NHL-10 
RF Troubleshooting CCS Technical Documentation
ISSUE 2 01/2004 COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL 3
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Table of Contents
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Introduction ...................................................................................................................5
General troubleshooting  ................................................................................................ 6
RF Key Component Placement ..................................................................................... 7
Receiver Troubleshooting  .............................................................................................9
General Description  .................................................................................................... 9
General Instructions for RX Troubleshooting  ..........................................................10
Measuring RX I/Q signals using RSSI ................................................................... 10
Measuring RX performance using SNR measurement ........................................... 11
Measuring the RX module manually using Oscilloscope and Spectrum Analyzer  12
GSM900 .................................................................................................................. 12
GSM1800 ................................................................................................................ 14
GSM1900 ................................................................................................................ 15
Measurement points in the Receiver  ...................................................................... 17
Tuning of the RX Using Phoenix ................................................................................ 19
RX Channel Select Filter Calibration  ....................................................................... 19
RX Calibration .......................................................................................................... 19
RX Band Filter Response Compensation .................................................................. 22
Transmitter Troubleshooting ....................................................................................... 25
General Description  .................................................................................................. 25
Preparation for Fault Finding .................................................................................... 26
Fault-finding chart: TX-BB interface and control signals ...................................... 28
Fault-finding chart: RF side of transmitter ............................................................. 29
Transmitter Tuning ...................................................................................................... 30
Introduction ............................................................................................................... 30
TX IQ Tuning ............................................................................................................ 30
TX Power Level Tuning  ...........................................................................................34