2016 Multi-Antenna Transceiver Systems Tunable Wideband & Ultra-Wideband Multi- Antenna Transceivers with Integrated Recording, Playback & Processing --- For ES, DF, COMS & EA 1
Multi-Antenna Systems D-TA s 10 Gigabit Sensor Processing technology has revolutionized sensor system development. It has created future-proof system architectures that scale linearly as bandwidth and channel-count increase. This is particularly true for multi-antenna systems. Virtually any multi-antenna system can be readily configured using solutions from D-TA. D-TA products offer: Both Receive & Transmit Functions; Wide Frequency Tuning Range (For COMINT & ELINT Signal Processing); Independent or Phase-Coherent Tuning; Wideband & Ultra-Wideband (40MHz, 80 MHz, 500 MHz & Beyond) Solutions; Built-In Programmable Digital Down Conversion (for BW selection); Real-Time Recording & Playback of Baseband (I &Q) Data; Built-In Digital Up Conversion (for analog playback); Replicated 10 GbE Links for Processing While Recording; Fully Integrated & Tested Configurations; No User Development Required for Recording, Playback and Post-processing. For real-time user application development in a multi-core environment D-TA supplies Software Development Kit (SDK), example cores and also hands-on training (if required). The following slides demonstrate multi-antenna system configurations for Signal Intercept, Beamforming, DF & Other Processing. 2
RFvision1-mini Series Portable Multi-Antenna Transceiver 10 GbE Tablet Portable DTA-320/680 Tunable Dual Transceiver or Quad Receiver/Transmitter (12.5 x 7.6 x 5.5 ) Portable DTA-590 Record/Playback (10.75 x 7.5 x 5 & 6 TB SSDs) (Wired or Wireless) Carry On Case Portable RFvision1-mini family of multi-antenna systems are based on DTA-320 (40 MHz BW) or DTA- 680 (80 MHz BW) dual/quad tunable transceivers and DTA-590 compact record & playback system. Supplied with free SigInspectorTM -1(Standard) software for spectrum scanning from 20 MHz to 6 GHz, spectrum selection (DDC programmed to up to 40/80 MHz BW) for real-time recording of baseband I & Q data, file transfer to user computer and providing independently tuned multiple RF outputs of prerecorded or computer generated data. Two independently- or phase-coherently tuned receive & transmit channels (40/80 MHz IBW) or three (3) phase-coherent receive & one(1) transmit or four (4) phase-coherent receive or transmit channels; 20 MHz 6 GHz frequency coverage (optionally 1 MHz 6 GHz); 8 db noise figure, 93 db gain control, >30dBm OIP3 & 80 db SFDR; 16 Bit data converters & programmable DDC for BW selection from 2.5 MHz to 40/80 MHz (other options available); Over 3.5 hours of record/playback of baseband I & Q data at 40 MHz BW for two channels; Independently tuned dual RF outputs of pre-recorded of computer generated data (for ARB); Tablet for convenient control & operation; SigInspectorTM -1(Standard) GUI software for manual or automated spectrum scanning with waterfall display for spectrum selection for recording, data file transfer & RF playback; GPS time & location option. 3
RFvision1-mini Portable RFvision1-mini series products use high-performance dual-hetrodyne transceivers which, unlike poor performing direct conversion (zero-if) receivers in the market, use RF mixing stages, pre-selection, post-selection & IF filtering and real-time DSP to achieve high dynamic range in a crowded electromagnetic environment. SigInspector TM -1 Software for Spectral Surveillance with 160 MHz Stare BW Spectral Scan based on user defined scan table; Wideband energy detect (up to 160 MHz stare BW by band stitching, 2 x 80 MHz or 4 x 40 MHz); Waterfall display of signal energy over the entire spectrum (20 MHz 6 GHz); Wideband spectral analysis (FFT) of selected band; Spectral