OTAVA DTRX2 DUAL TRANSCEIVER mmWAVE RADIO CARD

The DTRX2 card is a dual channel transmit/receive mmWave radio platform, built around off-the-shelf components, to achieve high bandwidth and high performance. It directly interfaces with the Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC ZCU208 Evaluation platform, hosting the Xilinx Zynq® UltraScale+™ multi-channel RFSoC Gen3. Specifically, the kit provides 2 TX and RX up/down converters to perform the IF to RF modulation and demodulation. This transceiver design takes advantage of the multi-gigasample RF-sampling converters within the Xilinx RFSoC Gen-3 device.The mmWave range of the radio card is 19 to 31GHz, with an adjustable IF center frequency around 4GHz. Both transmitters and receivers have their dedicated ½ LO PLL circuit, driving harmonic mixers

Features


  • Eight element Tx/Rx TDD Beamformer

  • High-performance wideband low-noise amplifier and power amplifier design

  • Independent channel gain control, 20 dB range in 0.5dB step size

  • Independent channel phase control, 360 deg phase coverage with 5.6 deg step size

  • Nominal and low-power bias modes

  • High-speed LVDS or CMOS SPI control with integrated memory

  • RMS power detection and temperature sensing

  • Eight programmable gate drivers for external power amplifier or LNA control

  • Eight drivers for external T/R switch control