NI 5610 RF Upconverter Module

The NI 5610 is a 250 kHz to 2.7 GHz superheterodyne upconverter hardware module that frequency-translates IF input signals between 15 and 35 MHz to a desired RF frequency between 250 kHz and 2.7 GHz.

Note  The NI 5610 upconverter module (two slots wide) is connected to the PXI backplane through the leftmost of its two occupied PXI or PXI Express slots. For example, installing the NI 5610 module in Slot 2 occupies Slots 2 and 3. Slot numbers are printed on the PXI or PXI Express chassis.

The NI 5610 offers 20 MHz real-time bandwidth and an on-board 10 MHz highly stable, low phase-noise oven-controlled crystal oscillator (OCXO) reference clock that can be software-configured to drive the PXI 10 MHz backplane clock only when the NI 5610 is installed in Slot 2 of a PXI chassis.

Two replications of the NI 5610 onboard 10 MHz reference clock signal are generated from the NI 5610 module front panel connectors labeled REF 1 and REF 2. Each replication is 180° out-of-phase from the other. Signal generation at these connectors is always enabled. The following figure illustrates the NI 5610 upconverter module block diagram.