occupancy chart & signal power display across the spectrum of interest Recording of selected spectrum (I&Q data for user defined duration; Transfer of recorded data files to user computer. RF playback of pre-recorded data or computer generated data. 20 MHz 6 GHz Waterfall Display Signal Power Current & Previous Scans (Max-Hold) Record FFT Selected Band Spectrum Occupancy Chart Download RFvision1-mini data sheets for more information. The RFvision family of products are also offered in 19 rack-mount enclosures. Please contact factory for more information. 4
RFvision1-mini Options For Portable Multi-Antenna RF Processing Max BW (With DTA-590) No. Of Rx Chs No. of Tx Chs Tuning Processing Options 40 MHz Up To 2 Up To 2 Phase-coherent or independent 80 MHz Up To 2 Up To 2 Phase-coherent or independent 40 MHz* Up To 3 1 Phase-coherent Rx & Independent Tx 40 MHz* 1 Up to 3 Phase-coherent Tx & independent Rx 40 MHz* 4 0 Phase-coherent or independent 40 MHz* 0 4 Phase-coherent or Independent ES, Recording & Broadcasting, Multi-Antenna RF Simulation, Portable Radar Same as above Portable high-accuracy DF, Beamforming, Portable Radar Electronic Attack, Multi- Antenna RF Simulation Portable high-accuracy DF, Beamforming Electronic Attack, Multi- Antenna RF Simulation * The max BW is 80 MHz with rack-mount RAID server (DTA-1000R) Replicated 10 Gigabit Link for User Processing While Recording 10 GbE (I& Q data) from Receiver to Recorder Replicated 10 GbE to user computer for processing while recording 5
User Configurable Multi-Antenna Transceiver Configuration DTA-3299 RFvision-Broadview EXT DTA-1000R RF / IF IF / Baseband (I & Q) (20 MHz 6 GHz) X 10 GbE Network(s) (Data) Replicated 10GbE (Optional) RF In ADC X DAC DDC & DUC RF Out Record / Playback (DTA-1000/5000) LOs 75 MHz IF, 40 MHz IBW 16-Bit ADC & DAC (Fs=100 MHz) FPGA 1 GbE Control DTA-3299 System-3299 Single Channel Block Diagram (only 1 Rx & 1 Tx Ch shown) Any number of Rx or Tx channels up to 16 in a 2U or 3U enclosure; Phase-coherent and/or independent tuning; 20 MHz to 6 GHz frequency range (optionally 1 MHz 18 GHz); 40 MHz IBW & DDC selectable operating BW up to 40 MHz; Real-time recording & RF playback of I & Q data for all channels at full BW; Replicated 10 GbE links for processing while recording. 6
A Typical All-In-One COMINT Configuration Systen-3299 configured for ES, DF, COMS & EA In this configuration one independently tunable receive channel used for Electronic Surveillance (ES); 3 phase-coherently tunable receive channels used for Direction Finding (DF); 1 independently tunable receive and transmit channels for Communication (COMS); and, 3 phase-coherently tunable transmit channels for Electronic Attack (EA). The channel types & counts are based on user requirement. Download RFvision-Broadview EXT from data sheets tab 7
Multi-Antenna Configuration with 80 MHz Operating BW (20 MHz 6 GHz) RF In RF Out DTA-3380 80 MHz IBF RF / IF IF / Baseband (I & Q) X ADC 4 x10 GbE Networks (Data) X DAC DDC, DUC & Network DTA-5000 RAID Server LOs 1 GbE Control DTA-3380 187.5 MHz IF, 80 MHz IBW 16-Bit ADC & DAC (Fs=250 MHz) FPGA DTA-3380 Block Diagram DTA-5000 Record /Playback (2U) [24 TB SSDs] Any number of Rx or Tx channels up to 8 in a 2U enclosure (more channels in bigger enclosures); Phase-coherent and/or independent tuning; 20 MHz to 6 GHz frequency range (optionally 1 MHz 18 GHz); 80 MHz IBW & DDC selectable operating BW up to 80 MHz; 16 bit data converters; Real-time recording & RF playback of I & Q data for all 8 channels at full BW (over 4 fibers @4 Gbytes/s sustained rate). 8
