Blind Mate Enclosuresfor Shipboard RF over Fiber

• Proprietary backplanes– Blind-mate Optical

– Blind-mate 20+ GHz RF

– Blind-mate Power/Comms

Blind Mate RF

• Qualified for Shipboard Applications

• Above Decks 23” 3RU enclosure

• Two similar Below Decks 19” 3RU enclosures

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Blind Mate Optical

Enclosure Features

• Blind mate optical and microwave paths on plug-in modules – Connect to bulkhead connectors on rear panel

– Optical Bulkheads: Diamond AVIM or LC/APC

– RF Bulkheads: SMA or D38999 Circular

• All modules fully hot-swappable

• All enclosures feature:– Removable Fan Box with hot swap/rapid insertion individual Fan Modules

– EMI/Dust seals and filters

• Communications interface for BIT / Telemetry– SNMP over Ethernet

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Rapid Insertion Fan Module

Standard Plug-in Modules

• Two Module styles, fully hot-swappable

Dual Channel

• 2 each Optical and 20 GHz RF blind mates

• 14.5d x 4.2h x 1.4w

• 30 W max power consumption

Quad Channel

• 4 each Optical and 20 GHz RF blind mates

• 4.8d x 4.2h x 1.6w

• 8.5 W max power consumption

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Below Decks Standard Enclosure

• 5 Quad Channel slots

• 2 Dual Channel slots

• 1 Comm Module slot

• 2 Power Supply slots• Power Supplies are dual-redundant/ hot swappable

• 19” 3RU x 22” depth

• Requires AC Power– 85-140 V, 60 Hz, 200 W max

• Rear Panel:– 24 LC/APC Optical

– 4 SMA RF

– 20 RF channels in 3 D38999 circular connectors

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Below Decks Standard Enclosure

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5 Quad Channel slots

2 Dual Channel slots 2 Power Supply slots

Comm Module slot

Enclosure Front (Fan module removed)

Quad Channel Dual Channel Comm Module Power Supply

Fan Module (not shown)

Below Decks Standard Enclosure

Enclosure Rear (EMI Filter module removed)

AC in

Rx RF Outputs

Rx Optical Inputs

Tx Optical Outputs Tx RF Inputs

EMI/Dust Filter (not shown)

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Below Decks Standard Enclosure

Below Decks Delay Line Enclosure

• 7 Quad Channel slots

• 1 Comm Module slot

• 2 Power Supply slots• Power Supplies are dual-redundant

• 19” 3RU x 25” depth• 19” 3RU x 25” depth

• Requires AC Power– 85-140 V, 60 Hz, 150 W max

• Enclosure includes 28 optical delay lines– Any channel can have any fixed delay up to 8.0 µs ± 0.5 ns

• Rear Panel:– 28 LC/APC Optical

– 28 RF channels in 4 D38999 circular connectors

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Below Decks Delay Line Enclosure

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7 Quad Channel slots2 Power Supply slots

Comm Module slot

AC Power

Fan Access Panel

Above Decks Enclosure

• 13 Dual Channel slots

• 1 Communications Interface (Comm) Module slot

• 23” 3RU x 21” depth

• Requires DC Power• Requires DC Power– 5 V, 70 A max

– -5 V, 15 A max

– 12 V, 6 A max

• Rear panel:– 26 RF (SMA)

– 26 Optical (AVIM)

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Above Decks Enclosure

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Typical Performance

Broadband 1-20 GHz Link

20.0

25.0

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35.0

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45.0

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GHz

Noise Figure

A/D Encl.Tx

B/D Encl.Rx

RF in (from Antenna/LNA)

RF out (to DNC/Receiver)

Ship F/O Cable

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Mean Mean - 3 Sigma Mean + 3 Sigma

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Input 1 dB Compression

Mean Mean - 3 Sigma Mean + 3 Sigma