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AD9364 does not transmit any signal

Category: Hardware
Product Number: ADRV9364

Hi,

I am using the ADRV9364-Z7020 board with the transceiver configured in CMOS mode, single data rate, dual port, half duplex. In TDD mode, I see that the AD9364 correctly moves into TX state, but no signal is produced from the RF ports, although data ports and TX_FRAME are driven by the Zynq.

What have I missed?

Thank you in advance for your support.

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  • Can you check using internal BIST that whether you are able to transmit the data in TX state? Refer to the below link for BIST config:

     AD936x Built in Self Test (BIST)  

  • Thank you for your prompt response. I have tried using the BIST but unfortunately I cannot get any signal from the AD9364. The configuration parameters are pretty much the same as the no-OS reference design. Any other suggestion?

    AD9361_InitParam default_init_param = {
      /* Device selection */
      ID_AD9364,  // dev_sel
      /* Reference Clock */
      40000000UL, //reference_clk_rate
      /* Base Configuration */
      0,    //two_rx_two_tx_mode_enable *** adi,2rx-2tx-mode-enable
      1,    //one_rx_one_tx_mode_use_rx_num *** adi,1rx-1tx-mode-use-rx-num
      1,    //one_rx_one_tx_mode_use_tx_num *** adi,1rx-1tx-mode-use-tx-num
      0,    //frequency_division_duplex_mode_enable *** adi,frequency-division-duplex-mode-enable
      0,    //frequency_division_duplex_independent_mode_enable *** adi,frequency-division-duplex-independent-mode-enable
      0,    //tdd_use_dual_synth_mode_enable *** adi,tdd-use-dual-synth-mode-enable
      0,    //tdd_skip_vco_cal_enable *** adi,tdd-skip-vco-cal-enable
      0,    //tx_fastlock_delay_ns *** adi,tx-fastlock-delay-ns
      0,    //rx_fastlock_delay_ns *** adi,rx-fastlock-delay-ns
      0,    //rx_fastlock_pincontrol_enable *** adi,rx-fastlock-pincontrol-enable
      0,    //tx_fastlock_pincontrol_enable *** adi,tx-fastlock-pincontrol-enable
      0,    //external_rx_lo_enable *** adi,external-rx-lo-enable
      0,    //external_tx_lo_enable *** adi,external-tx-lo-enable
      5,    //dc_offset_tracking_update_event_mask *** adi,dc-offset-tracking-update-event-mask
      6,    //dc_offset_attenuation_high_range *** adi,dc-offset-attenuation-high-range
      5,    //dc_offset_attenuation_low_range *** adi,dc-offset-attenuation-low-range
      0x28, //dc_offset_count_high_range *** adi,dc-offset-count-high-range
      0x32, //dc_offset_count_low_range *** adi,dc-offset-count-low-range
      0,    //split_gain_table_mode_enable *** adi,split-gain-table-mode-enable
      MAX_SYNTH_FREF, //trx_synthesizer_target_fref_overwrite_hz *** adi,trx-synthesizer-target-fref-overwrite-hz
      0,    // qec_tracking_slow_mode_enable *** adi,qec-tracking-slow-mode-enable
      /* ENSM Control */
      0,    //ensm_enable_pin_pulse_mode_enable *** adi,ensm-enable-pin-pulse-mode-enable
      1,    //ensm_enable_txnrx_control_enable *** adi,ensm-enable-txnrx-control-enable
      /* LO Control */
      2400000000UL, //rx_synthesizer_frequency_hz *** adi,rx-synthesizer-frequency-hz
      2400000000UL, //tx_synthesizer_frequency_hz *** adi,tx-synthesizer-frequency-hz
      1,        //tx_lo_powerdown_managed_enable *** adi,tx-lo-powerdown-managed-enable
      /* Rate & BW Control */
      {983040000, 245760000, 122880000, 61440000, 30720000, 30720000},// rx_path_clock_frequencies[6] *** adi,rx-path-clock-frequencies