DTA-3299 & DTA-3380 Important Specifications Item DTA-3299 DTA-3380 Comments No of Receive / Transmit Channels Frequency Range 20 MHz to 6 GHz Up To 16 Up To 8 2U/3U Enclosure Impedance 50 Ohm Same VSWR 2:1 Same Max No Damage RF Input +17 dbm Same Tuning Resolution Sub-KHz Same Tuning Speed 250 usec Same IBW 40 MHz 80 MHz Passband Ripple +/- 1 db Same Image Rejection 80 db Same Noise Figure 8 db Same Gain Control 62 db in steps of 1 db Same Optionally 1 MHz 18 GHz Same 9
DTA-3299 & DTA-3380 Important Specifications (Cont d) Item DTA-3299 DTA-3299E Comment Input IP3 @ Max Gain 0 dbm Same Min Discernible Signal <-110 dbm Same ADC Resolution 16 Bits 16 Bits DDC Decimation 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64,..,4096 Same DUC Interpolation 2,4,8,4096 Same Output I & Q Data Rate (@ full BW) Per Channel 200 Mbytes/s 500 Mbytes/s For 12 channels with 80 MHz BW each the data rate is 6 GBytes/s Phase Noise -95 dbc/hz @100 khz offset Same A lower phase noise version (-120 dbc/hz@100 KHz offset) is offered as an option 10
Multi-Antenna HF Processing LPF 40 MHz Antennas Opt External Notch may be inserted here LPF (40 MHz) BPF : 1 to 4 MHz BPF : 4 to 8 MHz BPF : 8 to 15 MHz BPF : 15 to 40 MHz DTA-3200H HF Receive Section [For high-dynamic range application the HF band for each channel is spilt into 5 sub-bands] PROG ATTN 0 to 31 db (1 db steps) LPF 40 MHz To ADC DTA-3200H HF Conditioning (16-Channel) 10 GbE Fibers DTA-2300 16 Channel, 16 Bit Digital IF Transceiver with 4x 10 GbE networks for Data Transfer DTA-5000 2U Multi-core RAID server for processing and record / playback Download HF Processing presentation directly from home page 11
Multi-Antenna Radar Compact L, C, S or C band radar for mobile applications (based on DTA- 3299 transceiver product) Transceivers with LOs & Control 8 x DTA- 3200H 16- channle HF Transceiver 10 GbE (Fiber) 8 x DTA-2300 16-channel Digital IF Processor DTA-5000 [RAID Server for Processing & recording ] 3-channel receive and single transmit channels integrated with Radar control 2U DTA-5000 RAID Server A 128-channel phased-array HF radar based on DTA-3200H & DTA-2300 standard products 12
Multi-Antenna Ultra-Wideband systems (500 MHz 18 GHz) RF In DTA-9590 (Tunable Transceiver) RF / IF X LOs 500 MHz IBW, 1.2 GHz IF 4 x DTA-9590 IF / Baseband (I & Q) DTA-1000R (Record/Playback) 1.6 GHz ADC 2 X 10 GbE Networks (I & Q Data) 2 X V6 FPGAs DAC RAID Server with 8 TB SSD Storage 1 GbE Control 12-Bit ADC & 12-Bit DAC DDC, DUC & Network 1 GbE Optional Analog Out RFvision-2 system (2U size) is comprised of DTA-9590 tunable transceiver & DTA-1000R RAID Server User PC DTA-5000 DTA-9590 ultra-wideband transceiver provides 0.5-18 GHz frequency range, instantaneous BW of 500 MHz, 12 bit data converters, DDC & DUC based operating BW selection and baseband I & Q data conversion. I&Q data for each channel is transferred over 2x 10 GbE networks (@1.6 Gbytes/s) for record/playback and processing. Multiple DTA-9590 systems can be used with independent tuning to increase the stare BW (e.g, with 8 x DTA-9590 the stare BW can be 4 GHz) in a high probability of intercept receiver or phasecoherently for DF or beamforming applications. Download RFvision-2 presentation directly from home page 13
Multi-Antenna RF Playback DTA-3380 N-Ch 80 MHz Tx System 10 GbE Networks DTA-5000 RAID Server User PC Multi-Antenna RF Playback DTA-3380 can be configured for any number of transmit channels for either phase-coherent or independently tuned transmit operation. The tuning range is 20 MHz 6 GHz and the maximum operating BW is 80 MHz. Pre-recorded or computer generated data can played back out at user selected RF frequencies. Baseband I & Q data for each channel is first digitally up converted by on-board DUC to provide analog IF output for up conversion to desired RF frequency. Download The Note #26 from Downloads Tab 14
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