Bruker BLAH500 E, Operating & Service Manual

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Page 2: ...d personnel of the user in charge of repairing the parts of the unit which have been stated by the manufacturer to be repairable Such supply shall in no event constitute permission to modify or repair the units or approval of the same All rights reserved for the units circuits processes and appellations mentioned herein This unit is not designed for any type of use which is not specifically descri...

Page 3: ...Damage 11 Reshipment and Repackaging Requirements 11 Environment Requirements 12 3 2 Installation Requirements 12 Bench Operation 12 3 3 Power Requirements 12 3 4 System Check 12 3 5 Initial Turn on Procedure 13 4 Operation 15 4 1 Front Panel Description 15 Indicators 15 Coaxial Connectors 16 Ethernet 10 100 Interface Connector 16 Device Front View 17 4 2 Rear Panel Description 18 Device Rear View...

Page 4: ...Sub Toolbar Advanced Operations 32 Device Information advanced 32 Amplifier Limitations 33 Change Limits 34 Routing Information and Setting 35 6 4 Sub Toolbar Maintenance 36 Device Information maintenance 36 Self Test Software Reset 37 Firmware Update 39 BIS Content 40 7 Specifications 41 7 1 Common Characteristics 41 7 2 General Specifications 42 Channel High Resolution 50W Output 42 Channel Soli...

Page 5: ... of pulse width and duty cycle up to 100ms and 20 in High Resolution mode and 10 in Solid mode Its built in protection circuitry will allow lower power pulses for longer pulse widths and duty cycles maintaining a 50W average power for the Solid application on the H500 output and 10W average power for the High Resolution application on the H50 output The electronic protection circuitry has been des...

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Page 7: ...BLAH500 E Amplifier 700 900MHz can be identified by an identifying plate at the front panel of the unit that contains the following information Figure 2 1 Identifying Plate A Part Number This field indicates the part number of the product B Variant This field indicates the variant number that identifies the production category of the product The default variant is 00 C ECL This field indicates the...

Page 8: ...voltage of the product B Frequency This field indicates the input mains frequency of the product C Phases This field indicates the number of phases of the mains D Power This field indicates the absorbed power of the product E Current This field indicates the absorbed current of the product F Wires This field indicates number of wires with the ground in the mains cord G Part Number This field indic...

Page 9: ...h protection is active Please disconnect the mains supply before opening to prevent potential hazard such as Electrical shock from power supply Contact burns from the RF module and heatsink Finger scratch due to the fan assembly on the RF module DANGER Risk of electrical shocks Throughout this manual this symbol indicates the possibility of severe personal injury loss of life or equipment damage i...

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Page 11: ...upon receipt notify BRUKER or our representative immediately Retain the shipping cardboard and packing material for the carriers inspection as well as for subsequent use in returning the unit if necessary Reshipment and Repackaging Requirements 3 1 3 Whenever possible the original cardboard and packing material should be used for reshipment If the original packing material is not available wrap th...

Page 12: ...ich is relatively free of vibration and has sufficient room for cable connections The amplifier has a class II installation category Bench Operation 3 2 1 The unit can be placed onto a secure flat surface Power Requirements 3 3 The BLAH500 E Amplifier 700 900MHz has a built in switched power supply The mains line connector on the rear panel is a CEI 10A One Phase Line requirements AC input voltage...

Page 13: ...at should be seen as this occurs Before starting this procedure make sure that you have properly followed the instructions in section System Check on page 12 1 Connect the amplifier to the AC line and turn the line switch to ON 2 Observe the indicators on the front panel of the amplifier The 32V ON LED s will illuminate The 15V 15V and 3 3V ON LED s will illuminate 3 System is now fully operationa...

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Page 15: ...limit has been reached Duty Cycle D C Indicates when the duty cycle limit has been reached Pulse Width P W Indicates when the pulse width limit has been reached Mismatch Indicates when the max reflected power limit has been reached RF POW FLT Indicates when one of the above limits has been reached Overheat Indicates that the thermistor located on the RF module heatsink has sensed excessive heatsin...

Page 16: ...emale H50 RF OUT H50 High Resolution output N type connector female BLNK Blanking input BNC type connector female TTL logic 5V blanking ON 0V blanking OFF When BLANKING signal is at TTL level high 5V no gating is applied to the amplifier stages and no RF Power is possible When BLANKING signal is at TTL level low 0V the amplifier stages are gated and RF Power is possible SEL H500 H50 Select input B...

Page 17: ... 4 1 4 Figure 4 1 BLAH500 E Amplifier 700 900MHz Front Panel Design Figure 4 2 BLAH500 E Amplifier 700 900MHz Front Panel View 1 O Tx Rx 1 8 BLAH500 E 700 900MHz H500 ON 32V 15V 15V 3 3V RF POW FLT OVERHEAT OVERDRIVE D C P W MISMATCH H50 ON IN 1 ETH 10 100 BLNK LINE IN 2 IN 3 Sel H500 H50 H 50 H 500 ...

