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