Wideband RF transceiver reduces base station costs

Analog Devices' ADRV9026 wideband transceiver is designed to support base station applications including single and multi-standard 3G/4G/5G macrocell base stations, massive MIMO (M-MIMO) and small cell systems.

The chip is ADI’s fourth-generation wideband RF transceiver, offering quad-channel integration with the lowest power, smallest size, common-platform solution. The new software defined transceiver supports both Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) and Time Division Duplex (TDD) standards, simplifying design and reducing system power, size, weight and costs for 3G/4G/5G applications. The RadioVerse design and technology ecosystem to which belongs the ADRV9026 offers a one-stop radio design environment focused on simplifying the radio development process for a wide range of markets and applications. It includes rapid prototyping platforms, chip-level evaluation systems, simulation tools and development kits as well as a global partnership network that provides multiple levels of design support. The ADRV9026 comes in a 14x14 mm BGA package. Key features include a local oscillator frequency ranging from 650MHz to 6000MHz, a maximum receiver/transmitter bandwidth of 200MHz and a maximum observation receiver/transmitter synthesis bandwidth of 450MHz.