ASUS A500CG

RF Hardware Trouble Shooting Guide

PMD-HW2

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Outline

• Repair and Test Environment (*)

• RF Block Diagram
• Key components location
• RF Tx /Rx Path
– GSM and WCDMA Tx Path
– GSM and WCDMA Rx Path
• GSM and WCDMA Tx/Rx fail analysis
• GPS RF Path
• BT/WiFi RF Path
• GPS and BT/WiFi fail analysis

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Repair and Test Environment (*) (*)

(*) DUT

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RF Block Diagram ─ 2G/3G System

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A500CG RF Areas Top Side

RF Top

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A500CG RF Areas Bottom Side
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi B1 DRX
Spring BT/GPS Spring
BOT

GPS
Spring

RF BOT

RF Connector
CON6301

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 Key Components Location
RF BOT VCTCXO RF TOP
OSC6401

TRx PA DC-DC
RFU6401 RFU6308

DCS B4
B1
B8 SAW DPX
DPX MMPA
DPX ASM RFU6501
B5 RFU6301 B2
DPX DPX

Coupler
RFU6302

RF connector
CON6301
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Outline

• Repair and Test Environment (*)

• RF Block Diagram
• Key components location
• RF Tx /Rx Path
– GSM and WCDMA Tx Path
– GSM and WCDMA Rx Path
• GSM and WCDMA Tx/Rx fail analysis
• GPS RF Path
• BT/WiFi RF Path
• GPS and BT/WiFi fail analysis

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RF Block Diagram ─ 2G/3G System

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 Band1 Tx Path
RF BOT RF TOP

Test point

PA in

RF connector
CON6301
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 Band2 Tx Path
RF BOT RF TOP

Test point

PA in

RF connector
CON6301
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 Band5 Tx Path
RF BOT RF TOP

Test point

RF connector
CON6301
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 Band8 Tx Path
RF BOT RF TOP

Test point

RF connector
CON6301
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 DCS1800/PCS1900 Tx Path
RF BOT RF TOP

Test point

RF connector
CON6301
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 EGSM900/GSM850 Tx Path
RF BOT RF TOP

Test point

RF connector
CON6301
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 Band1 Rx Path
RF BOT RF TOP

Test point

RF connector
CON6301
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 Band2/G1900 Rx Path
RF BOT RF TOP

Test point

RF connector
CON6301
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 Band5/GSM850 Rx Path
RF BOT RF TOP

Test point

RF connector
CON6301
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 Band8/EGSM900 Rx Path
RF BOT RF TOP

Test point

RF connector
CON6301
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 DCS1800 Rx Path
RF BOT RF TOP

Test point

RF connector
CON6301
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Outline

• Repair and Test Environment (*)

• RF Block Diagram
• Key components location
• RF Tx /Rx Path
– GSM and WCDMA Tx Path
– GSM and WCDMA Rx Path
• GSM and WCDMA Tx/Rx fail analysis
• GPS RF Path
• BT/WiFi RF Path
• GPS and BT/WiFi fail analysis

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RF Block Diagram ─ GPS/BT/WiFi

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BT/WiFi(2.4GHz) RF Path

Key part Wi-Fi Tx path

BT path Wi-Fi Rx path

OSC4401

U4402 U4101

RFU6702 RFU6701
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GPS Rx Path

Key part
Test point

OSC4401

U4402

RFU6801

RFU6802
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