Analog Devices EV-ADF4106SD1Z User Manual

One Technology Way • P.O. Box 9106 • Norwood, MA 02062-9106, U.S.A. • Tel: 781.329.4700 • Fax: 781.461.3113 • www.analog.com
Evaluation Board for the Integer-N PLL Frequency Synthesizer

FEATURES

General-purpose PLL evaluation board including VCO, loop
filter, and TCXO
Contains ADF4106 6 GHz frequency synthesizer IC
Accompanying software allows complete control of
synthesizer functions from a PC

EVALUATION KIT CONTENTS

EV-ADF4106SD1Z 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

ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT

PC running Windows XP or more recent version
SDP-S board (system demonstration platform, serial only)
T-package VCO
Spectrum analyzer
Oscilloscope (optional)
PLEASE SEE THE LAST PAGE FOR AN IMPORTANT
WARNING AND LEGAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
ADF4106 data sheet
UG-159 user guide

EVALUATION BOARD

Figure 1.
Evaluation Board User Guide

DOCUMENTS NEEDED

ADF4106 data sheet

REQUIRED SOFTWARE

Analog Devices Int-N software (Version 7 or higher)
ADIsimPLL

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

This board is designed to allow the user to evaluate the perfor-
mance of the ADF4106
loops (PLLs). Figure 1 shows the board, which contains the
ADF4106 synthesizer, power supplies, and an interface con-
nector. A PLL loop filter and a voltage-controlled oscillator
(VCO) are also included for frequency synthesis.
The evaluation kit also contains software that is compatible with
Windows® XP and later versions to allow easy programming of
the synthesizer.
This board requires an SDP-S (system demonstration platform-
serial) board (shown in Figure 1, but not supplied with the kit).
The SDP-S allows software programming of the
EV-ADF4106SD1Z with SDP-S
Rev. A | Page 1 of 24
frequency synthesizer for phase-locked
ADF4106
UG-159
device.