This user guide serves as the main source of information for system
engineers and software developers using the ADXBAND16EBZ.
This platform contains four AD9084 software-defined, direct sampling
mixed-signal front end (MxFE), including an RF front end,
clocking, and power circuitry. Common target applications are
phased array radars, electronic warfare, and ground-based SATCOM.
The receive and transmit RF front ends have bypass configurations
that allow customized frequency ranges of less than 8GHz
up to 18GHz.
The ADXBAND16EBZ highlights a complete system solution. This
platform is intended as a testbed for demonstrating multichip synchronization
as well as the implementation of system-level calibrations
and signal processing algorithms. The system is designed to
mate with a Xilinx VCU118 evaluation board, which features the
Virtex UltraScale+ XCVU9P field-programmable gate array (FPGA),
with provided reference software, hardware design language (HDL)
code, and MATLAB system-level interfacing.
A 16 transmit and 16 receive calibration board (ADXBAND16EBZCAL)
can be used to develop system-level calibration algorithms to
demonstrate power-up phase determinism. The calibration board
demonstrates combined-channel dynamic range, spurious, and
phase noise improvements that can also be controlled via a MATLAB
add-on when connected to the peripheral module (PMOD)
interface of the VCU118.
APPLICATIONS
- Phased-array, radar, electronic warfare, and satellite communications (SATCOM)
- Communications infrastructure (multiband and mmWave 5G)
- Electronic test and measurement
