Need to build a Massive MIMO RF system for 5G? New EDN article gives you clues for using the Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC.

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The recent introduction of the groundbreaking Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC means that there are big changes in store for the way advanced RF and comms systems will be designed. With as many as 16 RF-class ADCs and DACs on one device along with a metric ton or two of other programmable resources, the Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC makes it possible to start thinking about single-chip Massive MIMO systems. A new EDN.com article by Paul Newson , Hemang Parekh, and Harpinder Matharu titled “Realizing 5G New Radio massive MIMO systems” teases a few details for building such systems and includes this mind-tickling photo:

 

A sharp eye and keen memory will link that photo to a demo from last October’s Xilinx Showcase demo at the Xilinx facility in Longmont, Colorado. Here’s Xilinx’s Lee Hansen demonstrating a similar system based on the Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC:

For more details about the Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC, contact your friendly neighborhood Xilinx or Avnet sales rep and see these previous Xcell Daily blog posts:

• Xilinx announces RFSoC with 4Gsamples/sec ADCs and 6.4Gsamples/sec DACs for 5G, other apps. When we say “All Programmable,” we mean it!

• Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC: All the processing power of 64- and 32-bit ARM cores, programmable logic plus RF ADCs, DACs

• New Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC video delivers numbers, numbers, numbers. Better strap yourself in before watching it

• Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC takes top spot in IET Innovation Awards’ Communications Category—sort of

• EDN names Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC as one of its Hot 100 Products for 2017 in the “RF & Networking” Category