FEATURES
Self-Contained Board including Synthesizer and VCO,
Loop Filter for generating CDMA frequencies (824MHz
to 849MHz)
Designed for 3kHz Loop Bandwidth
Accompanying Software allows complete control of synthe-
sizer functions from PC
Battery Operated: Choice of 3V or 5V supplies
Typical Phase Noise Performance of -81dBc/Hz @ 300 Hz
offset
Typical Spurious Performance of better than -81dBc at
30kHz offset from carrier
BLOCK DIAGRAM
Frequency Synthesizer
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This board is designed to allow the user to evaluate the
performance of the ADF4112 Frequency Synthesizer for
PLL's (Phase Locked Loops). The block diagram of the
board is shown below. It contains the ADF4113 synthesizer, a pc connector, SMA connector for the reference
input, power supplies and RF output. There is also a
loop filter (3kHz bandwidth) and a VCO on board. A
cable is included with the board to connect to a pc
printer port.
The package also contains windows software to allow
easy programming of the synthesizer.
RF
V
V
DD
VCO
OUT
VCO 1
(Vari-L)
VCO 190-836T
SMA
Socket
EVAL-ADF4112EB1
PC CONNECTOR
9V BATTERY
POWER SWITCH
ONOFF
ADF4112
TCXO
Vectron
AD7706
V
P
CE
REF
IN
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Hardware Description
The evaluation board comes with a cable for connecting to
the printer port of a PC. The silk screen and cable diagram for
the evaluation board are shown below. The board schematic is
shown on pages 3 and 4.
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EVAL-ADF411X
EVAL-ADF421X
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9 Way
Female D-Type
To
ADF411X
ADF421X
Evaluation
Board
Brown - DATA
Figure 2. PC Cable Diagram
Loop component values shown in the circuit diagram are for
836MHz RF output, 5mA CP current, VCO190-836T,
30kHz channel spacing and 3kHz loop bandwidth.
Black - CLK
Red - LE
Orange - CE
White - GND
Yellow
Purple
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Blue
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25 Way Male
D-Type
To
PC Printer Port
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PC
Figure 1. Evaluation Board Silkscreen
The board is powered from a single 9V battery. The power
supply ciruitry allows the user to choose either 3V or 5V for
the ADF4112 V
default settings are 3V for the ADF4113 V
ADF4112 V
to note that the ADF4112 V
ADF4112 V
and VP, and for the VCO supply. The
DD
and for the VCO supply. It is very important
P
. This can damage the device.
P
should never exceed the
DD
and 5V for the
DD
All components necessary for LO generation are on-board.
The 13MHz TCXO from Vectron provides the necessary
Reference Input. The PLL is made up of the ADF4112,
passive loop filter (20kHz bandwidth) and the VCO 190836T from Vari-L. The output is available at RFOUT
through a standard SMA connector. If the user wishes they
may use their own power supplies and reference input. In
this case, they need to insert SMA connectors to as shown on
the silkscreen and block diagram.
The AD7706 A/D converter is used to monitor the power
supply voltage and current consumption of the ADF4112.
This helps the user pick the optimum synthesizer settings for
power consumption and also provides an alert if the battery
voltage is too low to sustain the required 3V or 5V for the
board supply.
The evaluation board software is contained on a CD-ROM
which comes in the package. To load the software the user
should click on “setup.exe” , then the install wizard installs
the software. Follow the on-screen directions. The software
will be installed in a default directory called “C:/Program
Files/Analog Devices”. To run the software, simply go to the
Start Menu and choose Program/ADF4XXX/
ADF4XXX_rev0. This will open the software for the evaluation board. The user will be asked to choose which device is
being evaluated. Click on the ADF4112 button. Hit OK. The
window shown below will now appear.
In this panel, click on the "Eval Board" button. Choose
ADF4112EB1 from the list on offer. Hit OK. The synthesizer
will now be programmed with the correct settings for a
CDMA system working at 836MHz. 30kHz PFD frequency
is set up, 32/33 prescaler is chosen and charge pump current
of 5mA is programmed.
If the user wishes to change any of the settings then place the
cursor over the desired parameter (RF VCO Output Fre-
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quency, for example) and click once. This brings up a screen
where it is possible to either type in a new value of output
frequency or else increment and decrement by the channel
spacing.
The software also allows monitoring of the device supply
voltage, supply current and the charge pump voltage. Simply
hit the "Update Voltage and Current Display" button to get
an up-to-date reading.
Figure 5. Software Front Panel
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Table 1. Bill of Materials for the EVAL-ADF4112EB1