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UG-171 

Evaluation Board User Guide 

 

Rev. A | Page 2 of 8 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Features .............................................................................................. 1

 

General Description ......................................................................... 1

 

Functional Block Diagram .............................................................. 1

 

Revision History ............................................................................... 2

 

Evaluation Board Hardware ............................................................ 3

 

Power Supplies .............................................................................. 3

 

Local Oscillator Components ......................................................3

 

Test Setup ........................................................................................4

 

Evaluation Board Software ...............................................................5

 

Software Installation and Setup ...................................................5

 

Software Operation .......................................................................5

 

Evaluation Board Schematics ...........................................................6

 

 

REVISION HISTORY 

6/11—Rev. 0 to Rev. A 

Document Title, Format, and Content Changed from  

EVAL-ADF4156, Revision 0, to UG-171, Rev. A ........... Universal

  

5/07—Revision 0: Initial Version 

 

Summary of Contents for EVAL-ADF4156EBZ1

Page 1: ...1 kHz offset from a 5 8 GHz carrier GENERAL DESCRIPTION This board allows the user to evaluate the performance of the ADF4156 frequency synthesizer for PLLs phase locked loops A block diagram of the evaluation board is shown in Figure 1 It contains the ADF4156 synthesizer a PC connector and SMA connectors for the power supplies and RF output There is also a low pass loop filter 20 kHz and a VCO Z ...

Page 2: ...ion Board Hardware 3 Power Supplies 3 Local Oscillator Components 3 Test Setup 4 Evaluation Board Software 5 Software Installation and Setup 5 Software Operation 5 Evaluation Board Schematics 6 REVISION HISTORY 6 11 Rev 0 to Rev A Document Title Format and Content Changed from EVAL ADF4156 Revision 0 to UG 171 Rev A Universal 5 07 Revision 0 Initial Version ...

Page 3: ... In this case the user must insert SMA connectors as shown in Figure 3 and in the block diagram see Figure 1 LOCAL OSCILLATOR COMPONENTS The 10 MHz TCXO provides the reference frequency The on chip R divider should be set to 1 so that the PFD frequency is also 10 MHz The PLL is made up of the 10 MHz TCXO the ADF4156 a passive loop filter 20 kHz bandwidth and the V940ME03 LF VCO from Z Communicatio...

Page 4: ...ion Board User Guide Rev A Page 4 of 8 TEST SETUP SPECTRUM ANALYZER PC 5 8GHz VCO PC CONNECTOR 9V BATTERY ADF4156 TCXO POWER SWITCH ON OFF FILTER SMA SOCKET REFIN MUXOUT 09173 004 EVAL ADF4156EBZ1 Figure 4 Test Setup ...

Page 5: ... REF IN Frequency When a new window appears change the reference frequency to 10 MHz 2 Click Update R0 and R1 Normal Mode and then click Exit Window Note that these fields have been replaced by the Rx Updated fields shown in blue 3 Click Update All Registers this has been replaced by All RF Registers Updated in Figure 5 The data is now set up The window should look like Figure 5 Other features can...

Page 6: ...UG 171 Evaluation Board User Guide Rev A Page 6 of 8 EVALUATION BOARD SCHEMATICS 09173 006 Figure 6 Evaluation Board Schematic Page 1 ...

Page 7: ...Evaluation Board User Guide UG 171 Rev A Page 7 of 8 09173 007 Figure 7 Evaluation Board Schematic Page 2 ...

Page 8: ...rty for any reason Upon discontinuation of use of the Evaluation Board or termination of this Agreement Customer agrees to promptly return the Evaluation Board to ADI ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS Customer may not disassemble decompile or reverse engineer chips on the Evaluation Board Customer shall inform ADI of any occurred damages or any modifications or alterations it makes to the Evaluation Board i...

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