Every RF/Microwave system level design engineer searches for the "silver bullet" component solution that will be the key enabler for ALL performance specification requirements. A "silver bullet" can be defined as the single perfect solution to many complicated problems. For today's RF/Microwave receiver system design engineers, Teledyne e2v's EV10AS940 10 Bit, 12.8 GSPS ADC (with internal DDC) is the ultimate "silver bullet." An ADC singularly converts the electromagnetic world for digital signal processing [1]. The EV10AS940 10 Bit ADC directly converts RF/Microwave input frequencies (requiring no analog mixing) from L to Ka-Band (1Ghz-40Ghz), and then digitally down converts (DDC) and conditions the signal to include: quadrature detection, frequency hopping and beam forming (so an external DSP engine can then perform additional output computations).
RF/Microwave systems must be designed and procured to meet one of five basic quality levels: Consumer, Commercial, Industrial, Military or Space. In ascending order, each of these quality levels require higher performance/reliability and endurance/lifespans that corresponds with increasing component costs. In addition, with higher quality levels, per RF/Microwave application, a system usually benefits from ever increasing capabilities for softwarization/reconfigurations on-the-fly which in-turn dramatically lowers overall system costs. Again, the EV10AS940 is the "silver bullet" for all of the above considerations including cost minimization within SWaP constraints (16 x 17.6 mm FCBGA package at 2.5W (@ Fsamplemax=12.8 GSPS)).
Teledyne e2v's EV10AS940 ADC was designed for all RF/Microwave applications such as: Military/Defense (Aerospace, Avionics, Radar/SAR, EW, Communications), Space (Satellites, SATCOM, Spacecraft, Earth Observation, Edge Computing, Navigation (GNSS), Next Gen. GPS), Telecommunications/Cellular, Industrial/Manufacturing, Medical/Healthcare, Oscilloscopes/Digitizers, Radioastronomy, Energy, Quantum Navigation and Computing, Automotive, etc. This list of applications represents only a fraction of potential usages for the EV10AS940 (all available at the required quality levels previously mentioned).
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