Analog Devices ADMV4828 Product Info

The ADMV4828 is a silicon on insulator (SOI), 24.0 GHz to 29.5 GHz, mmW 5G beamformer. The RF integrated circuit (RFIC) is highly integrated and contains 16 independent transmit and receive channels. The ADMV4828 supports eight horizontal and eight vertical polarized antennas via independent RFV and RFH input/outputs.

In transmit mode, both the RFV input and RFH input signals feed into separate amplifiers. Each path after the amplifiers splits into eight independent channels via the 1:8 power splitters. In receive mode, input signals pass through either the vertical or horizontal receive channels and combine via two independent 8:1 combiners to the common RFV pin or RFH pin. In either mode, each transmit and receive channel includes a vector modulator (VM) to control the phase, and two digital variable gain amplifiers (DVGAs) to control the amplitude. The VM provides a full 360° phase adjustment range in either transmit or receive mode to provide 6 bits of resolution for 5.625° phase steps. A phase step policy for the transmit and receive VM is provided to ensure optimum phase step performance.

The total DVGA dynamic range in transmit mode is 34.5 dB, which provides 6 bits of resolution that results in 0.5 dB amplitude steps and 5 bits of resolution that results in 1 dB amplitude steps. In receive mode, the total dynamic range is 28 dB, which provides 5 bits of resolution that results in 0.5 dB amplitude steps and 5 bits of resolution that results in 1 dB amplitude steps. The DVGAs provide a flat phase response across the full gain range. A gain policy for DVGA1 and DVGA2 is provided in the AN-2074 Application Note, ADMV4828 Application Note to ensure optimized performance across the attenuation range with 0.5 dB step resolution from 0 dB to 34.5 dB attenuation for transmit mode and 0.5 dB step resolution from 0 dB to 28 dB attenuation for receive mode.

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