Analog Devices EVAL-ADF4150EB1Z User Manual

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Evaluation Board for the

FEATURES

General-purpose evaluation board for
VCO, loop filter, and TCXO
Contains the ADF4150 frequency synthesizer (500 MHz to
5 GHz)
Accompanying software allows complete control of
synthesizer functions from a PC

EVALUATION KIT CONTENTS

EVAL-ADF4150EB1Z board
CD that includes
Self-installing software that allows users to control the
board and exercise all functions of the device
Electronic version of the
Electronic version of the UG-380 user guide

ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT

PC running Windows XP or more recent version
Power supply
Spectrum analyzer
Oscilloscope (optional)
PLEASE SEE THE LAST PAGE FOR AN IMPORTANT
WARNING AND LEGAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
ADF4150, including
ADF4150 data sheet

EVALUATION BOARD

Evaluation Board User Guide
ADF4150 PLL Frequency Synthesizer

DOCUMENTS NEEDED

ADF4150 data sheet

REQUIRED SOFTWARE

Analog Devices ADF4150 software (Version 3 or higher)
ADIsimPLL

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

This board is designed to allow the user to evaluate the perfor-
mance of the
loops (PLLs). Figure 1 shows the board, which contains the
ADF4150 synthesizer, loop filter, voltage control oscillator
(VCO), reference oscillator (TCXO) of 25 MHz frequency for
the reference input, power supply connectors, and an RF output.
The evaluation kit also contains software that is compatible with
Windows® XP and later versions to allow easy programming of
the synthesizer.
A USB port in the PC is required to program the part.
Figure 1. EVAL-ADF4150EB1Z
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ADF4150 frequency synthesizer for phase-locked
UG-380