USRP-2953 40 MHz Block Diagram

Signals received by the USRP-295340 MHz are amplified, downconverted, filtered, digitized, and decimated before being passed to the host computer. Signals transmitted by the USRP-295340 MHz are upsampled, reconstructed, filtered, upconverted, and amplified before being transmitted.


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Note The area within the dotted line indicates the processing on the FPGA when you use NI-USRP with the default FPGA image. When you use LabVIEW FPGA, you control the processing on the FPGA.

The following lists describe the individual blocks:

Note The RF switch allows transmit and receive operations to occur on the same shared antenna. On this device, one antenna is designated receive-only.

Receive Path:

  • The low-noise amplifier and drive amplifier amplify the incoming signal.
  • The phase-locked loop (PLL) controls the voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) so that the device clocks and local oscillator (LO) can be frequency-locked to a reference signal.
  • The mixer downconverts the signals to the baseband in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) components.
  • The lowpass filter reduces noise and high frequency components in the signal.
  • The analog-to-digital converter (ADC) digitizes the I and Q data.
  • The digital downconverter (DDC) mixes, filters, and decimates the signal to a user-specified rate.
  • The downconverted samples are passed to the host computer over a standard gigabit Ethernet connection.

Transmit Path:

  • The host computer synthesizes baseband I/Q signals and transmits the signals to the device over a standard gigabit Ethernet connection.
  • The digital upconverter (DUC) mixes, filters, and interpolates the signal to 400 MS/s.
  • The digital-to-analog converter (DAC) converts the signal to analog.
  • The lowpass filter reduces noise and high frequency components in the signal.
  • The mixer upconverts the signals to a user-specified RF frequency.
  • The PLL controls the VCO so that the device clocks and LO can be frequency-locked to a reference signal.
  • The transmit amplifier amplifies the signal and transmits the signal through the antenna.

USRP-2953 120 MHz Block Diagram

Signals received by the USRP-2953120 MHz are amplified, downconverted, filtered, digitized, and decimated before being passed to the host computer. Signals transmitted by the USRP-2953120 MHz are upsampled, reconstructed, filtered, upconverted, and amplified before being transmitted.


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Note The area within the dotted line indicates the processing on the FPGA when you use NI-USRP with the default FPGA image. When you use LabVIEW FPGA, you control the processing on the FPGA.

The following lists describe the individual blocks:

Note The RF switch allows transmit and receive operations to occur on the same shared antenna. On this device, one antenna is designated receive-only.

Receive Path:

  • The low-noise amplifier and drive amplifier amplify the incoming signal.
  • The phase-locked loop (PLL) controls the voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) so that the device clocks and local oscillator (LO) can be frequency-locked to a reference signal.
  • The mixer downconverts the signals to the baseband in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) components.
  • The lowpass filter reduces noise and high frequency components in the signal.
  • The analog-to-digital converter (ADC) digitizes the I and Q data.
  • The digital downconverter (DDC) mixes, filters, and decimates the signal to a user-specified rate.
  • The downconverted samples are passed to the host computer over a standard gigabit Ethernet connection.

Transmit Path:

  • The host computer synthesizes baseband I/Q signals and transmits the signals to the device over a standard gigabit Ethernet connection.
  • The digital upconverter (DUC) mixes, filters, and interpolates the signal to 400 MS/s.
  • The digital-to-analog converter (DAC) converts the signal to analog.
  • The lowpass filter reduces noise and high frequency components in the signal.
  • The mixer upconverts the signals to a user-specified RF frequency.
  • The PLL controls the VCO so that the device clocks and LO can be frequency-locked to a reference signal.
  • The transmit amplifier amplifies the signal and transmits the signal through the antenna.