DAS Passband Mapping from IF to Output RHF 22/7/97 ====================================== Default Configuration --------------------- The following diagrams illustrate the way output passbands at the Band Splitter internal X and Y nodes map onto the IF input spectrum in the default configuration, ie. Band Splitter parameter <4> "Sideband Swap" = 0 " <11> "X Spectrum Flip" = 0 " <12> "Y Spectrum Flip" = 0 An additional diagram illustrates the way output passbands at the Fine Tuner internal X and Y nodes map onto the selected output spectrum from the Band Splitter in the default configuration, ie. Fine Tuner parameter <53> "X Spectrum Flip" = 0 <54> "Y Spectrum Flip" = 0 Several points are of note: 1) Group 1 filters <= 16MHz wide *duplicate* the data streams on the X and Y nodes. B1*32 alone has *alternate* samples on BS.X and BS.Y. 2) Group 2, 4 and 6 filters map all the X responses on one side of input band centre and Y responses on the other. 3) All output responses are shifted (aliased) to baseband. Those marked "not inverted" appear with their lower frequency limit mapped to DC, while those marked "inverted" have their upper limit mapped to DC and therefore have their spectra inverted with respect to the input band. 4) Spectral inversion may occur in two places. When the IF is first sampled the spectrum of an odd numbered alias is inverted at baseband, which becomes the Band Splitter input. Next when a band pass filter decimates the data rate along with signal bandwidth, any odd numbered aliases of the new sample rate are inverted at baseband. The two processes are cumulative. Thus it is possible to see directly that an 8MHz passband from 152MHz to 160MHz is the 19th alias of 16MHz (the output sample rate) and will therefore appear inverted. If it is desired to record it uninverted the channel's "flipper" must be set. Alternative Configuration ------------------------- In practice the IF input spectrum itself may already be inverted depending on the number of high-side conversions in the receiver. The overall picture may be simplified by adopting the following convention: If for a particular receiver configuration the sky spectrum is inverted when sampled to baseband, set <4>"Sideband Swap" = 1. If it is not inverted, do nothing. Since "Swap" inverts the entire baseband spectrum, the net result is that the Band Splitter input is now 'normal' in all cases. The mapping to X and Y responses is now always as shown for baseband (0-64MHz) inputs and a consistent policy of inversions and output allocation etc adopted. If <4> "Swap" is set then <30> "64MHz Out Flip" should also be set, so that recordings or correlations of unprocessed data also see a normal spectrum. --------------------------------------------