Evaluation System for F6506
The F6506 Evaluation System (EVS) is designed to help you evaluate the F6506 Beamformer device.
Included Components:
- F6506 Evaluation Board
- FT2232HL Digital...
8-Channel, Dual-Polarization Tx Beamforming IC, K-Band SATCOM
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Overview
Description
The F6506 is an 8-channel active beamforming IC (BFIC) designed for transmit (Tx) applications in K-band planar phased array antennas. In a typical configuration, eight output channels drive four dual-polarized antenna elements, while two common beam inputs allow for independent beam steering of vertical and horizontal polarizations.
Each channel of the IC has independent 6 bits of digital phase control covering 360° and 30.5dB of gain control with a step size of 0.484dB. Low RMS gain and phase errors enable precise amplitude and phase adjustment for gain compensation between channels and beam pattern control.
The F6506 SPI bus operates up to 65MHz and includes features for fast beam coefficient loading and rapid array-level beam switching. Up to 16 devices can be supported on the same SPI bus using dedicated address pins. The digital core and SPI use a 1.8V supply generated by an on-chip LDO.
Features
- 19.7 – 22.7 GHz operation
- 8 radiation channels
- 360° phase control with 6-bit resolution
- 30.5dB gain control with 0.484dB minimum step
- 30dB gain
- 16dBm output P1dB
- 2.5V nominal single supply input
- Standard 1.8V digital logic
- Integrated temperature sensor and power detector
- Advanced digital modes with fast beam steering
- 2048 on-chip programmable beam-state memory
- -40 to +95°C operating temperature
- Dedicated PA supply voltage +2.4V to 2.6V
- 5.1 × 5.1 × 0.8 mm 118-pin FCCSP package
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Applications
Applications
- K-Band SATCOM & Radar
Documentation
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| Datasheet | PDF 2.37 MB | |
| Guide | PDF 2.24 MB | |
| Manual - Hardware | PDF 2.43 MB | |
| Report | PDF 69 KB | |
| Product Brief | PDF 1.08 MB | |
| Product Brief | PDF 728 KB | |
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| FCCSP | 118 | I | Tray | 3 | Get Samples, | |
| FCCSP | 118 | I | Reel | 3 | Get Samples, |
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Active Beamforming ICs and LNAs for Satcom and Radar Phased Array Antennas
An overview of the next-generation portfolio of active beamforming solutions with lowest NF and power consumption for Satcom and Radar antennas.
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