      {983040000, 122880000, 122880000, 61440000, 30720000, 30720000},// tx_path_clock_frequencies[6] *** adi,tx-path-clock-frequencies
      18000000,//rf_rx_bandwidth_hz *** adi,rf-rx-bandwidth-hz
      18000000,//rf_tx_bandwidth_hz *** adi,rf-tx-bandwidth-hz
      /* RF Port Control */
      0,    //rx_rf_port_input_select *** adi,rx-rf-port-input-select
      0,    //tx_rf_port_input_select *** adi,tx-rf-port-input-select
      /* TX Attenuation Control */
      10000,  //tx_attenuation_mdB *** adi,tx-attenuation-mdB
      0,    //update_tx_gain_in_alert_enable *** adi,update-tx-gain-in-alert-enable
      /* Reference Clock Control */
      0,    //xo_disable_use_ext_refclk_enable *** adi,xo-disable-use-ext-refclk-enable
      {8, 5920},  //dcxo_coarse_and_fine_tune[2] *** adi,dcxo-coarse-and-fine-tune
      CLKOUT_DISABLE, //clk_output_mode_select *** adi,clk-output-mode-select
      /* Gain Control */
      2,    //gc_rx1_mode *** adi,gc-rx1-mode
      2,    //gc_rx2_mode *** adi,gc-rx2-mode
      58,   //gc_adc_large_overload_thresh *** adi,gc-adc-large-overload-thresh
      4,    //gc_adc_ovr_sample_size *** adi,gc-adc-ovr-sample-size
      47,   //gc_adc_small_overload_thresh *** adi,gc-adc-small-overload-thresh
      8192, //gc_dec_pow_measurement_duration *** adi,gc-dec-pow-measurement-duration
      0,    //gc_dig_gain_enable *** adi,gc-dig-gain-enable
      800,  //gc_lmt_overload_high_thresh *** adi,gc-lmt-overload-high-thresh
      704,  //gc_lmt_overload_low_thresh *** adi,gc-lmt-overload-low-thresh
      24,   //gc_low_power_thresh *** adi,gc-low-power-thresh
      15,   //gc_max_dig_gain *** adi,gc-max-dig-gain
      0,    //gc_use_rx_fir_out_for_dec_pwr_meas_enable *** adi,gc-use-rx-fir-out-for-dec-pwr-meas-enable
      /* Gain MGC Control */
      2,    //mgc_dec_gain_step *** adi,mgc-dec-gain-step
      2,    //mgc_inc_gain_step *** adi,mgc-inc-gain-step
      0,    //mgc_rx1_ctrl_inp_enable *** adi,mgc-rx1-ctrl-inp-enable
      0,    //mgc_rx2_ctrl_inp_enable *** adi,mgc-rx2-ctrl-inp-enable
      0,    //mgc_split_table_ctrl_inp_gain_mode *** adi,mgc-split-table-ctrl-inp-gain-mode
      /* Gain AGC Control */
      10,   //agc_adc_large_overload_exceed_counter *** adi,agc-adc-large-overload-exceed-counter
      2,    //agc_adc_large_overload_inc_steps *** adi,agc-adc-large-overload-inc-steps
      0,    //agc_adc_lmt_small_overload_prevent_gain_inc_enable *** adi,agc-adc-lmt-small-overload-prevent-gain-inc-enable
      10,   //agc_adc_small_overload_exceed_counter *** adi,agc-adc-small-overload-exceed-counter
      4,    //agc_dig_gain_step_size *** adi,agc-dig-gain-step-size
      3,    //agc_dig_saturation_exceed_counter *** adi,agc-dig-saturation-exceed-counter
      1000, // agc_gain_update_interval_us *** adi,agc-gain-update-interval-us
      0,    //agc_immed_gain_change_if_large_adc_overload_enable *** adi,agc-immed-gain-change-if-large-adc-overload-enable
      0,    //agc_immed_gain_change_if_large_lmt_overload_enable *** adi,agc-immed-gain-change-if-large-lmt-overload-enable
      10,   //agc_inner_thresh_high *** adi,agc-inner-thresh-high
      1,    //agc_inner_thresh_high_dec_steps *** adi,agc-inner-thresh-high-dec-steps
      12,   //agc_inner_thresh_low *** adi,agc-inner-thresh-low
      1,    //agc_inner_thresh_low_inc_steps *** adi,agc-inner-thresh-low-inc-steps
      10,   //agc_lmt_overload_large_exceed_counter *** adi,agc-lmt-overload-large-exceed-counter
