ADF4382 Output Amplitude Register

I'm attaching some data taken with the ADF438A evaluation board. Note that the measurement was not de-embedded. So the power reference plane is the SMA connector on the board. The file includes a plot of output power vs frequency for power setting 11 along with a sweep of output power vs power setting at 15 GHz. It's not explicitly stated in the datasheet but our recommendation is not to use power settings above 11. You can see in the power sweep that the output power at setting 12 drops relative to setting 11. It comes back up at settings 13, 14 and 15.  But you do not get higher power than setting 11. So the simplest thing to do is stop at 11. 

I'm attaching some data taken with the ADF438A evaluation board. Note that the measurement was not de-embedded. So the power reference plane is the SMA connector on the board. The file includes a plot of output power vs frequency for power setting 11 along with a sweep of output power vs power setting at 15 GHz. It's not explicitly stated in the datasheet but our recommendation is not to use power settings above 11. You can see in the power sweep that the output power at setting 12 drops relative to setting 11. It comes back up at settings 13, 14 and 15.  But you do not get higher power than setting 11. So the simplest thing to do is stop at 11.