4.4 SPECIFICATIONS (SINGLE UNIT)
The Block Up-Converters specified herein are capable of meeting or exceeding the performance
specifications listed in the following table over frequency range, operating temperature and line
voltage variation, unless otherwise specified. The units will meet all RF performance specifications
within thirty minutes of application of prime power.
TABLE 1
: ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS
L-Band Input Frequency
950 – 1450 MHz
RF Output Frequency Range
14.000 – 14.500 GHz
Frequency Stability
Based upon 10 MHz Internal Reference
RF Saturated Output Power (P
SAT
)
53.0 dBm, typ
(RF Output Power @ 6 dB Gain Compression)
Linear Output Power (P
LIN
)*
+ 49.0 dBm, min
Linear Gain
72
±
3 dB
Gain Flatness: over 500 MHz
over 40 MHz
3.0 dB p–p, max
1.0 dB, max
Gain Variation Over Temperature
3 dB p-p, over the entire bandwidth
L-Band Input Impedance
50
Ω
L-Band Input Return Loss
16 dB, min
Output Return Loss
20 dB, min
Noise Power Density in-band
in receive band @ 12.750 GHz
-70 dBm/Hz, max
-145 dBm/Hz, max
Spurious at rated power
- 55 dBc, max
Harmonics at rated power
- 60 dBc, max
Third Order Intermodulation
(two equal tones 5 MHz apart)
- 25 dBc, max @ 3 dB total back-off from Psat
Local Oscillator Frequency
2.175 GHz (virtual 13.050 GHz)
Local Oscillator Leakage
-20 dBm, max
Output Phase Noise
@ Offset: 100 Hz
1 kHz
10 kHz
≥
100 kHz
Ku-Band Single Side Band Phase Noise (max)
- 63 dBc/Hz
- 73 dBc/Hz
- 83 dBc/Hz
- 93 dBc/Hz
*NOTE:
To establish P
LIN
measure third order intermodulation with two equal tones 5 MHz
apart to be – 25 dBc and note the total output power for this value of IMD3.
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