      2,    //agc_lmt_overload_large_inc_steps *** adi,agc-lmt-overload-large-inc-steps
      10,   //agc_lmt_overload_small_exceed_counter *** adi,agc-lmt-overload-small-exceed-counter
      5,    //agc_outer_thresh_high *** adi,agc-outer-thresh-high
      2,    //agc_outer_thresh_high_dec_steps *** adi,agc-outer-thresh-high-dec-steps
      18,   //agc_outer_thresh_low *** adi,agc-outer-thresh-low
      2,    //agc_outer_thresh_low_inc_steps *** adi,agc-outer-thresh-low-inc-steps
      1,    //agc_attack_delay_extra_margin_us; *** adi,agc-attack-delay-extra-margin-us
      0,    //agc_sync_for_gain_counter_enable *** adi,agc-sync-for-gain-counter-enable
      /* Fast AGC */
      64,   //fagc_dec_pow_measuremnt_duration ***  adi,fagc-dec-pow-measurement-duration
      260,  //fagc_state_wait_time_ns ***  adi,fagc-state-wait-time-ns
      /* Fast AGC - Low Power */
      0,    //fagc_allow_agc_gain_increase ***  adi,fagc-allow-agc-gain-increase-enable
      5,    //fagc_lp_thresh_increment_time ***  adi,fagc-lp-thresh-increment-time
      1,    //fagc_lp_thresh_increment_steps ***  adi,fagc-lp-thresh-increment-steps
      /* Fast AGC - Lock Level (Lock Level is set via slow AGC inner high threshold) */
      1,    //fagc_lock_level_lmt_gain_increase_en ***  adi,fagc-lock-level-lmt-gain-increase-enable
      5,    //fagc_lock_level_gain_increase_upper_limit ***  adi,fagc-lock-level-gain-increase-upper-limit
      /* Fast AGC - Peak Detectors and Final Settling */
      1,    //fagc_lpf_final_settling_steps ***  adi,fagc-lpf-final-settling-steps
      1,    //fagc_lmt_final_settling_steps ***  adi,fagc-lmt-final-settling-steps
      3,    //fagc_final_overrange_count ***  adi,fagc-final-overrange-count
      /* Fast AGC - Final Power Test */
      0,    //fagc_gain_increase_after_gain_lock_en ***  adi,fagc-gain-increase-after-gain-lock-enable
      /* Fast AGC - Unlocking the Gain */
      0,    //fagc_gain_index_type_after_exit_rx_mode ***  adi,fagc-gain-index-type-after-exit-rx-mode
      1,    //fagc_use_last_lock_level_for_set_gain_en ***  adi,fagc-use-last-lock-level-for-set-gain-enable
      1,    //fagc_rst_gla_stronger_sig_thresh_exceeded_en ***  adi,fagc-rst-gla-stronger-sig-thresh-exceeded-enable
      5,    //fagc_optimized_gain_offset ***  adi,fagc-optimized-gain-offset
      10,   //fagc_rst_gla_stronger_sig_thresh_above_ll ***  adi,fagc-rst-gla-stronger-sig-thresh-above-ll
      1,    //fagc_rst_gla_engergy_lost_sig_thresh_exceeded_en ***  adi,fagc-rst-gla-engergy-lost-sig-thresh-exceeded-enable
      1,    //fagc_rst_gla_engergy_lost_goto_optim_gain_en ***  adi,fagc-rst-gla-engergy-lost-goto-optim-gain-enable
      10,   //fagc_rst_gla_engergy_lost_sig_thresh_below_ll ***  adi,fagc-rst-gla-engergy-lost-sig-thresh-below-ll
      8,    //fagc_energy_lost_stronger_sig_gain_lock_exit_cnt ***  adi,fagc-energy-lost-stronger-sig-gain-lock-exit-cnt
      1,    //fagc_rst_gla_large_adc_overload_en ***  adi,fagc-rst-gla-large-adc-overload-enable
      1,    //fagc_rst_gla_large_lmt_overload_en ***  adi,fagc-rst-gla-large-lmt-overload-enable
      0,    //fagc_rst_gla_en_agc_pulled_high_en ***  adi,fagc-rst-gla-en-agc-pulled-high-enable
      0,    //fagc_rst_gla_if_en_agc_pulled_high_mode ***  adi,fagc-rst-gla-if-en-agc-pulled-high-mode
      64,   //fagc_power_measurement_duration_in_state5 ***  adi,fagc-power-measurement-duration-in-state5
      2,    //fagc_large_overload_inc_steps *** adi,fagc-adc-large-overload-inc-steps
      /* RSSI Control */
