EV-ADF4159EB3Z, Evaluation Board for Evaluating the ADF4159 Frequency Synthesizer for Phase-Locked Loops

EV-ADF4159EB3Z, Evaluation Board evaluates the performance of ADF4159 frequency synthesizer for phase locked loops (PLL). The ADF4159 is a 13GHz, fractional N frequency synthesizer with modulation and both fast and slow waveform generation capability. The part uses a 25-bit fixed modulus allowing sub hertz frequency resolution. The evaluation board involves the ADF4159 synthesizer, a USB connector, SMA connectors, a reference oscillator and power supply connectors. There are also footprints for active filter components and a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), if used, these components must be soldered to the board to complete the loop. An on-board temperature compensated crystal oscillator (TCXO) provides the 100MHz reference frequency and a USB cable is used to connect the board to a PC USB port