsecond delay.
a. Check the phase detector output on TP11 in block AO. If F_ref is
higher in frequency than TP6 (reclocked VCO/N), then the
average voltage at TP11 should be positive by 0.05 V to 10 V. If
F_ref is lower, TP11 should be −0.05 V to −10 V.
b. The polarity of the output of the loop gain (block AP, TP12) should
be the same as the polarity of the input (TP11).
TP6 Frequency
<2.5 MHz 2.5 MHz
Dividers Dividers
Det or Dividers
integrator
Synthesizer Section
Unlocked Fractional N PLL
>2.5 MHz
Det or
integrator
Dividers
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