      1,    //rssi_delay *** adi,rssi-delay
      1000, //rssi_duration *** adi,rssi-duration
      3,    //rssi_restart_mode *** adi,rssi-restart-mode
      0,    //rssi_unit_is_rx_samples_enable *** adi,rssi-unit-is-rx-samples-enable
      1,    //rssi_wait *** adi,rssi-wait
      /* Aux ADC Control */
      256,  //aux_adc_decimation *** adi,aux-adc-decimation
      40000000UL, //aux_adc_rate *** adi,aux-adc-rate
      /* AuxDAC Control */
      1,    //aux_dac_manual_mode_enable ***  adi,aux-dac-manual-mode-enable
      0,    //aux_dac1_default_value_mV ***  adi,aux-dac1-default-value-mV
      0,    //aux_dac1_active_in_rx_enable ***  adi,aux-dac1-active-in-rx-enable
      0,    //aux_dac1_active_in_tx_enable ***  adi,aux-dac1-active-in-tx-enable
      0,    //aux_dac1_active_in_alert_enable ***  adi,aux-dac1-active-in-alert-enable
      0,    //aux_dac1_rx_delay_us ***  adi,aux-dac1-rx-delay-us
      0,    //aux_dac1_tx_delay_us ***  adi,aux-dac1-tx-delay-us
      0,    //aux_dac2_default_value_mV ***  adi,aux-dac2-default-value-mV
      0,    //aux_dac2_active_in_rx_enable ***  adi,aux-dac2-active-in-rx-enable
      0,    //aux_dac2_active_in_tx_enable ***  adi,aux-dac2-active-in-tx-enable
      0,    //aux_dac2_active_in_alert_enable ***  adi,aux-dac2-active-in-alert-enable
      0,    //aux_dac2_rx_delay_us ***  adi,aux-dac2-rx-delay-us
      0,    //aux_dac2_tx_delay_us ***  adi,aux-dac2-tx-delay-us
      /* Temperature Sensor Control */
      256,  //temp_sense_decimation *** adi,temp-sense-decimation
      1000, //temp_sense_measurement_interval_ms *** adi,temp-sense-measurement-interval-ms
      0xCE, //temp_sense_offset_signed *** adi,temp-sense-offset-signed
      1,    //temp_sense_periodic_measurement_enable *** adi,temp-sense-periodic-measurement-enable
      /* Control Out Setup */
      0xFF, //ctrl_outs_enable_mask *** adi,ctrl-outs-enable-mask
      0,    //ctrl_outs_index *** adi,ctrl-outs-index
      /* External LNA Control */
      0,    //elna_settling_delay_ns *** adi,elna-settling-delay-ns
      0,    //elna_gain_mdB *** adi,elna-gain-mdB
      0,    //elna_bypass_loss_mdB *** adi,elna-bypass-loss-mdB
      0,    //elna_rx1_gpo0_control_enable *** adi,elna-rx1-gpo0-control-enable
      0,    //elna_rx2_gpo1_control_enable *** adi,elna-rx2-gpo1-control-enable
      0,    //elna_gaintable_all_index_enable *** adi,elna-gaintable-all-index-enable
      /* Digital Interface Control */
      0,    //digital_interface_tune_skip_mode *** adi,digital-interface-tune-skip-mode
      0,    //digital_interface_tune_fir_disable *** adi,digital-interface-tune-fir-disable
      1,    //pp_tx_swap_enable *** adi,pp-tx-swap-enable
      1,    //pp_rx_swap_enable *** adi,pp-rx-swap-enable
      0,    //tx_channel_swap_enable *** adi,tx-channel-swap-enable
      0,    //rx_channel_swap_enable *** adi,rx-channel-swap-enable
      1,    //rx_frame_pulse_mode_enable *** adi,rx-frame-pulse-mode-enable
      0,    //two_t_two_r_timing_enable *** adi,2t2r-timing-enable
      0,    //invert_data_bus_enable *** adi,invert-data-bus-enable
      0,    //invert_data_clk_enable *** adi,invert-data-clk-enable
      0,    //fdd_alt_word_order_enable *** adi,fdd-alt-word-order-enable
      0,    //invert_rx_frame_enable *** adi,invert-rx-frame-enable
      0,    //fdd_rx_rate_2tx_enable *** adi,fdd-rx-rate-2tx-enable
      0,    //swap_ports_enable *** adi,swap-ports-enable
      1,    //single_data_rate_enable *** adi,single-data-rate-enable
