GE HEALTHCARE - KRETZTECHNIKDRAFT PROPRIETARY TO GE VOLUSON® E8 / VOLUSON® E8 EXPERT

DIRECTION KTI106057, REVISION 4 DRAFT (MAY 7, 2008) PROPRIETARY SERVICE MANUAL

5-3-2 RTM - Beamformer Motherboard

Transmitter-Receiver (256 transmitter channel used, 256 Receiver channels)
Connects Transmitter- and Receiver Subboards

The RTM Beamformer Motherboard contains:

• 16 pieces of RSR (see: Section 5-3-3 "RSR- Beamformer Receiver Subboards" on page 5-27)
• 16 pieces of RST (see: Section 5-3-4 "RST- Beamformer Transmitter Subboards" on page 5-27)
• 1 (optional) RSW (see: Section 5-3-5 "RSW - CW-Doppler Board (optional)" on page 5-27)

5-3-2-1 RTM Board - Connectors

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5

Figure 5-10 RTM Board - Connectors

Connector Description View

1 Connector to RFI - RF-Interface “Controller” Board top view

2 Connector slot for (optional) RSW - CW-Doppler board top view

3 Connectors to RTK - Motherboard top view

Connector slots for 32 Beamformer Sub-boards

4 RSR, RST, RSR, and so on (each 16 pcs.) top view
For detailed allocation refer to: Figure 5-11 on page 5-26

5 Connector to RTF - Probe Connector board bottom view

Chapter 5 - Components and Functions (Theory) 5-25

GE HEALTHCARE - KRETZTECHNIKRAFT PROPRIETARY TO GE VOLUSON® E8 / VOLUSON® E8 EXPERT
DIRECTION KTI106057, REVISION 4 DRAFT (MAY 7, 2008) PROPRIETARY SERVICE MANUAL
5-3-2-1 RTM Board - Connectors (cont’d)
M1
M17
M25 M9
M26 M10 M18 M2
M3
M27 M11 M19
M28 M12 M20 M4
M5
M29 M13 M21
M6
M30 M14 M22
M7
M31 M15 M23
Blue numbered slots are

M8
Transmitter Sub-boards RST (TX = David)

M24
Red numbered slots are
Receiver Sub-boards RSR (RX = Nathan)

M16
M32
slot for RSW
CW Doppler Board
Figure 5-11 slot numbers and their location on RTM board
5-26 Section 5-3 - FrontEnd Processor