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Remove Release Liners from the RF Module

FlexWave Prism RF Modules for Prism Remote Units Installation Guide Page 23

RemoveReleaseLinersfromtheRFModule

NOTE: ReleaseLinersarepresentonfrontandbackofnewmodules.

1 OpenthePRUenclosure.

2 Removereleaseliners,ifpresent,fromthethermalpadsontheRFModulepriortoinstalling

themoduleintothePRUchassis.

CAUTION! Thethermalpadsareverysensitivetomishandling—donotnick,scratch,ordingthem.

FormostRFModules,thethermalpadsarelocatedaslistedbelowandasshowninFigure9,

whichshowsaDual‐Slot40WRFModule.

• onelargepadonthebacksurfaceofeachLinearPowerAmplifier(LPA)

• uptotwoonthefrontsurface(DARTs)

• oneontheleftsideforthe(RDI)

• oneonthevectormodulatorboard

• oneontheRFpowercombiner.

Figure9.Thermal Pads on a Dual-Slot 40W RF Module

One large

thermal pad on each PA

(bottom of the LPA)

One thermal pad

for the RDI

One thermal pad

for each DART

One thermal pad

for each DART

One thermal pad

for RF Power

Combiner

One thermal pad

for Vector

Modulator