COMMAND RANGING & TELEMETRY UNIT CORTEX
CRT QUANTUM USER'S MANUAL
Ref. DTU 100042
Is.Rev. 5.17
Date: Dec.
03, 2021Sept. 30, 2021
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3.3. IF Demodulation & Telemetry Processing
3.3.1. Demodulation Capability
3.3.1.1. Low & High Bandwidth TMU
Next table summarizes the maximum bit rate and sub-carrier frequency supported by the TMU in Low and High
bandwidth modes:
Telemetry Unit Setting
(Annex 1, TMU Table , Offset 58)
IF Receiver Setting
(Annex 1, IFR Table, Offset 38)
SCF 128 kHz
BR 25 kbps
Low Bandwidth Extended
(LBW extended)
SCF 512 kHz
BR 64 kbps
High Bandwidth
with sub-carrier demodulation
capability
(HBW with S/C)
If sub-carrier present:
SCF 2 MHz
BR 600 kbps
PCM/BPSK/PM
PCM/BPSK/FM
PCM/PM/PM
PCM/PM/FM
PCM/FM/PM
(if PCM/FM option)
PCM/FM/FM
(if PCM/FM option)
If no sub-carrier :
BR 5 Mbps (**)
If no sub-carrier :
BR 15 Mbps (**)
High Bandwidth, direct PCM
(HBW, direct PCM)
BR 20 Mbps
on each rail (*)
Table 18: Demodulation Capabilities
(*): Maximum bit rates. May be less according to Cortex configuration (see next table for bit rate and symbol rate
limitations on high bandwidth telemetry chains without sub-carrier).
(**): NRZ codes, PM/PCM BIP < 2.5 Mbps, FM/PCM BIP < 1 Mbps