Analog Devices EV-ADF4156SD1Z User Manual

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Evaluation Board for the ADF4156 Fractional-N PLL Frequency Synthesizer

FEATURES

Self-contained board including synthesizer, VCO, TCXO for
reference frequency, and loop filter
Designed for 10 MHz PFD frequency, minimum charge pump
current, and a 20 kHz loop bandwidth
Accompanying software allows complete control of
synthesizer functions from PC

EVALUATION KIT CONTENTS

EV-ADF4156SD1Z
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-171 user guide

ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT

PC running Windows XP or more recent version
SDP-S board (system demonstration platform, serial only)
Spectrum analyzer
Oscilloscope (optional)
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ADF4156 data sheet
Evaluation Board User Guide

DOCUMENTS NEEDED

ADF4156

REQUIRED SOFTWARE

Analog Devices ADF4153-4-6-7 PLL software (Version 4 or
higher)
ADIsimPLL

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

This board is designed to allow the user to evaluate the
performance of the
locked loops (PLLs). Figure 1 shows the board, which contains
the ADF4156
signal, power supplies, a reference oscillator, and an SDP
connector. There is also a loop filter (20 kHz) and a VCO
(Z-Comm VCO940ME03 5.8GHz) on board. The evaluation
board is set up for a 10 MHz PFD comparison frequency. An
on-board TCXO provides the 10 MHz reference frequency.
The package also contains Windows® software (XP or later) to
allow easy programming of the synthesizer.

EVALUATION BOARD

Figure 1. EV-ADF4156SD1Z with SDP-S
Rev. B | Page 1 of 24
data sheet
ADF4156 frequency synthesizer for phase-
synthesizer, an SMA connector for the output
UG-171