LMS6002D support of LTE

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Alexander Chemeris alexander.chemeris at gmail.com
Sun Oct 14 12:19:27 UTC 2012


Hi Srdjan,

Doh, I completely forgot that we would need to divide by 2 for PLL if
we install 61.44MHz clock.

Andrey Sviyazov - I think we don't have a way to divide PLL clock on
UmTRXv2, right? If so, for LTE sample rates we're limited by 30.72MHz
on UmTRXv2.

On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Srdjan Milenkovic
<s.milenkovic at limemicro.com> wrote:
> Hi Alexander,
>
> You can simply replace 26MHz TCXO with foot print compatible 61.44MHz TCXO.
> Divide by 2 would be required to construct PLL reference below max 41MHz
> (61.44/2 = 30.72MHz) while having IQ interface still running at 61.44MHz
> which corresponds to 30.72MS/s converters sample rate. This is something we
> usually do with LMS eval board when customers want to evaluate more
> bandwidth demanding modulations such as 20MHz LTE.
>
> Regards, Srdjan
>
>
> On 14/10/2012 08:47, Alexander Chemeris wrote:
>>
>> Hum, good idea for the very first try. We should try this out this week.
>>
>> But I still want a normal TCXO/OCXO replacement for UmTRX to make it
>> easier to rework more UmTRX boards.
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 7:35 AM, sergey kostanbaev
>> <sergey.kostanbaev at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Just use our ClockTamer to see how it works :)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Alexander Chemeris
>>> <alexander.chemeris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Robin,
>>>>
>>>> Do you mean to use ADF4002 to double the frequency?
>>>>
>>>> Right now I want a simple solution - just replace the TCXO on UmTRX
>>>> from 26MHz to 61.44MHz and see how it works. Doubling the frequency
>>>> would require PCB rework and is possible for the next generation of
>>>> UmTRX only.
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 4:18 AM, Robin Coxe <coxe at close-haul.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Something like the attached Taiten VCTCXO @ 30.72 MHz + ADF4002 Phase
>>>>> Detector/PLL synthesizer might work.  I have no idea how much the
>>>>> oscillator
>>>>> costs.  (The Pletronics oscillator on the UmTRX and the GAPfiller
>>>>> GSM900
>>>>> isn't available at this frequency.)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.analog.com/en/rfif-components/pll-synthesizersvcos/adf4002/products/product.html
>>>>>
>>>>> -Robin
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Alexander Chemeris
>>>>> <alexander.chemeris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> John,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 12:24 AM, John Orlando
>>>>>> <john at epiqsolutions.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Alexander Chemeris
>>>>>>> <alexander.chemeris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi John,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 11:11 PM, John Orlando
>>>>>>>> <john at epiqsolutions.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Alexander Chemeris
>>>>>>>>> <alexander.chemeris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Srdjan,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> We're looking into re-purposing UmTRX for LTE and there a few
>>>>>>>>>> things
>>>>>>>>>> which
>>>>>>>>>> we need to understand better.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 1. Is it possible to support 15MHz and 20MHz LTE channel
>>>>>>>>>> bandwidths?
>>>>>>>>>> To
>>>>>>>>>> achieve this we at least need to sample at 23.04Msps and 30.72Msps
>>>>>>>>>> respectively. LMS6002D datasheet specifies the maximum I/Q
>>>>>>>>>> samplerate
>>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>> 14Msps, which is not enough. But at the same time, datasheet
>>>>>>>>>> claims
>>>>>>>>>> that ADC
>>>>>>>>>> and DAC are specified up to 50Msps. How does this fits together?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Alexander,
>>>>>>>>> Can you provide a reference to where the datasheet calls out a max
>>>>>>>>> I/Q
>>>>>>>>> sample rate of 14 Msps?  The analog low pass filters support a max
>>>>>>>>> bandwidth of 14 MHz (which leads to 28 MHz RF bandwidth assuming
>>>>>>>>> zero-IF operation)...is this what you're referencing?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The datasheet is not very clear on this topic. I'm referring to the
>>>>>>>> following line at the Table 1:
>>>>>>>> Baseband Bandwidth       14MHz
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Originally I read this line as "digital I/Q bus has limitation of
>>>>>>>> 14Msps" and this is what confuses me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, this refers to the analog baseband filter bandwidth.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ok, thanks for the clarification.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>   We run the A/D
>>>>>>>>> converters in the LMS6002d at sample rates greater than 14 Msps all
>>>>>>>>> the time, including 30.72 Msps.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Just to be sure - do you mean you feed RX_CLK and TX_CLK of LMS6002D
>>>>>>>> with 61.44MHz clock? It's divided by 2 internally, so if you feed
>>>>>>>> them
>>>>>>>> with 30.72MHz clock you actually get only 15.36Msps out of LMS6002D.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Correct, when running the A/D at 30.72 Msps, the RX_CLK signal needs
>>>>>>> to run at 61.44 MHz.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Great!
>>>>>> In case you know a good 61.44 MHz oscillator with a reasonable price -
>>>>>> I would appreciate a pointer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Alexander Chemeris.
>>>>>> CEO, Fairwaves LLC / ООО УмРадио
>>>>>> http://fairwaves.ru
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Robin Coxe  |  Close-Haul Communications, Inc.  |  Boston, MA
>>>>> +1-617-470-8825
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Alexander Chemeris.
>>>> CEO, Fairwaves LLC / ООО УмРадио
>>>> http://fairwaves.ru
>>>>
>>
>>
>
>



-- 
Regards,
Alexander Chemeris.
CEO, Fairwaves LLC / ООО УмРадио
http://fairwaves.ru




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