Hi Aram,

Sorry for the late reply. You are on the correct thinking regarding speed and noise performance.

In the past we have used the AD5760 DAC followed by the ADA4898 op-amp as a unity gain buffer. The DAC reference was the LT3042 voltage regulator set to 15V. This resulted in excellent baseband noise spectral density on the order of 10nV/rtHz, so the residual phase noise floor of the filter would not be impacted (better than -150dBc/Hz). The downside was the voltage tuning speed was on the order of 1usec, which isn't quite your desired 200nsec time.

You might find a faster DAC or op-amp in the catalog, but keep in mind the baseband noise spectral density may impact phase noise results. As a rough order of magnitude for phase noise floor, you could use small angle phase modulation equation of 20*log(Vnoise_in_rms * Filter_Phase_Sensitivity / sqrt(2)).

Best Regards,

David

Dear David,

Thank you very much for your reply.

I think you talk about ADRF4371 wideband frequency generation with RF tunable filter eval board?

Can I ask you to provide schematic or reference files of this eval board to look at it?

This is very urgent for me.

Thanks and Regards

Aram 

Hi Aram,

Sorry, the board with ADF4371 + Filters was not released, as there was some mistakes in schematic/layout. Perhaps this will be corrected and released at a later time. For now, please refer to the standard evaluation boards for guidance.

Best Regards,

David

Hi Aram,

Sorry, the board with ADF4371 + Filters was not released, as there was some mistakes in schematic/layout. Perhaps this will be corrected and released at a later time. For now, please refer to the standard evaluation boards for guidance.

Best Regards,

David