– ADI's 2.8GSPS D/A Converter Increases Bandwidth by 70 Percent Over Competitors
– Expansion of wireless range and reduction of development costs supporting recently introduced E-band frequencies

October 16, 2014 – Analog Devices ( www.analog.com , NASDAQ: ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, has launched the industry's first 2.8 GSPS 16-bit dual converter. This product is designed for telecommunications system manufacturers requiring microwaves in point-to-point (P2P) wireless backhaul equipment. The 16-bit AD9136 and 11-bit AD9135 dual D/A converters expand signal bandwidth by 70 percent compared to competitors while enabling designers to support E-band frequencies (71–76 GHz and 81–86 GHz). The E-band is a rapidly emerging band adopted by wireless carriers due to the growing demand for high-speed wireless voice and data transmission. The newly released converters achieve a maximum sample rate of 2.8 GSPS, enabling the generation of multiple frequencies up to the Nyquist frequency. More information about AD9136 can be found in the video ( www.analog.com/AD9136video ).
The AD9136/5 D/A converter supports a maximum complex input data rate of 2.12 GSPS per D/A converter using a variable 8-lane, 10.6 Gbps JESD204B interface. The newly released product features a Spurious-free Dynamic Range (SFDR) of -80 dBc and excellent noise performance of -163 dBm/Hz, enabling high-quality broadband signal synthesis. In addition, the combination of industry-leading speed and noise performance enables fast and clean data transmission, and allows wireless operators to widen the spacing between Point-to-Point (P2P) microwave repeaters, thereby reducing infrastructure costs.
The AD9136/5 converter consumes only 1.4W of power even under full operation conditions and integrates a phase-locked loop (PLL), which not only reduces component costs but also simplifies system design by eliminating the need for a high-performance signal source clock. In addition, the new converter includes an integrated interpolation filter selectable from 1, 2, 4, and 8 interpolation coefficients.
In P2P wireless system design, the AD9136/5 is optimized to provide a seamless interface when used with ADI's ADRF672x analog quadrature modulator.

Price and Supply Status
Product Mass Production and Supply Status Unit Price Package
AD9136BCPZ In Supply $60.00 88-Lead LFCSP

AD9136-EBZ Available $495.00 Evaluation Board

AD9136-FMC-EBZ Supply$495.00 Evaluation Board w/FMC

AD9135BCPZ In Supply $51.00 88-Lead LFCSP

AD9135-EBZ Available $495.00 Evaluation Board

AD9135-FMC-EBZ In Supply $495.00 Evaluation Board w/FMC

More detailed information can be found via the link below.

• Check details, order samples and evaluation boards:
http://www.analog.com/AD9135
http://www.analog.com/AD9136
• Mouser and DigiKey currently have evaluation boards and silicon in stock
• GSPS Data Converter Technical InformationThree checks
http://www.analog.com/en/content/Wideband-RF/fca.html
• Exchange information with engineers and ADI product experts at ADI's online technical support community, EngineerZone™
• Check details on ADI's communication solutions:
http://communications.analog.com/en/segment/cmmn.html