Discover AMD's Latest Radio Solutions at IMS 2023

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Ampleon

Booth #1835

Here, you’ll see how Ampleon and AMD have collaborated to showcase a live demonstration of a high performance 32TRx 5G massive MIMO transmitter line-up. The demonstration shows 400Mhz iBW / signal BW in the 5G frequency band of 3.3 to 3.7 GHz. The RF line up consists of a compact integrated multistage Doherty LDMOS driver(BLM9D3538-12AM)  driving Ampleon’s 5th generation GaN on SiC technology Doherty amplifier (C5H3337N110D). Leveraging Ampleon's RF power expertise and the AMD Zynq™ RFSoC DFE Adaptive Radio SoC, the demonstration will highlight the amplifier line-up efficiency and linearity that are key requirements for today’s 5G networks. The linearity is achieved by using the AMD latest Digital Pre-Distortion IP. For more information, please visit: https://www.ampleon.com/5g.html

MACOM

Booth #1135

This demonstration will showcase how AMD uses the latest Zynq™ RFSoC DFE Evaluation Platform and DPD IP to show wideband performance.  You’ll see complete Front End Solution including MACOM’s PURE CARBIDE™ wideband, high efficiency power amplifier, low noise and high gain integrated receive Front End and MACOM’s latest power management IC.

Qorvo

Booth #935

Qorvo will present performance data for an 8W N78 RF Front End Reference Design using the QBP3810. Performance at 400MHz iBW is based on AMD Zynq™ UltraScale+™ Zynq™ RFSoC DFE and DPD IP. Check out the press release.

iCana

Booth #2350

This demonstration is based on the AMD Zynq™ UltraScale+™ RFSoC DFE ZCU670 Evaluation Kit and iCana 5G NR FR1 RF Front-End Reference Design for indoor small cells. The iCana reference design interfaces seamlessly with the ZCU670 board and evaluation platform. This allows users to quickly evaluate the RF performance together with the AMD CFR, DPD, and RF Transceiver IP. The iCana reference design is a high-performance, power-efficient, and BOM-optimised RF Front-End solution. The layout offers a pin compatible solution covering all the major 5G Bands and is available for evaluation for n41, n77, n78, CBRS, and n79 bands.

The AMD Zynq™ UltraScale+™ RFSoC DFE family is a portfolio of highly integrated LowPHY, DFE, and RF Transceiver Adaptive SoCs for the Radio. The SoCs support a range of common radio configurations from 4T4R to 8T8R at up to 200MHz of occupied BW. The advanced DFE functionality along with Direct RF Sampling Transceivers supports up to 600Mhz iBW for FR1 uses cases and up to 1600MHz iBW for FR2. For more information visit: https://www.icana-rf.com/icana-at-ims-2023-in-san-diego/

WUPATEC

Booth #2117

A wideband two stage 8W 500Mhz iBW GaN PA Design using commercial GaN on SiC devices covering 3.7 to 4.2 GHz. PA achieves 47.5 dBm peak power with 30 dB of linear gain and PAE higher than 42%

In collaboration with AMD this demonstration will use the latest Zynq™ UltraScale+™ Zynq™ RFSoC DFE (evaluation board ZCU670) together with the AMD latest DPD and CFR IP. With WUPATEC firmware, the RFSoC DFE is controlled using IQSTAR software from AMCAD Engineering which allows a comprehensive characterization of the RF power amplifier in an environment close to the final implementation of the radio unit.

This demonstration will highlight the performance of WUPATEC’s new family of RF power amplifiers together with the AMD solutions. These solutions can scale to address a wide range of use cases, either for an operator to deploy more carriers or support instantaneous bandwidth over a wide range of frequencies. The solution delivers flexibility in the deployment without compromise on the efficiency or linearity. See a video preview of the demo here.

Avnet 

Booth #2514

AMD Zynq™ UltraScale+™ RFSoC-based plug-on SOMs (system-on-module) enable distributed, very large channel count RF for RADAR and SDR 

You’ll learn that based on the AMD Zynq™ UltraScale+™ ZU39/47/48/49 RFSoC with 6 GHz IF bandwidth, Avnet XRF SOMs provide developers with a turnkey, versatile, field-ready deployment platform for wide channel count RADAR and SDR applications.  Customers can cascade 16 or 32 channel SOM modules to create huge arrays of RF inputs and outputs, then embellish proven carrier designs to add application-specific functionality such as analog filters or VGAs, digital communications ports to create complete, semi-custom solutions in a fraction of the time for in-house designs.   See how the XRF product family and Avnet can get you started on your next wide-channel, distributed RF application. 

Avnet 

Booth #2514

FutureAccess™ 5G mmWave 28GHz Calibration-Free Phased Array Antenna Module (PAAM) - Accelerated Antenna-to-Bits Prototyping and System Development

You’ll see how the Fujikura FutureAccess™ Phased Array Antenna Module (PAAM) is a fully integrated design consisting of the antenna array, beamforming ICs, frequency conversion ICs and filters. This product is the result of Fujikura’s long-term investment into the development of RFIC modules across the mmWave spectrum. The Avnet-Fujikura 5G mmWave Development Platform enables evaluation of the hardware for 5G fixed wireless access (FWA), mobile wireless access (MWA), backhaul and 5G private network applications. Antenna-to-bits prototyping is accelerated by combining the Fujikura 28GHz PAAM, AMD Zynq™ UltraScale+™ RFSoC ZCU208 evaluation kit, and Avnet RFSOC Explorer® GUI for MATLAB® into a single platform. The PAAM is validated utilizing Rohde and Schwarz’s ATS800B benchtop CATR OTA test system.

 MathWorks

Booth: #2541

A wideband Satcom with the Avnet-Otava mmWave Radio Development Kit for AMD Zynq RFSoC Gen 3.

The next generation of high-capacity wireless systems demands not only high dynamic range, but also very wideband radios. Otava Inc. has built a 19-31GHz dual-channel transceiver, supporting Ka band operation for both 5GNR as well as Satcom applications. Built to interface directly with the AMD RFSoC Gen 3 platform, this direct RF-sampling radio design can also support up to a GHz of instantaneous signal bandwidth. This starter kit will speed up the development of your next generation wideband phased-array system.

Otava Inc. will showcase the RF-to-bits performance of this mmWave kit, for high-bandwidth, high modulation order signals such as 256APSK, along with the capabilities and convenience offered by the MATLAB-based software from Avnet, the RFSOC Explorer.