Introduction; Figure 9-1. Uhf Receiver Block Diagram; Chapter 9 465-495 Mhz Uhf Theory Of Operation - Motorola EP450 Service Manual

Chapter 9 465-495 MHz UHF Theory Of Operation

9.1

Introduction

This chapter provides a detailed theory of operation for the radio components. Schematic diagrams
for the circuits described in the following paragraphs are located in
9.2 UHF Receiver
The UHF receiver covers the range of 465-495 MHz and provides switchable IF bandwidth for use
with 20/25/30 kHz or 12.5 kHz channel spacing systems. The receiver is divided into two major
blocks, as shown in
• Front End
• Back End
RX from
Antenna Switch
9.2.1 Receiver Front End
Incoming RF signals from the antenna are first routed through the harmonic filter and antenna switch,
part of the transmitter circuitry, before being applied to the receiver front end. The receiver front end
consists of a preselector filter, RF amplifier, an interstage filter, and a double-balanced first mixer.
The preselector filter is a fixed-tuned 3-pole Butterworth design using discrete elements (L1-L3, C1-
C10, C12 and C523) in a shunt-resonator configuration. It has a 3 dB bandwidth of 68 MHz centered
at 480 MHz, an insertion loss of 2 dB and image attenuation of 39 dB at 405.3 MHz. Diode CR1
protects the RF amplifier by limiting excessive RF levels. The filter bandwidth is considerably wider
than the receive band, to achieve low insertion loss in a compact size. C523 provides a transmission-
zero to improve image attenuation.
The output of the filter is matched to the base of RF amplifier Q21, which provides 18 dB of gain and
a noise figure of 3.3 dB. A BFS505 device is used for high gain, low noise figure and reduced
operating current. Operating voltage is obtained from the 5R source, which is turned off during
transmit to reduce dissipation in Q21. Current mirror Q22 maintains the operating current of Q21
constant at 8 mA regardless of device and temperature variations, for optimum dynamic range and
noise figure.
Figure 9-1.
Preselector RF
Filter Amp
First LO
from Synthesizer
Recovered Audio
RSSI

Figure 9-1. UHF Receiver Block Diagram

Chapter
Interstage
Crystal
Filter 1st Mixer
Filter
Inj Filter
6G
Ceramic
Switching
Resonator
Demodulator
11of this manual.
IF
Amp
BW_SEL
6E
Cer Fltr
4E