GAP FILLER

VHF-UHF frequency agile

Output Power up to 100W
High efficiency Echo Canceller for SFN networks
Ethernet control with HTTP and SNMP protocols
Standards DVB-T/H, ATSC, DAB, T-DMB, ISDB-T/TB
GAP FILLER

The n ew E l ect r o s y s g a p fille r a n s we r s to the
r eq u i remen t o f c o m p le tio n o f d ig ita l te levi -
s io n n et w o rks with a n e x tr e m e ly r e lia b le and
v ersat i l e p ro d uc t.
Th e gap f iller s u p p o rts a l l D VB -T a n d D V B -H
modes as def ine d i n th e E T SI EN 3 0 0 7 4 4 stan -
d ar d, inc luding S F N a n d MF N o p e ra ti o n s and
h i e r ar c hic al m o d e s , a n d i t c a n a l s o c o v e r ATS C
a nd I S DB - T / T B s ta n d a rd s a s w e l l a s D AB and
T-D M B . T he uni t o p e ra te s i n VH F B III a n d U H F
b and wit h an o u tp u t p o w e r ra n g e fro m 1 W up
to 100W. T her e a re d i ffe re n t v e rs i o n s fo r 5, 6,
7 or 8 M Hz c ha n n e l s b a n d w i d th . T h e R F i nput
si g nal is down c o n v e rte d to IF a n d th e n con -
ver t ed t o digit a l . A l l th e o p e ra ti o n s i n c l udi ng
fi l ter ing, pr e- c o rre c ti o n a n d e c h o -c a n c e l l ati on
a re per f or m ed u s i n g d i g i ta l a l g o ri th ms . Fi nal -
l y, the si gnal i s converted agai n to a nalog and
up converted to R F. W hen the i nput and out put
channel frequency i s the same, the echo- can -
cel l ati on adapti ve al gori thms reduce t he eff ect
of the antenna coupl i ng to guarante e an high
quality of the output signal. The gap-filler is
composed of the fol l ow i ng mai n parts:
• di gi tal si gnal processi ng uni t
• R F secti on
• pow er suppl y secti on
• control uni t

RF MON
RS232
CONTROLLER RF OUT
ETHERNET &
INTERFACES
PARALLEL
SIGNALS RF PWR AMP
PROTECTION
CONTROLLER &
INTERFACES RF SECTION
SECTION

DIGITAL 5V 12V 32V

RF IN SIGNAL
PROCESSING
VAC
BAND POWER
DOWN IF IF UP SUPPLY
PASS CONVERTER CONVERTER
FILTER 40 VDC
(optional)
DIGITAL SIGNAL POWER SUPPLY
PROCESSING UNIT SECTION
DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING UNIT
The assembly, which includes the digital si-
gnal processor, the down converter and the up
converter boards, is arranged in a metal box in
order to protect them from the emissions ra-
diated by the other circuits of the equipment.
In the digital signal processor the IF signal coming
from the down-converter is amplified (an AGC cir-
cuit is present), converted to digital, and sent to
an FPGA performing the following processes:
• filtering in order to reduce the adjacent channel
interferences
• tilt correction in order to compensate for the li-
near distortions introduced by the channel filter,
after the RF output
• pre-correction in order to compensate for the
non-linear distortions introduced by the amplifiers
after the RF output
• echo suppression in order to improve the SFN
operations.
RF SECTION
The final power amplifier is made up by two RF
stages: the first one amplifies the RF input si-
gnal up to 1Wrms, the second one raises it up
to nominal output power (25W, 50W or 100W).
The amplifier section is provided with output di-
POWER SUPPLY SECTION
The power supply section is made up by two
AC/DC converters supplying all the circuits
and assemblies of the unit. One AC/DC conver-
ter is used to supply the final RF stages with a
CONTROL UNIT
The gap filler control unit allows commands,
configuration and parameters monitoring. The
ESS (Electrosys Supervisory System) software al-
lows the remote control and monitoring of the unit
by means of a proprietary protocol or HTTP (Web
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
Power supply 88 to 240V
Relative humidity 95% without condensation
Temperature range 0°C to +45°C
Maximum operating altitude Up to 3000m
Dimensions (wxhxd) 483x134x505 mm (19” – 3HE)
Weight 15kg
INPUT AND OUTPUT INTERFACES
RF Input N connector, 50Ω
10MHz Reference Input -15dBm +15dBm level, BNC connector, 50Ω
1PPS Reference Input BNC connector, 5kΩ
RF Output N connector, 50Ω
In the down converter, the received RF signal is
amplified and translated into IF frequency (70MHz)
by a mixer which carries out a beating with a tone
generated by a local oscillator, made up by a PLL.
For a good frequency stability, the synthesizer is
locked to a 10MHz tone generated by an OCXO on
the up converter board.
The up conversion from IF frequency to transmis-
sion channel frequency, is carried out in two steps
in order not to have tunable or replaceable band
pass filters. The resulting RF signal passes throu-
gh a low pass filter (image frequency suppression)
and is amplified by an amplifier with variable gain.
The local oscillators are locked to a 10MHz refe-
rence tone generated by an OCXO; alternatively,
the OCXO may be locked to a 10MHz external re-
ference from a GPS Receiver.
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rectional couplers for the measurements of the
forward and reflected powers: the measurements
are also displayed on the front panel display. A
sample of the reflected power is also used to pro-
tect the amplifier from excessive VSWR.
+48VDC voltage; the other AC/DC converter deli-
vers +3.3VDC, +5VDC and ±12VDC used to sup-
ply the other circuits of the unit.
Server) and SNMP protocols.
A front display and a keyboard allows a complete
control of the unit without any external PC. The
pre-correction is performed by using a user-frien-
dly PC software.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Output frequency range 170–240 MHz VHF BIII, 470-870 MHz UHF
Output power 1W, 25W, 50W, 100W
Input frequency range 170–240 MHz VHF BIII, 470-870 MHz UHF
Input frequency step 1Hz
Channel bandwidth 2/5/6/7/8 MHz
Sensibility range -70 dBm to 0 dBm
Channel selectivity > 35 dB
MER > 33 dB (RF input -57dBm level and 38dB MER)
Shoulder > 38 dB (measured at 4,2mHz from CF, 8MHz Channel)
Spurious > 50 dB (relative to the total signal power)
Noise figure < 8 dB
Minimum transit time < 5 µs
Echo Canceller attenuation > 40 dB

Electrosys
Loc. Sferracavallo 19/A
05018 Orvieto
Italy

Phone: +39 0763 3361

Fax: +39 0763 336344
E-mail: sales@electrosys.it
Web: www.electrosys.it

Electrosys is a registered trademark of Electrosys s.r.l.

Trade names are trademark of the owners
Printed in Italy

Version 1.00 - February 2010

Data without tolerance is not binding

Subject to change