User's Manual
Innovator CU0TD-1/CU0RD-1 – CU4TD/CU4RD Introduction
ATSC Transmitter/Regenerative Translator
Instruction Manual, Rev. 1 10
ABBREVIATIONS/ACRONYMS
AC: Alternating Current
AFC: Automatic Frequency
Control
ALC: Automatic Level Control
AM: Amplitude Modulation
AGC: Automatic Gain Control
ATSC: Advanced Television
Systems Committee (Digital)
AWG: American Wire Gauge
B/D: Block Diagram
BER: Bit Error Rate
BW: Bandwidth
COFDM: Coded Orthogonal Frequency
Division Multiplexing
modulation scheme.
CUBP888A-4: Line C, Frequency
UHF, Version B, Use PA,
Transistor Number 888A,
number of transistors in final
output stage 4.
DC: Direct Current
D/A: Digital to Analog
DSP: Digital Signal Processing
DTV: Digital Television
dB: Decibel
dBm: Decibel referenced to
1 milliwatt
dBmV: Decibel referenced to
1 millivolt
dBw: Decibel referenced to 1 watt
FEC: Forward Error Correction
FM: Frequency Modulation
FPGA: Field Programmable Gate
Array
Hz: Hertz
I/C: Interconnect
ICPM: Incidental Carrier Phase
Modulation
I/P: Input
IF: Intermediate Frequency
LED: Light emitting diode
LSB: Lower Sideband
LDMOS: Lateral Diffused Metal Oxide
Semiconductor Field Effect
Transistor
MPEG: Motion Pictures Expert
Group
NTSC: National Television
Systems Committee (Analog)
O/P: Output
PLL: Phase Locked Loop
PCB: Printed Circuit Board
QAM: Quadrature Amplitude
Modulation
RD: Regenerative
Translator, Digital
SMPTE: Society of Motion Picture
and Television Engineers
TD: Transmitter, Digital
VSB: Vestigial Side Band