ADL5380
EVALUATION BOARD
The ADL5380 evaluation board is available. There are two
versions of the board, optimized for performance for separate
frequency ranges. For operation <3 GHz, an FR4 material-based
board with the TC1-1-13 balun footprint is available. For operation
between 3 GHz to 6 GHz, a Rogers® material-based RO3003 board
with the Johanson Technology 3600BL14M050 balun (optimal
for operation between 3 GHz and 4 GHz) footprint is available.
The Johanson Technology 5400BL15K050 shares the same
footprint and can be used for operation between 4900 MHz to
5800 MHz.
The board can be used for single-ended or differential baseband
analysis. The default configuration of the board is for single-ended
baseband analysis.
RFx
T3x
VPOS
C11x
R19x
C8x
C5x C12x
R23x
24 23 22 21 20 19
VPOS
1 GND3
R5x
IPx
2 GND1
R17x
R16x
3 IHI
T4x
C16x
R7x
4 ILO
R15x
INx
5 GND1
R4x
R10x
VPOS
6 VCC1
C9x
C6x
ADL5380
GND3 18
GND2 17
QHI 16
QLO 15
GND2 14
VCC2 13
R3x
R14x
R18x
R6x
C15x
T2x
R13x
R12x
R2x
VPOS
C7x
C10x
QPx
QNx
7
8
9 10 11 12
R11x
R9x
R1x
VPOS
C2x
C1x
P1x
VPOS
LOPx
C3x
C4x
T1x
LONx
LO_SE
NOTES
1. X = B, FOR LOW FREQUENCY OPERATION UP TO 3GHz, TC1-1-13 BALUN ON RF AND LO PORTS.
X = A, FOR FREQUENCY OPERATION FROM 3GHz TO 4GHz, JOHANSON TECHNOLOGY 3600BL14M050 BALUN ON RF AND LO PORTS.
2. FOR OPERATION BETWEEN 4.9GHZ TO 6GHZ, THE JOHANSON TECHNOLOGY 5400BL15K050 BALUN, WHICH SHARES A SIMILAR
FOOTPRINT AS THE 4GHZ BALUN, CAN BE USED.
Figure 98. Evaluation Board Schematic
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