Page 18: ...el Description 4 2 The BLAH500 E Amplifier 700 900MHz rear panel is free of elements in exception of the 3 poles 2P E line filter socket Device Rear View 4 2 1 Figure 4 3 BLAH500 E Amplifier 700 900MHz Rear Panel Design Figure 4 4 BLAH500 E Amplifier 700 900MHz Rear Panel View ...

Page 19: ...t power to the Power Amplifier This driver is located on the top of the heatsink assembly The class AB power amplifier is located on the bottom of the heatsink assembly The output of the power amplifier is connected to a bi directional high dynamic coupler mounted on the front panel of the amplifier This output will be the Solid H500 output when the amplifier is controlled for Solid applications W...

Page 20: ...ont panel indicators BIS Board BLA DSP Control Board BLNK Gating Supply 15V 15V 3 3V Status Driver Relay Switch A1 Power Amplifier A1 Gating Detection 32V 32V Gating Fan Status Temperature Heatsink Reflected Forward Reflected Forward H50 OUT H500 OUT High Resolution 10 100 Ethernet BIS Routing Selection Sel H500 H50 Bi directional High dynamic Coupler 15V 15V Bi directional High dynamic Coupler 15...

Page 21: ...Manual Version 002 BRUKER BIOSPIN 21 51 System Overview Figure 5 2 Embedded Router Block Diagram Router 3 1 Combiner Routing Selection Interface Routing BIS 15V Selection IN 1 IN 2 IN 3 OUT 1 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω AO1 AI3 AI2 AI1 ...

Page 22: ...on Figure 5 3 Driver Relay Switch Block Diagram H50 H500 RF Switch H50 Resolution High ATT2 ATT1 Detection Gating SELH500 H50 Gating Gating H50 Bias H500 A1 A2 A3 SELH500 H50 Bi directional High dynamic Coupler Driver Relay Switch RF IN Reflected Forward PA input H500 Circulator ...

Page 23: ... input cells and one output cell The RF input cells ensure function of amplification and routing the output cell ensures the functions of combining RF amplitude thermo stability and amplification The three RF inputs could be routed alone or combined each other to the RF output by selecting the wished RF path through the BLA controller board Each entire RF path has a nominal 15dB of gain and operat...

Page 24: ...switches the output of the driver to the power amplifier to built the Solid H500 output RF Coupler H50 The H50 bi directional high dynamic coupler provides an approximate 1V peak DC signal for full 50W and also a peak DC signal for reflected power on the High Resolution H50 output Both signals forward and reflected are analyzed by the BLA control board for monitoring and protection setting on the ...

Page 25: ...he detection information and protect the amplifier from overstress like Forward and reflected peak power Figure 5 4 Peak Power Limitation The peak power limitation is the maximum RF forward shape amplitude allowed at the amplifier output Limitation range from 1 to 200 of nominal power The peak power limitation is checked for each sample 10 million samples per second and the maximum peak value is l...

Page 26: ...100µs Excess of reflected power Mismatch The mismatch value is the ratio between the reflected power value and the forward power value Limitation range from 1 to 100 The mismatch value is updated every 100µs Other protections The control board also detects the following faults Power supply fault Fan failure Heat sink temperature to protect against thermal overstress Fault detection timings Table 5...

Page 27: ...ain unless the channel RF input signal is re adjusted to meet the power limitations BLA Extension Board 5 2 3 This board gives the information to the control board of RF detection Status Led Board 5 2 4 The status led board on the front panel of the amplifier displays overstress functions supplies status and so on as described in Indicators on page 15 and BLA Control Board on page 25 BIS Board 5 2...

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Page 29: ...ddress is given during cf by using TOPSPIN 2 xx software on the workstation In case of problems Check the RJ45 cabling between amplifier Ethernet switch and workstation Check the Ethernet switch power Check if the green LED on the amplifier RJ45 connector lights up Check the front panel of the amplifier LED s indicators 32V 15V 15V and 3 3V ON must have lit To access the BLAH500 E Amplifier 700 90...

Page 30: ...2 1 You should get the following start screen Figure 6 1 Device Information This page gives you general information about the amplifier default page In the main toolbar we can see that a BLA is displayed The left panel is the navigation menu It can be used to navigate through the service pages or choose another tab in the sub toolbar ...

Page 31: ...n 002 BRUKER BIOSPIN 31 51 Sub Toolbar Information Amplifier Status 6 2 2 Leads you to a page giving information about the current status of the amplifier Figure 6 2 Amplifier Status High Resolution Figure 6 3 Amplifier Status Solid ...

Page 32: ...ons 6 3 Device Information advanced 6 3 1 You should get the following start screen Figure 6 4 Device Information This page gives you general information about the amplifier The left panel is the navigation menu It can be used to navigate through the service pages or choose another tab in the sub toolbar ...

