User's Manual

FlexWavePrismRemoteUnitRFModuleInstallationGuide Page19
TECP‐77‐141Issue6 • 300001744178RevF • April2014 ©2014 TEConnectivityLtd.
GuardagainstDamagefromElectro‐StaticDischarge
CAUTION! Electro‐StaticDischarge(ESD)candamageelectroniccomponents.TopreventESDdamage,alwayswearanESDwrist
strapwhenworkingwiththePRUorwhenhandlinganyofitscomponents—includingtheRFModules.Connectthe
groundwireontheESDwriststraptoanearthgroundsourcebeforetouchingthePRU
oranyofitscomponents.Wear
thewriststraptheentiretimethatyouworkwiththePRUanditscomponents.
CAUTION! PlacePrismRFModulesinanti‐staticpackingmaterialwhentransportingorstoringthem.
UnpackandInspecttheRFModule
1 Inspecttheexterioroftheshippingcontainer(s)forevidenceofroughhandlingthatmayhavedamagedthe
componentsinthecontainer.
2 Unpackeachcontainerwhilecarefullycheckingthecontentsfordamageandverifywiththepackingslip.
3 Ifdamageisfoundorpartsaremissing,fileaclaimwiththecommercialcarrierandnotifyTECustomer
Service(see
“ContactingTEConnectivity”onpage47).Savethedamagedcartonsforinspectionbythecarrier.
4 Saveallshippingcontainersforuseiftheequipmentrequiresshipmentatafuturedate.
CAUTION! HandletheRFModulewithcareduringinstallation.Beespeciallycarefultonotdamagethethermal‐interfacematerial
(TIM),whichisattachedtotheLPA.IftheTIMis damaged,theLPAcanoverheat.BeforeinstallingtheRFModule,check
toseeiftheheatsinkmaterialisgougedorcracked.If
theTIMisdamaged,donotinstalltheRFModuleandcontact
TEConnectivityforassistance(see
“ContactingTEConnectivity”onpage47forcontactinformation).
CAUTION! Ifthethermal‐interfacematerialisdamaged,theinstallationanduseoftheRFModulemayvoidthewarrantyofthe
RFModule.
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Single‐andDual‐BayRFModules,thethermalpadsarelocatedaslistedbelowandasshowninFigure9
onpage20,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.