AMD Zynq™ RFSoC DFE

AMD Zynq™ RFSoC DFE is a breakthrough radio platform that hardens the digital front-end (DFE) for 5G mass radio deployment and a breadth of other RF applications. Built on the only production-proven adaptive SoC that integrates the entire signal chain from RF to baseband, Zynq™ RFSoC DFE represents a new class of application-specific adaptive products that integrate hardened DFE IP along with AMD's proven Programmable Logic. Zynq™ RFSoC DFE offers the best balance of technologies - the cost economies of a SOC using hardened blocks with the flexibility, scalability, and time-to-market benefits of an application-specific adaptive platform.

Key features

• 2X Performance/Watt vs. Zynq™ RFSoC Gen3
• 400MHz Instantaneous Bandwidth in FR1 (8T8R)​
• 7.125GHz​ Direct RF Bandwidth
• Flexibility to enhance hardened IP with adaptive logic

Additional features

• Adaptive RFSoC platform integrates more hardened IP than soft logic, enabling a flexible solution that is high performance, power-efficient, and cost-effectiveness
• The instantaneous BW supported is 400 MHz and 1600 MHz in FR1 and FR2, respectively, to solve diverse multiband requirements
• Up to 8T8R with integrated feedback ADCs for single-chip FDD radio solution
• Hardened DPD IP is based on AMD production proven soft-core and enhanced to support advanced wideband GaN Power Amplifiers to improve power efficiency

Applications

• Small Cell Nodes - Power & Cost Efficient
• Fixed Wireless Access
• Multi-Mode Macrocell - Support for 5G and 4G LTE
• Massive-MIMO Macrocell - Full Sub-7GHz Direct RF
• Digital Phased Array Radar
• Milcom and Satcom Modems
• 5G for Government / Private Spectrum
• UE Emulation / RF Testers
• Portable Test Equipment

Additional Info

Zynq™ RFSoC DFE offers 2x performance-per-watt compared to its prior generation and scales from a small cell to massive MIMO macrocells. The solution is the industry's only direct RF platform that enables carrier aggregation/sharing, multi-mode, multi-band 400MHz instantaneous bandwidth in all FR1 bands, and emerging bands up to 7.125 GHz. When used as a millimeter-wave intermediate frequency transceiver, it provides up to 1.6 GHz of instantaneous bandwidth.

Zynq™ RFSoC DFE is architected so that customers can bypass or customize the hard IP blocks. For example, customers can leverage AMD's field-proven DPD that supports existing and emerging GaN power amplifiers or insert their own unique DPD IP.