HMC8411

• Multi-Channel, Wideband System Development Platform Using MxFE
• Mates With Xilinx VCU118 Evaluation Board (Not Included)
• 16x RF Receive (Rx) Channels (32x Digital Rx Channels)
  • Total 16x 1.5GSPS to 4GSPS ADC
  • 48x Digital Down Converters (DDCs), Each Including Complex Numerically-Controlled Oscillators (NCOs)
  • 16x Programmable Finite Impulse Response Filters (pFIRs)
• 16x RF Transmit (Tx) Channels (32x Digital Tx Channels)
  • Total 16x 3GSPS to 12GSPS DAC
  • 48x Digital Up Converters (DUCs) , Each Including Complex Numerically-Controlled Oscillators (NCOs)
• Flexible Rx & Tx RF Front-Ends
  • Rx: Filtering, Amplification, Digital Step Attenuation for Gain Control
  • Tx: Filtering, Amplification
• On-Board Power Regulation from Single 12V Power Adapter (Included)
• Flexible Clock Distribution
  • On-Board Clock Distribution from Single External 500MHz Reference
  • Support for External Converter Clock per MxFE

• Mates to Quad-MxFE Digitizing Card & VCU118 PMOD Interface (Cable Included)
• Provides Both Individual Adjacent Channel Loopback and Combined Channel Loopback Options
• Combined Tx Channels Out Via SMA Option
• Combined Rx Channels In Via SMA Option
• On-Board Log Power Detectors With AD5592R Output To VCU118 Over PMOD
• On-Board Power Regulation from Single 12V Power Adapter (Included)

• IIO Oscilloscope GUI
• MATLAB Add-Ons & Example Scripts
• Example HDL Builds including JESD204b/JESD204c Bring-Up
• Embedded Software Solutions for Linux and Device Drivers
• MATLAB System Applications GUI

• Multi-Chip Synchronization for Power-Up Phase Determinism
• System-Level Amplitude/Phase Alignment Using NCOs
• Low-Latency ADC-to-DAC Loopback Bypassing JESD Interface
• pFIR Control for Broadband Channel-to-Channel Amplitude/Phase Alignment
• Fast-Frequency Hopping
• Calibration Board MATLAB Driver File
• FPGA Programming MATLAB Script

The Quad-MxFE System Development Platform contains four MxFE^™ software defined, direct RF sampling transceivers, as well as associated RF front-ends, clocking, and power circuitry. The target application is phased array radars, electronic warfare, and ground-based SATCOM, specifically a 16 transmit/16 receive channel direct sampling phased array at L/S/C band (0.1 GHz to ~5GHz). The Rx & Tx RF front-end has drop-in configurations that allow for customized frequency ranges, depending on the user’s application.

The Quad-MxFE System Development Platform highlights a complete system solution. It is intended as a testbed for demonstrating multi-chip synchronization as well as the implementation of system level calibrations, beamforming algorithms, and other signal processing algorithms. The system is designed to mate with a VCU118 Evaluation Board from Xilinx®, which features the Virtex® UltraScale+^™ XCVU9P FPGA, with provided reference software, HDL code, and MATLAB system-level interfacing.

In addition to the Quad-MxFE Digitizing Card, the kit also contains a 16Tx / 16Rx Calibration Board that is used to develop system-level calibration algorithms, or otherwise more easily demonstrate power-up phase determinism in situations pertinent to their own use case. The Calibration Board also allows the user to demonstrate combined-channel dynamic range, spurious, and phase noise improvements and can also be controlled via a free MATLAB add-on when connected to the PMOD interface of the VCU118.

The system can be used to enable quick time-to-market development programs for applications like:

• ADEF (Phased-Array, RADAR, EW, SATCOM)
• Communications Infrastructure (Multiband 5G and mmWave 5G)
• Electronic Test and Measurement

The EV1HMC8411LP2F evaluation board is a 2-layer board fabricated using Rogers 4350 and using best practices for high frequency RF design. The RF input and RF output traces have a 50 Ω characteristic impedance.

The evaluation board and populated components are designed to operate over the ambient temperature range of −40°C to +85°C. For proper bias sequence, see the Applications Information section of the data sheet.

A fully populated and tested evaluation board is available from Analog Devices, Inc., upon request.

• 32 Channel Analog Phased Array Prototyping Platform
• 8x ADAR1000 Analog Phased Array Beamforming ICs
• 32x ADTR Transmit/Receive ICs
• RF In, RF Out Design
• Individual RFIO for each BFIC
• 10 GHz Lattice Spacing
• Stand-Alone RF Detector/ADC Combo for Calibration
• PMOD and SDP Connectors for Programming
• On-Board Power Regulation from Single 12V Power Adapter (Included)

• X Band (RF) to C Band (IF) up/down converter
• 4 TX/RX RF Input/Output via SMA
• 4 TX IF Inputs via SMPM
• 4 RX IF Output via SMPM
• External LO or Internal PLL Options
• PMOD Connector for Programming
• Interposer Board via PMOD to allow SDP and FMC Connectors for Programming
• On-Board Power Regulation from Single 12V Power Adapter (Included)

• Mates with Xilinx ZCU102 Evaluation Board (Not Included)
• 4x RF Receive (Rx) Channels (8x Digital Rx Channels)
• Total 4x 12-bit 4GSPS ADC
• 8x Digital Down Converters (DDCs), Each Including Complex Numerically-Controlled Oscillators (NCOs)
• 8x Programmable Finite Impulse Response Filters (pFIRs)
• 4x RF Transmit (Tx) Channels (8x Digital Tx Channels)
• Total 4x 16-bit 12GSPS DAC
• 8x Digital Up Converters (DUCs), Each Including Complex Numerically-Controlled Oscillators (NCOs)
• Flexible Clock Distribution
• On-Board Clock Distribution from Single External 500MHz Reference
• Support for External Converter Clock
• On-Board Power Regulation Powered by ZCU102 Evaluation Board via FMC Connector

• MATLAB System Applications GUI
• Example HDL Builds including JESD204b/JESD204c Bring-Up
• Embedded Software Solutions for Linux and Device Drivers

• Hybrid Beamsteering Capability
• System Phase Calibration

The X-Band Development Platform contains one MxFE^® software defined, direct RF sampling transceivers, X-Band to C-Band Up/Down Converter, and a X/Ku Band analog phased array proto-typing platform. The target application is phased array radars, electronic warfare, and ground-based SATCOM, specifically a X Band 32 transmit/32 receive channel hybrid beamforming phased array radar.

The X-Band Development Platform highlights a complete system solution. It is intended as a testbed for demonstrating hybrid beamforming phased array radar as well as the implementation of system level calibrations, beamforming algorithms, and other signal processing algorithms. The system is designed to mate with a ZCU102 Evaluation Board from Xilinx®, which features the Zynq^® UltraScale+^™ MPSoC FPGA, with provided reference software, HDL code, and MATLAB system-level interfacing software.

The system can be used to enable quick time-to-market development programs for applications like:

• ADEF (Phased-Array, RADAR, EW, SATCOM)
• Hybrid Beamforming
• Electronic Test and Measurement