      0,    //lvds_mode_enable *** adi,lvds-mode-enable
      1,    //half_duplex_mode_enable *** adi,half-duplex-mode-enable
      0,    //single_port_mode_enable *** adi,single-port-mode-enable
      0,    //full_port_enable *** adi,full-port-enable
      0,    //full_duplex_swap_bits_enable *** adi,full-duplex-swap-bits-enable
      0,    //delay_rx_data *** adi,delay-rx-data
      0,    //rx_data_clock_delay *** adi,rx-data-clock-delay
      4,    //rx_data_delay *** adi,rx-data-delay
      7,    //tx_fb_clock_delay *** adi,tx-fb-clock-delay
      0,    //tx_data_delay *** adi,tx-data-delay
    #ifdef ALTERA_PLATFORM
      300,  //lvds_bias_mV *** adi,lvds-bias-mV
    #else
      150,  //lvds_bias_mV *** adi,lvds-bias-mV
    #endif
      1,    //lvds_rx_onchip_termination_enable *** adi,lvds-rx-onchip-termination-enable
      0,    //rx1rx2_phase_inversion_en *** adi,rx1-rx2-phase-inversion-enable
      0xFF, //lvds_invert1_control *** adi,lvds-invert1-control
      0x0F, //lvds_invert2_control *** adi,lvds-invert2-control
      /* GPO Control */
      0,    //gpo_manual_mode_enable *** adi,gpo-manual-mode-enable
      0,    //gpo_manual_mode_enable_mask *** adi,gpo-manual-mode-enable-mask
      0,    //gpo0_inactive_state_high_enable *** adi,gpo0-inactive-state-high-enable
      0,    //gpo1_inactive_state_high_enable *** adi,gpo1-inactive-state-high-enable
      0,    //gpo2_inactive_state_high_enable *** adi,gpo2-inactive-state-high-enable
      0,    //gpo3_inactive_state_high_enable *** adi,gpo3-inactive-state-high-enable
      0,    //gpo0_slave_rx_enable *** adi,gpo0-slave-rx-enable
      0,    //gpo0_slave_tx_enable *** adi,gpo0-slave-tx-enable
      0,    //gpo1_slave_rx_enable *** adi,gpo1-slave-rx-enable
      0,    //gpo1_slave_tx_enable *** adi,gpo1-slave-tx-enable
      0,    //gpo2_slave_rx_enable *** adi,gpo2-slave-rx-enable
      0,    //gpo2_slave_tx_enable *** adi,gpo2-slave-tx-enable
      0,    //gpo3_slave_rx_enable *** adi,gpo3-slave-rx-enable
      0,    //gpo3_slave_tx_enable *** adi,gpo3-slave-tx-enable
      0,    //gpo0_rx_delay_us *** adi,gpo0-rx-delay-us
      0,    //gpo0_tx_delay_us *** adi,gpo0-tx-delay-us
      0,    //gpo1_rx_delay_us *** adi,gpo1-rx-delay-us
      0,    //gpo1_tx_delay_us *** adi,gpo1-tx-delay-us
      0,    //gpo2_rx_delay_us *** adi,gpo2-rx-delay-us
      0,    //gpo2_tx_delay_us *** adi,gpo2-tx-delay-us
      0,    //gpo3_rx_delay_us *** adi,gpo3-rx-delay-us
      0,    //gpo3_tx_delay_us *** adi,gpo3-tx-delay-us
      /* Tx Monitor Control */
      37000,  //low_high_gain_threshold_mdB *** adi,txmon-low-high-thresh
      0,    //low_gain_dB *** adi,txmon-low-gain
      24,   //high_gain_dB *** adi,txmon-high-gain
      0,    //tx_mon_track_en *** adi,txmon-dc-tracking-enable
      0,    //one_shot_mode_en *** adi,txmon-one-shot-mode-enable
      511,  //tx_mon_delay *** adi,txmon-delay
      8192, //tx_mon_duration *** adi,txmon-duration
      2,    //tx1_mon_front_end_gain *** adi,txmon-1-front-end-gain
      2,    //tx2_mon_front_end_gain *** adi,txmon-2-front-end-gain
      48,   //tx1_mon_lo_cm *** adi,txmon-1-lo-cm
      48,   //tx2_mon_lo_cm *** adi,txmon-2-lo-cm
      /* GPIO definitions */
      {
        .number = -1,
        .platform_ops = GPIO_OPS,
        .extra = GPIO_PARAM
      },    //gpio_resetb *** reset-gpios
      /* MCS Sync */
      {
        .number = -1,
        .platform_ops = GPIO_OPS,
        .extra = GPIO_PARAM
      },    //gpio_sync *** sync-gpios
    
