Paradise 205486 REV F User Manual

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 205486 REV F 

Operations Manual, HPA2, Compact Outdoor SSPA 

The system shown in Figure 7-3 uses the same concept of the power splitter on the RF input.  
In this case the Compact Outdoor amplifiers are equipped with L-Band block up converters. L-
Band input amplifiers use phase locked oscillators as the local oscillator to the up converter. 
Such systems must use a splitter at the input instead of a switch so that the reference input is 
always available to the standby amplifier.  If the reference signal is lost the standby amplifier 
would report a BUC (Block Up Converter) fault.  

 
Care must be taken when selecting the splitter for an L-Band input system.  The splitter must 
be a wide band design capable of passing the 10 MHz or 50 MHz reference signal along with 
the 950 MHz to 1525 MHz traffic input. The reference frequency power level must be at least  
–10 dBm into each Compact Outdoor Amplifier. 

Figure 7-4 shows a typical antenna-mount application of a 1:1 Redundant Compact Outdoor 
SSPA system. 

RF Output

L - Band Input

Reference Input

(10 MHz or 50 MHz typical)

(950 MHz to 1525 MHz typical)