The ADXBAND16EBZ contains four AD9084 mixed‑signal front‑end devices, including the RF front end, clocking, and power circuitry. The ADXBAND16EBZ serves as a complete system solution targeting common applications such as phased‑array radars, wideband systems, and ground‑based SATCOM. Its primary target application is a 16‑Tx/16‑Rx direct X‑band sampling phased array.
The platform is intended as a testbed for demonstrating multi‑chip synchronization, as well as implementing system‑level calibrations, beamforming algorithms, and other signal‑processing techniques. The system is designed to interface with the VCU118 Evaluation Board from Xilinx®, which features the Virtex® UltraScale+™ XCVU9P FPGA, along with provided reference software, HDL code, and MATLAB system‑level interfaces.
A 16‑Tx/16‑Rx Calibration Board can be used to develop system‑level calibration algorithms, including demonstrations of power‑up phase determinism. The Calibration Board provides improvements in combined‑channel dynamic range, spurious performance, and phase noise, and can be controlled via a MATLAB add‑on when connected to the PMOD interface of the VCU118.