Page 33: ...s Amplifier Limitations 6 3 2 Leads you to a page giving several default and current limits of the amplifier If you want for any reasons to change the current limits of the amplifier press Change limits Figure 6 5 Amplifier Limitations High Resolution Figure 6 6 Amplifier Limitations Solid ...

Page 34: ...rating Service Manual Version 002 Servicing the BLA Change Limits 6 3 3 Read the warnings change limit parameters and press Apply if you are sure of that Figure 6 7 Change Limits High Resolution Figure 6 8 Change Limits Solid ...

Page 35: ... you to a page giving information about the current routed RF path at the amplifier inputs Default RF path is INPUT 1 to CHANNEL 1 Figure 6 9 Routing Information and Setting Read the warnings it is allowed to change routing configuration of the input router ex new route INPUT 2 to CHANNEL 1 press set new route if you are sure of that ...

Page 36: ...4 Device Information maintenance 6 4 1 You should get the following start screen Figure 6 10 Device Information This page gives you general information about the amplifier The left panel is the navigation menu It can be used to navigate through the service pages or choose another tab in the sub toolbar ...

Page 37: ...Leads you to a page allowing you to do a self test on the BLA control board Hardware test and to do a software reset Both operations can be done if the amplifier doesn t work correctly Figure 6 11 Perform Self Test and Report Read the warnings press Start the Self Test You should have only gray lines in the report ...

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Page 39: ...you to a page allowing you to download new firmware Figure 6 13 Firmware Update Read the warnings press the Browse button for selecting the new firmware file to download and press Update Download the new firmware will take a few minutes NOTE This button caption depends on your operating system language settings ...

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Page 41: ... the load VSWR is excessive Front Panel Indicators Amplifier Status Led Board Front Panel Interfaces 1 x I O 8 pins RJ45 connector Front Panel Controls 1 x AC line ON OFF switch 1 x SEL H500 H50 control signal Front Panel Connectors 3 x RF input 2 x RF output 1 x blanking input gating Rear Panel Connectors 1 x AC line in socket Cooling System Forced air cooling from front to rear Size 19 rack cabi...

Page 42: ...on Linearity 1dB to 35W typical Amplifier Biasing Class AB operation Blanking Delay Time 1µs min RF Rise Time 100ns RF Fall Time 50ns DC Ringing 100mV typical due to blanking signal Input Noise Figure 8dB typical Output Noise Power Unblanked 119dBm 1Hz Output Noise Power Blanked Thermal Noise Input Output Impedance 50Ω Input V S W R Route OFF 1 6 1 max Input V S W R Route ON 1 5 1 max Output Harmo...

Page 43: ... 550W typical Amplifier Biasing Class AB operation Blanking Delay Time 1µs min RF Rise Time 100ns RF Fall Time 50ns DC Ringing 100mV typical due to blanking signal Input Noise Figure 8dB typical Output Noise Power Unblanked 108dBm 1Hz Output Noise Power Blanked Thermal Noise Input Output Impedance 50Ω Input V S W R Route OFF 1 6 1 max Input V S W R Route ON 1 5 1 max Output Harmonics 2fc 3fc 40dBc...

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Page 45: ...urs 8 years at 25 C and 5 years at 60 C Replacement of the assembly could be done in the field when a misfonction of fans is detected by lightning from the OVERHEAT Status Led To prevent such a misfonction a preventive maintenance could be done every 4 years This assembly can be ordered on the manufactory BBIO FR by P N W1346523 PUSH FAN ASSEMBLY 6 Operation 8 1 1 1 Disconnect all cables from the ...

Page 46: ...rew it on the top 7 Connect all wires status and supply 8 Connect line cord and turn on the amplifier Note that the fans are turning and no OVERHEAT status led appears on front panel 9 Put the coverage plate on the amplifier and screw it 10 Put the amplifier in the NMR console connect all cables on the front panel and the line cord on the rear panel Push fan supply connector Connector J18 on BLA C...

Page 47: ...gure 5 3 Driver Relay Switch Block Diagram 22 Figure 5 4 Peak Power Limitation 25 Figure 5 5 Forward Pulse Width Limitation 25 6 Servicing the BLA 29 Figure 6 1 Device Information 30 Figure 6 2 Amplifier Status High Resolution 31 Figure 6 3 Amplifier Status Solid 31 Figure 6 4 Device Information 32 Figure 6 5 Amplifier Limitations High Resolution 33 Figure 6 6 Amplifier Limitations Solid 33 Figure...

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Page 49: ...2 Coaxial Connectors Assignment 16 Table 4 3 RJ45 Pin Assignment 16 5 Technical Description 19 Table 5 1 Fault Detection Timings 26 6 Servicing the BLA 29 7 Specifications 41 Table 7 1 Amplifier Common Characteristics 41 Table 7 2 Channel High Resolution 50W Output Specifications 42 Table 7 3 Channel Solid 500W Output Specifications 43 8 Service Information and Maintenance 45 ...

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