ADRV9009

The ADRV9009-ZU11EG is a highly integrated RF System-On-Module(RF-SOM) based on dual Analog Devices ADRV9009 wideband transceivers. When combined with the ADRV2CRR-FMC carrier board this hardware platform can be used for prototyping and reducing time to market for application specific designs offering 4 Tx and Rx RF channels.

An additional RF board can also be fitted to the carrier to further expand the system up to 8 Tx and Rx RF channels. Multiple ADRV9009-ZU11EG’s can be synchronized together for prototyping of complex multi-stream applications ensuring end-to-end deterministic latency. The ADRV9009 Transceivers include integrated LO and phase synchronization. Overall system frequency & phase synchronization is maintained with a clock tree structure using ADI high performance low jitter HMC7044 devices, making it ideal for applications requiring phase alignment across a large number of channels.

The ADRV9009-ZU11EG has extensive I/O capability via the two 400-pin connectors fitted on the under side. When combined with the ADRV2CRR-FMC carrier board a variety of high speed I/O can be used, including USB3, USB2, PCIe 3.0 x8, QSFP+, SFP+, 1Gb Ethernet x2, and CPRI capability.

PDF versions of the schematics can be downloaded for reference, or full design files can be licensed for custom applications.

The necessary software is available to help a user get up and running out of the box.

• Platform development environment support includes Industry standard Linux Industrial I/O (IIO) Applications, MATLAB^®, Simulink^®, and GNU Radio, and streaming interfaces for custom C, C++, python, and C# applications
• Open source HDL reference designs and drivers are available for evaluation and prototyping

The ADRV9009-W/PCBZ is a radio card designed to showcase the ADRV9009, the widest bandwidth, highest performance RF integrated transceiver. The radio card provides a single 2x2 transceiver platform for device evaluation and rapid prototyping of radio solutions. All peripherals necessary for the radio card to operate including a high efficiency switcher only power supply solution, and a high performance clocking solution are populated on the board. The ADRV9009-W/PCBZ is a single-chip TDD solution of dual receivers, dual transmitters with observation receiver.

The ADRV9009-W/PCBZ operates over a wide tuning range 75MHz – 6GHz, however the RF performance is tempered by the very wide band front end match. This board is primarily intended for system investigation and bringing up various waveforms from a software team before custom hardware is complete. The objective being for designers to see waveforms, but not being concerned about the last 1dB or 1% EVM of performance.

The ADRV9008-1W/PCBZ is an evaluation kit to showcase the ADRV9008-1, offering dual receivers over a tuning range 75MHz – 6GHz. The ADRV9008-2W/PCBZ is an evaluation kit to showcase the ADRV9008-2, offering dual transmitters with observation receiver over a tuning range 75MHz – 6GHz.

ADRV9008/ADRV9009 Evaluation and Prototyping Platforms
ADI provides a full set of software and hardware tools for evaluation, prototyping and reference design. The following table outlines the available hardware and software tools.

The AD-FMCOMMS8-EBZ is an integrated RF design containing two Analog Devices ADRV9009 wideband transceivers. It complies with VITA 57.1 mechanical dimensions 84mm × 69mm, but not full compliance with keep out areas. This allows easy connection to a compatible FPGA development board that supports FMC HPC mechanical connector and JESD204B bus interface. It can be used for prototyping with up to 4 Transmit and Receive channels that can be synchronised in phase and frequency. Additionally it can be used with the ADRV9009-ZU11EG RF-SOM system allowing for 8 phase and frequency synchronised Transmit and Receive channels for complex multi-stream applications ensuring end-to-end deterministic latency.

Applications

• 3G, 4G, and 5G TDD macrocell base stations
• TDD active antenna systems
• Massive multiple input, multiple output (MIMO)
• Phased array radar
• Electronic warfare
• Military communications
• Portable test equipment

The ADRV2CRR-FMC is the carrier board that enables users to evaluate and prototype with the ADRV9009-ZU11EG RF-SOM. It contains common high speed I/O connectivity options to give flexibility in what type of connection the user needs.

It comes with a power supply that powers up the full system, a heatsink that the user fits to the RF-SOM heat spreader plate and necessary cables and adapters to get up and running.

Additionally the AD-FMCOMMS8-EBZ can be plugged into the carrier board on the spare HPC FMC+ connector. This allows for prototyping with up to 8 Transmit and Receive channels, synchronised in phase and frequency for complex multi-stream applications offering end-to-end deterministic latency.