DOCSIS 3.0 Set-Top-Box Tuner Architecture

Target Product

A Dual Tuner DOCSIS 3.0 set-top-box.

Purpose

Recreate the RF Local Oscillator architecture of the tuner using black-box testing.

Procedure

  • The modem was taken apart and tuner IC identified
  • A 256-QAM modulator plus an RF upconverter was used as input signal source
  • The RF input signal was split and converted into two balanced signals prior to the two tuner IC inputs.
  • A magnetic loop probe was connected to a spectrum analyzer for signal reception
  • The tuner was put through various carefully designed test cases and input and output combinations and responses were observed.

Result of Dual Tuner DOCSIS 3.0 set-top-box Test

Successful verification of the overall architecture of the Dual Tuner DOCSIS 3.0 set-top-box, including all the oscillator frequency settings for various channels.

Dual Tuner DOCSIS 3.0 set-top-box
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