Evaluation Kits (EVK)

Reduce time to market and speed up your mmWave product design using our Evaluation Kits

 

Validate the RF aspect of your unlicensed or licensed 5G mmWave system. Plug and Play with a minimum of configuration activities – easily controlled through standardized interfaces.

Cost-effective

Leverage our integration test platform to reduce costs and time to market.

Adaptable

Seamless operation together with any Zero-IF based broadband solution.

Simple

Quickly evaluate beam steering capabilities and other RF parameters.

About our Evaluation Kits

5G NR mmWave System Test Platform

Transmitter side: Simulate different configurations of 5G NR waveforms and upload to RFSoC. Waveform/IQ samples transmitted through data converters to RFIC.

Receiver side: Data received by RFIC is sampled in RFSoC. Basic RFIC control performed in real-time in FPGA logic (gain control and beamforming), before data is passed to modem simulation framework for decoding and analysis.

Technical Specifications

  • RF Module EVK ‘Plug and Play’ Platform
    • 5G NR Transceiver RFIC
    • Patch antenna RF module
    • Xilinx Radio Frequency System-on-Chip (RFSoC)
  • Used to evaluate Sivers Semiconductors beam steering RFICs:
    • TRX BF/01 – unlicensed 5G
    • TRX BF/02 – licensed 5G
  • Graphical User Interface (GUI)/software for easy configuration and display of results
  • Modem simulation framework in Matlab for performance evaluation

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RFIC TRX BF/02 

 

For further information please email: [email protected]

RF Module EVK 

Everything is included for straight forward operation and will enable the user to quickly validate beam steering capabilities together with other system defining RF parameters – critical features when developing a new product with tough requirements on time to market.

Technical Specifications

  • RF Module EVK ‘Plug and Play’ Platform
    • 5G NR Transceiver RFIC
    • Patch antenna RF module
  • Used to evaluate Sivers Semiconductors beam steering RFIC – TRX BF/01 – unlicensed 5G (IEEE 802.11ad)
  • Graphical User Interface (GUI)/software for easy configuration and display of results

Download product brief

 

RELATED PRODUCTS

RFIC TRX BF/01 

 

For further information please email: [email protected]

RF Module EVK 

Everything is included for straight forward operation and will enable the user to quickly validate beam steering capabilities together with other system defining RF parameters – critical features when developing a new product with tough requirements on time to market.

Technical Specifications

  • RF Module EVK ‘Plug and Play’ Platform
    • 5G NR Transceiver RFIC
    • Patch antenna RF module
  • Used to evaluate Sivers Semiconductors beam steering RFIC – TRX BF/02 – licensed 5G
  • Graphical User Interface (GUI)/software for easy configuration and display of results

Download product brief

 

RELATED PRODUCTS

RFIC TRX BF/02 

 

For further information please email: [email protected]

Plug and Play Platforms

The Evaluation Kits (EVKs) are designed to help you validate the RF part of your 5G mmWave system. They help you Plug and Play with a minimum of configuration activities and are easily controlled through standardized interfaces. Configuration support and user guidelines are included.

Technical Specifications

  • EVK 02002 (26.5 – 29.5 GHz)
  • EVK 02003 (24.25-27.5 GHz)
  • Used  to evaluate the Sivers Semiconductors beam steering RFICs – AFE VM 2Q 275/295 for licensed 5G.

The dual quad BFIC is intended for 5G dual polarized phased antenna array applications.

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RELATED PRODUCTS

RFIC AFE VM 2Q 275/295 

 

For further information please email: [email protected]

60 GHz RF Module EVK

This Evaluation Kit (EVK) is designed to help you validate the RF part of your unlicensed 5G mmWave system. With an easy Plug and Play and a minimum of configuration activities it is easily controlled through standardized interfaces. Configuration support and user guidelines are included.

The EVK06005 provides an opportunity to utilise three 60 GHz RF modules in your design validation.

Technical Specifications

  • The RF modules supported by the EVK06005 are BFM 06005, BFM 06009 and BFM 06010.
  • Frequency Range: 57-71 GHz
  • Beam steering with integrated patch array antenna
  • Including RF Module, Mother Board and Graphical User Interface (GUI)

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RELATED PRODUCTS

BFM 06009

BFM 06010

 

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Frequently asked questions

What is the signal interface to the EVK02001?
It is differential analog base band, zero-IF, I/Q interface.
What kind of connectors are available on the EVK02001 for the analog base band signal?
There are 4 TX and 4 RX mcx female type of connectors.
Can we modify the EVK02001 to be used with an external x-tal?
Yes, instruction for modification can be found in the user manual for EVK02001.
What control interfaces are available and excess thru the EVK02001?
There is a USB, SPI and 2xGPIO connector interfaces available for direct access to registers. All connector pinning are described in the user manual for EVK02001.
Yes, where you can set all the registers.
Yes, there is a beam book available and the size is 64 different beams.
Python code for controlling the EVK. Power adaptor, USB cable, BFM02003 (radio module) and MB1 (mother board). User manual and 2 hour free support.
To quickly and easy evaluate RF performance of the TRX BF02 transceiver together with the antenna.
Yes, but you need to sign a support agreement for that.
Yes.
It is 2GHz ie 1GHz I/Q.
Yes.
13W.
No. This is not possible in the standard configuration.
It is differential analog base band, zero-IF, I/Q interface.
There are 4 TX and 4 RX mcx female type of connectors.
Yes, instructions for modification can be found in the EVK user manual.
There is a USB, SPI and 2xGPIO connectors interfaces available for direct access to registers. All connector pinning are described in the EVK user manual.
Yes, where you can set all the registers.
Yes, there is a beam book available and the size is 64 different beams.
Python code for controlling the EVK. Power adaptor, USB cable, BFM6010 (radio module) and MB1 (mother board). User manual and 2 hour free support.
To quickly and easy evaluate RF performance of the TRX BF01 transceiver together with the antenna.
Yes, but you need to sign a support agreement for that.
Yes.
It is 2GHz ie 1GHz I/Q.
Yes.
13W.
6 full 2GHz wigig channels, 57-71GHz.
No, for that you need to sign a supply agreement.
No. This is not possible in the standard configuration.
No. This is not possible in the standard configuration.
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