Data Sheet

GE
Intelligent Platforms
Features
• Fourtransformer-coupledanalogInputs
• Fs≤1.5GHz4-channel,or3GHz2
channel(softwareselectable),8bit
• XilinxVirtex-4FPGAUserProgrammable
FPGA(FX60)
• TCXO@10MHz
• 8IndividualMMCXCoaxialConnectors
• PCI2.264-bit,66MHzMaster/Target
BurstModeDMAcapable
• VITA42(XMC)high-speedserial
interface(singleconnector,8lanes)
• PCIExpress8-laneinterfaceavailable
• Pn4LVDSorLVTTLsignallevels
• ANSI/VITA20-2001conduction
cooledPMC
• VxWorks,LinuxandWindows
softwaredrivers
TheICS-8553isaruggedtwo-andfour-
channel,1.5/3GHzADCXMCmodule
intendedforSoftwareDefinedRadio(SDR)
applicationssuchascommunicationsand
radarinbenignandhostileenvironments.
TheanaloginputsarecoupledtotheADCs
bymeansofbaluns,providingacharacter-
isticinputimpedanceof50ohms.
Thecombinationofhighperformance
ADCandFPGAresourcesallowsVHFand
UHFsignalstobedigitizedandprocessed
directlyontheXMCmodule.Algorithms
suchasdigitaldownconversion,FFT,and
filteringcanbedevelopedtoexecuteinthe
Virtex4FPGA,usingtheincludedHardware
DevelopmentKit(HDK).Themoduleisavail-
ableinfivelevelsofruggedization,three
forair-cooledenvironmentsandtwofor
conductioncooledenvironments.Detailsof
theenvironmentalspecificationsareavail-
ablefromourwebsite.
TheICS-8553HDKincludesadefault
logiccore,designedtoprovideminimum
occupancyoftheFPGAandtoprovidea
basisforcustomerstoprogramtheirown
functionality.ItincludesanA/Dinterface
anddatabufferingtothehigh-speedserial
outputsandPCIBus.Functionssuchas
timestamping,digitaldown-conversion,
filteringandFastFourierTransform
ICS-8553
Rugged4/2-channel,1.5/3GHzADCXMCModulewithVirtex-4FPGA
andPCIExpress
canbeimplementedintheFPGA.For
customersnotwishingtoimplementtheir
ownDSPfunctions,wecanprovideeither
off-the-shelfDSPfunctionsorourFPGA
developmentteamcandesignandimple-
mentspecificfunctionstothecustomer’s
specification.
TheICS-8553providestheuserwithup
toeightlanesofhigh-speedserialI/O
forcommunicationwithXMCequipped
carriercardsatratesupto3.125GBytes/s.
Anoptional8-lanePCIExpressendpoint
maybeinstalledintheFPGAforcarriers
whichconnecttheXMCP15portthrough
aPCIExpressbridge.Usingthisinterface
sustainedaggregatedataratesexceeding
1GByte/sarepossible.Theexactdatarate
achievedwillbedeterminedbytheoverall
systemdetails.
The64/66PCIinterfaceprovidessustained
dataratesinexcessof400MBytes/s,while
thePn4userI/Oportallowstheuserto
definedirectpointtopointconnectionsto
theFPGA,eliminatinginterruptlatencies.
Thelattertwointerfacesmaybeusedfor
applicationsinwhichtheXMCinterface
cannotbeused.
Theanalogconnectionsaremadeby
meansofeightindividualMMCXminiature
co-axialconnectors.