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Diamond Series™
Section 1 Introduction
1.2 General Description
This section contains a general description of the Diamond CD™ series television
transmitters. Included in this section will be descriptions of the Control cabinet, Power
Amplifier cabinet, block diagrams of the different models and system specifications.
The Diamond HD™ series DTV transmitter consists of two or more discrete functional
cabinets. The minimum transmitter configuration consists of one system control cabinet
and one power amplifier cabinet. See Figure 1-1. Larger versions consist of a single
control cabinet and up to five PA cabinets.
Figure 1-1 Transmitter Front View
PA
CABINET
PA MODULES (1 - 16)
CONTROL
POWER
SUPPLIES
COLOR DISPLAY
EXCITER(S)
LED FAULT
INDICATOR
CONTROL
CABINET
(HINGED AND
REMOVABLE)
CABINET
CONTROLLER
DRIVER(S)