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SYSTEM DESCRIPTION, INSTALLATION, AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL
ASPIRE-400
(3) The HPA supports the following functions:
(a) L-band Tx RF Power Amplification
(b) Processor RF Power Management and Diagnostics
(c) Power Supply Secondary Power Generation and Management from Aircraft
Primary Mains
(d) Backplane - providing ARINC 600 [ID5] interface.
(4) The L-band Tx Power Amplification provides the primary function RF signal amplification.
Control for gain settings and activation is defined by ARINC-429 [ID6] messaging from
the SDU. The RF performance, functional health and operational status is continuously
monitored and reported via ARINC-429 [ID6] messaging back to the SDU. In addition to
enabling the ARINC-429 [ID6] control and response, the processor manages the RF
Power Amplification through activation/deactivation current profile sequencing and
continuous gain optimization. A high level block diagram is shown in Figure 1-2.
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29 January, 2020