Icom iF110 Service Manual

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4 - 24-1-5 AF AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT (MAIN UNIT)The AF amplifier circuit amplifies the demodulated AF sig-nals to drive a speaker.The AF signals from the FM IF IC (IC1, pin 9) are applied tothe active filter circuit (IC16). The active filter circuit (high-pass filter) removes CTCSS or DTCS signals.The filtered AF signals are output from pin 14 (IC16) and areapplied to the de-emphasis circuit (R117, C378) with fre-quency characteristics of –6 dB/octave, and then passedthrough the analog switch (IC14, pins 1–3) and low-pass fil-ter (IC5). The filtered signal is applied to the electronic vol-ume controller (IC6, pin 9).The output AF signals from the electronic volume controller(IC6, pin 10) are passed through the analog switch (IC14pins 9–11) and are applied to the AF amplifier (IC15) and AFpower amplifier (IC8) to drive the speaker.4-1-6 RECEIVER MUTE CIRCUITS(MAIN AND FRONT UNITS)• NOISE SQUELCHThe noise squelch circuit cuts out AF signals when no RFsignals are received. By detecting noise components in theAF signals, the squelch circuit switches the AF mute switch.Some noise components in the AF signals from the FM IF IC(IC1, pin 9) are passed through the level controller (IC6, pins1, 2). The level controlled signals are applied to the active fil-ter section in the FM IF IC (IC1, pin 8). Noise componentsabout 10 kHz are amplified and output from pin 7.The filtered signals are converted to the pulse-type signalsat the noise detector section and output from pin 13 (NOIS).The NOIS signal from the FM IF IC is applied to the CPU(FRONT unit; IC1, pin 53). The CPU then analyzes the noisecondition and controls the AF mute signal via “AFON” line(D44, D45) to the AF mute circuit (Q35, Q36, D29, D30).• CTCSS AND DTCSThe tone squelch circuit detects AF signals and opens thesquelch only when receiving a signal containing a matchingsubaudible tone (CTCSS or DTCS). When tone squelch is inuse, and a signal with a mismatched or no subaudible toneis received, the tone squelch circuit mutes the AF signalseven when noise squelch is open.A portion of the AF signals from the FM IF IC (IC1, pin 9)passes through the low-pass filter (IC16) to remove AF(voice) signals and is applied to the CTCSS or DTCSdecoder inside the CPU (FRONT unit; IC1, pin 60) via the“CDEC” line to control the AF mute switch.4-2 TRANSMITTER CIRCUITS4-2-1 MICROPHONE AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT(MAIN AND FRONT UNITS)The microphone amplifier circuit amplifies audio signalswithin +6 dB/octave pre-emphasis characteristics from themicrophone to a level needed for the modulation circuit.The AF signals (MIC) from the MIC jack (FRONT unit; J1)are amplified at the AF amplifier (FRONT unit; IC5) andapplied to the MAIN unit via J2 (pin 28). The AF signal areapplied to the limiter amplifier (IC5, pin 5).The entered signals are pre-emphasized with +6dB/octaveat a limiter amplifier, then passed through the analog switch(IC14, pins 2–4) and splatter filter (IC5, pins 2, 1). The out-put signals from the splatter filter are applied to the levelcontroller (IC6, pin 9).The deviation level controlled signals are then applied to themodulation circuit (D18) as the “MOD” signal after beingpassed through the analog switch (IC14, pins 9, 8).4-2-2 MODULATION CIRCUIT(MAIN AND FRONT UNITSThe modulation circuit modulates the VCO oscillating signal(RF signal) using the microphone audio signals.The AF signals from the analog switch (IC14, pin 8) changethe reactance of varactor diode (D18) to modulate the oscil-lated signal at the TX VCO circuit (Q13, D16, D31). Themodulated VCO signal is amplified at the buffer amplifiers(Q11, Q10) and is then applied to the drive amplifier circuitvia the T/R switch (D14).The CTCSS/DTCS signals from the CPU (FRONT unit; IC1,pins 22–24) are passed through the low-pass filter (FRONTunit; IC5), and mixer and splatter filter (IC5), and are thenapplied to the VCO circuit.4-2-3 DRIVE AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT (MAIN UNIT)The drive amplifier circuit amplifies the VCO oscillating sig-nal to the level needed at the power amplifier.The RF signal from the buffer amplifier (Q10) passesthrough the T/R switch (D14) and is amplified at the driveamplifier circuit (Q8). The amplified signal is applied to thepower amplifier circuit.