User Guide

Table of Contents
General RF troubleshooting ..................................................................................................................................5–5
Introduction to RF troubleshooting ................................................................................................................5–5
RF key components ...........................................................................................................................................5–6
Non-replaceable RF components.....................................................................................................................5–7
General voltage checking .................................................................................................................................5–8
Phoenix self tests ..............................................................................................................................................5–9
Receiver troubleshooting ................................................................................................................................... 5–10
Introduction to receiver (RX) troubleshooting............................................................................................ 5–10
VCTCXO troubleshooting ................................................................................................................................ 5–11
RX GSM850 troubleshooting.......................................................................................................................... 5–12
RX GSM900 troubleshooting.......................................................................................................................... 5–13
RX GSM1800 troubleshooting........................................................................................................................ 5–14
RX GSM1900 troubleshooting........................................................................................................................ 5–15
GSM RX chain activation for manual measurements/GSM RSSI measurement ........................................ 5–16
WCDMA receiver troubleshooting................................................................................................................. 5–17
WCDMA RX chain activation for manual measurement.............................................................................. 5–18
WCDMA RSSI measurement ........................................................................................................................... 5–19
Transmitter troubleshooting ............................................................................................................................. 5–19
General instructions for transmitter (TX) troubleshooting........................................................................ 5–19
GSM transmitter troubleshooting................................................................................................................. 5–20
TX 850/900 troubleshooting......................................................................................................................... 5–22
TX 1800/1900 troubleshooting..................................................................................................................... 5–23
Checking antenna functionality.................................................................................................................... 5–24
WCDMA transmitter troubleshooting ........................................................................................................... 5–26
WCDMA transmitter troubleshooting flowchart.......................................................................................... 5–28
RF tunings ............................................................................................................................................................ 5–28
Introduction to RF tunings............................................................................................................................ 5–28
Autotuning for BB5 ........................................................................................................................................ 5–29
System mode independent manual tunings .................................................................................................... 5–30
RF channel filter calibration.......................................................................................................................... 5–30
PA (power amplifier) detection .................................................................................................................... 5–30
GSM receiver tunings........................................................................................................................................... 5–31
Rx calibration (GSM) ....................................................................................................................................... 5–31
Rx band filter response compensation (GSM).............................................................................................. 5–34
GSM transmitter tunings..................................................................................................................................... 5–37
Tx IQ tuning (GSM).......................................................................................................................................... 5–37
Tx power level tuning (GSM) ......................................................................................................................... 5–39
WCDMA receiver tunings..................................................................................................................................... 5–41
RX calibration (WCDMA) ................................................................................................................................. 5–41
WCDMA transmitter tunings............................................................................................................................... 5–44
Tx AGC & power detector (WCDMA)............................................................................................................... 5–44
Tx band response calibration (WCDMA) ....................................................................................................... 5–50
Tx LO leakage (WCDMA) ................................................................................................................................. 5–52
List of Tables
Table 6 Rf channel filter calibration tuning limits ........................................................................................... 5–30
Table 7 RF tuning limits in Rx calibration......................................................................................................... 5–33
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