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FlexWave Prism Remote Unit and HDM RF Module Installation Guide 320000117795 Rev A • FWPP-501-01 Issue 1
Page 82 © March 2016 CommScope, Inc.
Install the RF Module(s)
REMOVE RELEASE LINERS FROM THE RF MODULE
NOTE: Release Liners are present on front and back of new modules.
1 OpentheRemoteUnitenclosure.
2 Removereleaseliners,ifpresent,fromthethermalpadsontheRFModulepriortoinstallingthe
moduleintotheRemoteUnitchassis.
CAUTION! The thermal pads are very sensitive to mishandling—do not nick, scratch, or ding them.
ForSingle-andDual-BayRFModules,thethermalpadsarelocatedaslistedbelowandasshownin
Figure19,whichshowsaLegacyDual-Bay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 19. Thermal Pads on a Legacy Dual-Bay 40W RF Module
One large
thermal pad on each PA
(boom 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