ADXBAND16EBZ
Overview
Features and Benefits
- Transmit and receive frequency X band: 8GHz to 12GHz
- Direct sampling in L, S, and C bands with capacitor rotation
- Multichannel, wideband system development platform for the AD9084
- Mates with Xilinx VCU118 evaluation board (must be purchased separately)
- 16× RF receive channels (32× digital receive channels)
- Total 16× 4GSPS to 20GSPS ADC channels
- 48× digital downconverters (DDCs) and complex NCOs
- 16× programmable finite impulse response filters (pFIRs)
- 16× complex finite impulse response filters (CFIRs)
- Complete power management solution for all domains
- Single 12V supply voltage for easy power management
- Board size: 221mm × 158mm (8.9” × 6.2”)
Product Details
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
System Requirements
- Reference Oscillator or Waveform Generator (400MHz) Get a fixed 400MHz (Wenzel)
- Ethernet Cable (Digi Key)
- USB to Ethernet Dongle (Digi Key)
- 2x USB micro cables (Included with VCU118 kit)
- 12V Wall Supply (Included)
- Thermal Solution Including Heatsink and Fans (Included)
- 3x SMPM-SMA cables (2x included with ADXBAND16EBZ Kit, 1x included with ADXBAND16EBZ-CAL Kit) (Digi Key)
- 32x SMPM-SMPM Cables (Not included, Digi Key)
- VCU118 FPGA Board (Avnet)
Documentation & Resources
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ADXBAND16EBZ Prototyping Platform User Guide (Rev. 0)6/30/2026PDF6 MB