      {
        .number = -1,
        .platform_ops = GPIO_OPS,
        .extra = GPIO_PARAM
      },    //gpio_cal_sw1 *** cal-sw1-gpios
    
      {
        .number = -1,
        .platform_ops = GPIO_OPS,
        .extra = GPIO_PARAM
      },    //gpio_cal_sw2 *** cal-sw2-gpios
    
      {
        .device_id = SPI_DEVICE_ID,
        .mode = NO_OS_SPI_MODE_1,
        .chip_select = SPI_CS,
        .platform_ops = SPI_OPS,
        .extra = SPI_PARAM
      },
    
      /* External LO clocks */
      NULL, //(*ad9361_rfpll_ext_recalc_rate)()
      NULL, //(*ad9361_rfpll_ext_round_rate)()
      NULL, //(*ad9361_rfpll_ext_set_rate)()
    #ifndef AXI_ADC_NOT_PRESENT
      &rx_adc_init, // *rx_adc_init
      &tx_dac_init,   // *tx_dac_init
    #endif
    };
  • Are you able to initialize the chip successfully in CMOS mode? If you change to LVDS mode, is it working?

    swap_ports_enable should be 0 (default value) in case of ad9364 device.

    Refer to the below links:

    https://github.com/analogdevicesinc/no-OS/pull/1591/commits/183356f9a985b2d6020c6911ac7c3b6067236c5e 

  • I set swap_ports_enable to 0, as in the code snippet I shared in the previous message. Then I tried both CMOS and LVDS mode, but using the BIST I still cannot get any signal. I believe there is no issue in the initialization since the ad9361_init() function returns successfully and the ENSM moves in TX state. It seems like something is powered down... any other suggestion?
    Thank you for your support.

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  • I set swap_ports_enable to 0, as in the code snippet I shared in the previous message. Then I tried both CMOS and LVDS mode, but using the BIST I still cannot get any signal. I believe there is no issue in the initialization since the ad9361_init() function returns successfully and the ENSM moves in TX state. It seems like something is powered down... any other suggestion?
    Thank you for your support.

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