Pentek Announces Immediate Availability of Higher Bandwidth Gen 3 RFSoC Solutions
Press ReleaseDecember 07, 2020
UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. December 7, 2020. Pentek, Inc., today announced extensions to their proven Quartz RFSoC product family by introducing the QuartzXM eXpress Module, the Model 6003, adding greater RF performance and scalability.
The QuartzXM Model 6003, based on the Xilinx Zynq® UltraScale+ RFSoC Gen 3, provides full sub-6 GHz direct-RF I/O support and greater flexibility with more decimation and interpolation options. The QuartzXM Model 6003 is ideal for 5G and LTE wireless, SIGINT, EW, communications and radar applications in SWaP-critical environments.
These new Quartz products support direct RF sampling using 5 GS/sec 14-bit ADCs and eight 10 GS/sec 14-bit DACs, both supporting analog signals up to 6 GHz. Each data converter has built-in digital downconverters or upconverters with programmable decimation and interpolation up to 40x and independent tuning for increased RF flexibility and frequency planning.
"Immediately releasing products utilizing Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC Gen 3 demonstrates our commitment to offering our customers the latest technology for their applications,” said Bob Sgandurra, Pentek’s director of Product Management. “The modularity of our Quartz product line enables us to quickly provide solutions in any form factor needed -- whether it’s in the lab or in a deployed application.”
