Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoCs

Integrating a Comprehensive RF Analog-to-Digital Signal Chain

Zynq® UltraScale+™ RFSoCs integrate multi-giga-sample RF data converters and soft-decision forward error correction (SD-FEC) into a SoC architecture. Complete with an ARM® Cortex™-A53 processing subsystem, UltraScale+ programmable logic, and the highest signal processing bandwidth in a Zynq UltraScale+ device, the new family provides a comprehensive RF signal chain for wireless, cable access, test & measurement, early warning / radar, and other high performance RF applications.

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Block Diagram	Description	Applications
Click to enlarge	Featuring 8x8 Channel RF-Analog 8x 4GSPS 12-bit ADCs 8x 6.4GSPS 14-bit DACs	Remote Radio for M-MIMO Mobile/Chip Tester Test & Measurement Instrumentation
Click to enlarge	Featuring Integrated SD-FEC Cores Over 42 Gb/s LDPC Encode System Throughput Over 10Gb/s LDPC Decode System Throughput Over 7Gb/s Turbo Decode System Throughput Support for custom LDPC Code Construction	5G Baseband
Click to enlarge	Featuring 8x8 RF-Analog and Integrated SD-FEC Cores 8x 4GSPS 12-bit ADCs 8x 6.4GSPS 14-bit DACs Over 42 Gb/s LDPC FEC Encode System Throughput 10Gb/s LDPC FEC Decode Throughput Support for custom LDPC Code Construction Over 7 Gb/s Turbo Decode System Throughput	Cable Access Remote-PHY Wireless Backhaul
Click to enlarge	Featuring 16x16 Channel RF-Analog 16x 2GSPS 12-bit ADCs 16x 6.4GSPS 14-bit DACs	Remote Radio for M-MIMO Phased Array EW / Radar

Value	Features
System Performance and Throughput	Eliminates discrete ADCs and DACs for reduced footprint Scalable growth path for increasing RF channel-count Integrated SD-FEC integrated cores
Unmatched Integration, Performance, and Power	Reduces power by removing ADC/DAC components Eliminates FPGA-to-Analog interface power Meets stringent 5G & DOCSIS3.1 LDPC FEC thermal requirements 80% more power efficient SD-FEC vs. a soft implementation
Proven Productivity	RF-design in the digital domain for greater flexibility Eliminates difficult JESD204B/C analog interface design Simplified system and PCB design with fewer components Unified control for digital beamforming & signal conditioning

Direct-RF Signal Chain Features

	ZU21DR	ZU25DR	ZU27DR	ZU28DR	ZU29DR
12-bit, 4GSPS RF-ADC	-	8	8	8	-
12-bit, 2GSPS RF-ADC	-	-	-	-	16
14-bit, 6.4GSPS RF-DAC	-	8	8	8	16
SD-FEC	8	-	-	8	-

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Programmable Logic Features

	ZU21DR	ZU25DR	ZU27DR	ZU28DR	ZU29DR
System Logic Cells	930	678	930	930	930
DSP Slices	4,272	3,145	4,272	4,272	4,272
Memory (Mb)	60.5	41.3	60.5	60.5	60.5
33G Transceivers	16	8	16	16	16
Maximum I/O Pins	241	371	371	371	456

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Processing System Features

	ZU21DR	ZU25DR	ZU27DR	ZU28DR	ZU29DR
Application Processing Unit	Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 MPCore up to 1.5GHz
Real-Time Processing Unit	Dual-core ARM Cortex-R5 MPCore up to 533MHz
Dynamic Memory Interface	DDR4, LPDDR4, DDR3, DDR3L, LPDDR3
High-Speed Peripherals	PCIe® Gen2, USB3.0, SATA 3.1, DisplayPort, Gigabit Ethernet

Documentation

Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC Overview

Programmable RF Sampling Solutions Whitepaper

Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC Product Tables

UltraScale Architecture Overview

IEEE Technical Paper

RFSoC RF PLL IEEE ISSCC Paper

Developer Zone

Xilinx offers a comprehensive tool flow for radio design and verification, encompassing logic design, embedded SW development, and simulation. The tool flow ranges from IP and software drivers for RF sampling, to design-entry solutions using C/C++, MATLAB, or Simulink. The comprehensive development flow increases accessibility at the hardware, software, and system level.