Employing the dual ARM® Cortex™-A9 MPCore processors in Zynq®-7000 devices and the highly scalable radio SmartCORE™s and Connectivity IP enables extremely low power, low cost and small footprint solutions ideal for radio applications. Whether it be a narrow band single antenna small cell, or wide band multi-antenna macrocell, the Zynq SoC family of devices provides the most flexible, most integrated and programmable solution available today, providing risk mitigation with late feature changes, and even supporting feature enhancements post deployment.
Solution Summary and Benefits
3 chips into 1: Combining radio control processing (O&M), signal processing for DUC/DDC, CFR and DPD, with connectivity IP for JESD204B and CPRI
Scalable to support multiple antennas and carrier configurations
ARM Cortex A9 + NEON for high speed digital signal processing in software
CPRI support for up to 9.8Gbps line rates with auto-negotiation
Optional digital VCXO and jitter cleanup PLL implementation
Lowest overall power and cost, with maximum integration and solution flexibility
SmartCORE IP Solutions
DUC/DDC Compiler
PC-CFR
DPD
LogiCORE IP Solutions
FIR Compiler
DDS Compiler
JESD204B
CPRI
OBSAI
Ethernet
Reference Designs
WCDMA/CDMA2000 DUC/DDC Reference Design
WiMAX DUC/DDC Reference Design
CPRI Multi-hop Reference Design
Hardware Platforms
Boards and Kits
Tektelic High Performance Radio Card
Avnet DSP Kit
Programmable Logic Functions
491MHz capable logic fabric (Kintex®-7/Virtex®-7) for efficient low power implementation of filter structures found in DUC/DDC, CFR and DPD processing
CPRI/ OBSAI framer/de-framer and application layer with high-speed SerDes
JESD204B framer/de-framer and application layer with high-speed SerDes
High-speed LVDS interfacing for legacy DAC/ADC technology
Processor Sub-System Functions
Radio control, calibration, alarms and message termination
Digital pre-distortion correction algorithms leveraging ARM + NEON and optional fabric-based hardware accelerators