Evaluation And Test - Analog Devices EV-ADF5356SD1Z User Manual

EV-ADF5356SD1Z

EVALUATION AND TEST

To evaluate and test the performance of the ADF5356, use the
following procedure:
1. Install the ADF5356 software (see the
Installation Guide).
2. Follow the hardware driver installation procedure
(Windows XP only).
3. Connect a 50 Ω terminator to the RFOUTA− SMA
connector.
4. Connect the EV-ADF5356SD1Z board to the
5. Connect the 6 V power supply to the banana connectors
and power up the board using S1 (check that LED1 is on).
6. Connect the USB cable from the
7. Run the ADF5356 software.
8. Select ADF5356 and SDP board (black) in the Select
Device and Connection tab of the software front panel
display window (see Figure 2).
9. Click the Main Controls tab, and set the VCOout (MHz)
to a frequency of 6600 MHz, and then click Write Init.
Seq.
10. Connect the spectrum analyzer to the RFOUTA+ SMA
connector. See Figure 4 for a typical evaluation setup.
11. Measure the output spectrum and single sideband phase
noise.
User Guide
PLL Software
SDP-S
SDP-S board to the PC.
Figure 6 shows a phase noise plot of the SMA RFOUTA+
with the VCO frequency equal to 6.6 GHz.
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