adrv9009 multichip sync

Can you please check the MCS status?

Hope you have enabled the RF Phase Sync option. Are you seeing phase variation boot to boot?

Can you please share more details on the measurements?. 

I use mode RF phase sync init and continuous tracking. Mcs status is ok (Reg value is 0x0B).

Ref clocks for ADRV are from AD9528's VCXO, they are synchronised. I enable sysref signal after both ADRVs have been enable MCS mode.

I set Baker 13 code in TX. After divider, RF signal goes to 2 RX in 2 different boards. RX signal in the board, which does not have TX, is not stable. LO frequency is 3GHz. I wonder the LOs in 2 boards are not synchronized.

I use mode RF phase sync init and continuous tracking. Mcs status is ok (Reg value is 0x0B).

Ref clocks for ADRV are from AD9528's VCXO, they are synchronised. I enable sysref signal after both ADRVs have been enable MCS mode.

I set Baker 13 code in TX. After divider, RF signal goes to 2 RX in 2 different boards. RX signal in the board, which does not have TX, is not stable. LO frequency is 3GHz. I wonder the LOs in 2 boards are not synchronized.

We have provision in ADRV9009 evaluation board to share Sysref and Dev clock to second board. Please refer this post, https://ez.analog.com/wide-band-rf-transceivers/design-support-adrv9008-1-adrv9008-2-adrv9009/f/q-a/105981/two-adrv9009-eval-boards-on-zcu102

In your case there are three PLL-VCO circuits, there will be some phase mismatch over time because of 3 different VCO's. (the drift with time and temp may not be same for all 3). So It is recommended to try above mentioned option.

One thing you can try is to make sure that Dev clk reaching both ADRV9009 and FPGA are at same time. You can adjust delays available with AD9528 and HMC chip for that. Still not sure what accuracy you will get from this setup.

I try the case: ref_clk and sys_ref of 2 adrv9009 are from 1 ad9528. Outputs are synchronized at LO frequency = N* ref_clk with N is integer and not synchronized with N is fractional.

Am I wrong somewhere?

If you have enabled RF phase sync option , it should work.

when you say 

vietnguyen said:

not synchronized with N is fractional.

RF phase is not synchronised for LO frequency using fractional words? what offset are you seeing between and integer frequency and next fractional frequency? 

I check mcs status is 0x0b, so CLKPLL SDM is not sync. 

Adrv9009 has 3 PLLs, they are synchronized at the same time, aren't they? 

 In my case, I  connect 1 TX to 1 RX in same board and 1 RX in other board. Ref_clk is 245.76MHz,

+ LO 3GHz: 2 RX phases in 2 board are not same in different power up time.

+ LO 2,94912GHz: 2 RX phases are same in different power up time.

vietnguyen said:

I try the case: ref_clk and sys_ref of 2 adrv9009 are from 1 ad9528. Outputs are synchronized at LO frequency = N* ref_clk with N is integer and not synchronized with N is fractional.

What is the API version you are using? 

Arm version is 6.0.2. I use newest no-os library and modify it to fit with my project.

Can you please confirm what is the API version?

https://github.com/analogdevicesinc/no-OS/blob/master/drivers/rf-transceiver/talise/api/talise_version.h

https://github.com/analogdevicesinc/no-OS/tree/master/drivers/rf-transceiver/talise

Thank you,

API version is 3.6.0.5. 

Ref_clk signals are synchronised. Sys_ref signals come to ADRVs at same time, continuous and phases are constanst.

Mcs status is 0x0b.

Sync mode is init and conTrack.

 Procedure after power up:

- ad9528 initialize (off sysRef)

- adrv initialize

- getPllsLockStatus

- enableMultichipSync(1,&mcsstatus)

- on sysref

- enableMultichipSync(0,&mcsstatus)

- initArm

- loadStreamFromBinary

- loadArmFromBinary

- verifyArmCheckSum

- setRfPllFrequency

- getPllsLockstatus

- runInitCals

- waitInitCals

- config jesd204

- enableTrackingCals

- radioOn

- enable TX and RX

What can I do to solve the problem?

vietnguyen said:

+ LO 3GHz: 2 RX phases in 2 board are not same in different power up time

What is the relative phase difference you are measuring from boot to boot?

How is the Tx phase synchronization between the two ADRV9009?