EVAL-ADF4377

Microwave Wideband Synthesizer with Integrated VCO

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Overview

The EV-ADF4377SD1Z evaluation board evaluates the performance of the ADF4377, a high performance, ultralow jitter, dual output integer-N phase-locked loop (PLL) with an integrated voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) ideally suited for data converter and mixed signal front end (MxFE) clock applications. The high performance PLL has a figure of merit of -239 dBc/Hz, ultralow 1/f noise, and a high phase frequency detector (PFD) frequency that can achieve ultralow in-band noise and integrated jitter. The fundamental VCO and output divider generate frequencies from 800 MHz to 12.8 GHz.

Features:

  • Output frequency range: 800 MHz to 12.8 GHz

  • Ultralow jitter: 18 fs RMS (100 Hz to 100 MHz integration bandwidth)

  • Wideband noise floor: -160 dBc/Hz at 12 GHz

  • Normalized in-band phase noise floor: -239 dBc/Hz

  • Phase detector frequency up to 500 MHz

  • Reference input frequency up to 1000 MHz

  • Multichip output phase alignment

  • 3.3 V and 5 V power supplies

Applications:

  • High performance data converter and MxFE clocking

  • Wireless infrastructure (MC-GSM, 5G)

  • Test and measurement

Software

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Warning

All the products described on this page include ESD (electrostatic discharge) sensitive devices. Electrostatic charges as high as 4000V readily accumulate on the human body or test equipment and can discharge without detection. Although the boards feature ESD protection circuitry, permanent damage may occur on devices subjected to high-energy electrostatic discharges. Therefore, proper ESD precautions are recommended to avoid performance degradation or loss of functionality. This includes removing static charge on external equipment, cables, or antennas before connecting to the device.

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