ATC500

Base Board for Wideband Massive Key Features

MIMO Software Defined Radio • Dual Virtex UltraScale+ VU13P provides massive DSP power
using over 24,000 FPGA DSP slices to deliver up to 12TMACs
per second/per board
• Backplane connections support full mesh fabric at 100G
• Network synchronization distributes reference and radio frame
clocks across multiple ATC500 boards
• Built-in TX and RX reference for antenna port phase alignment
and calibration to support massive MIMO
• Highly integrated patent-pending radio modules built using four
ADRV9009 enhanced by RF DSPs advanced algorithms
• Each board supports dual high-performance radio modules and
scalable to 12 boards with super low jitter among all RF ports

Benefits
• Integrated platform for Wideband MIMO Software Defined
Radio
ATC500
• Wideband TDD or FDD MIMO scalable from 4T4R to
128T128R and continuous signal bandwidth from 200 MHz to
over 2 GHz of programmable modulation and waveform
• Airborne MIMO radio applications, satellite communication,
ultra-wideband RF playback and recording, spectrum
monitoring, fully digital phased array and direction finding
• Beamforming for highly efficient simultaneous jamming and
secure communication
• Complete integrated solution available from a single vendor
• Electrical, mechanical, software, algorithm and system-level
expertise in house
• AS9100 and ISO9001 certified company

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ATC500
The ATC500 is an AdvancedTCA Blade whose patent-pending architecture
supports a scalable and flexible integrated platform for Wideband Massive
MIMO Software Defined Radio.
The two XCVU13P FPGAs provide 100GbE connections to the backplane for
full mesh connectivity, plus 100GbE connections to the Zone 3 RTM for
further I/O expansion. The FPGAs can be used to implement MIMO PHY
processing including FFT, channel estimation, FEC En/Decode and MU-
MIMO beamforming. Applications include:
• Airborne MIMO radio for secure, high reliability, high spectrum
efficiency and high throughput wireless communication.
• Recording and playback of sixteen 200 MHz RF paths per blade.
• Zero-forcing coding to defeat eavesdropping
• Beamforming for highly efficient, simultaneous jamming and secure Figure 1: ATC500
communication
• Fixed wireless access by massive MIMO spatial multiplexing
• 5G/LTE/4G networks
The ATC500 is also excellent for ASIC verification, AI-Machine learning
inference, configurable and dynamically allocable DSP processing for
Software Defined Network (SDN).
When fully populated, each ATC500 supports 16T16R TDD or 8T8R FDD,
frequency agile from 300 MHz to 6 GHz. On-board synchronization,
calibration circuits and algorithms support phase alignments across all RF
ports, which can be extended across multiple carriers to provide over 2 GHz
bandwidth of modulation and waveform.
When used in a 6-slot full mesh chassis (such as VT830) the system can be
scaled up to 64T64R with only four blade or 192T192R with 12 blades in the
system such as VadaTech VT820/VT822/VT825. It supports sub 6 GHz
bands out-of-box and can function as the IF to support mmwave with custom
radio frontend, with bandwidth from 400 MHz to over 2 GHz.
RF DSP Inc (www.rfdsp.com) can provide a 5G NR MIMO Radio unit which
supports ORAN/XRAN flexible PHY partition with FEC encoding/decoding and
DSP offload that features:
• From 4T4R and 8T8R small cell to massive MIMO 64T64R and
128T128R macro cell.
• Multi-Channel signal generators and signal analyzers up to 2 GHz
modulation bandwidth from 8 -192 channels.
• Massive Data Acquisition Systems in one compact form factor with
full scalability.
The ATC500 supports two Radio Modules (each has four ADRV9009) and
can be configured with single or dual FPGAs. It has an option for a Rear
Transition Module (RTM), ART500A. The modules provide QSFP28 ports,
GPS receiver, GbE, and other I/O via the rear. Please consult the ART500
data sheet for more information.
The ATC500 implements IPMI 2.0 for its management and payload.

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System and Firmware
We provide complete, flexible and scalable complete systems including ACTA chassis, ATC500 blades with highly integrated MIMO radio modules,
Xeon computing blades, storage blades and system management blades. In cooperation with RF DSP Inc. (www.rfdsp.com), available firmware and
software options include
• Radio clock sync and IQ interface
• TDD and FDD configuration management
• Expanded bandwidth to over 2 GHz
• MIMO channel estimation
• RF playback and recording
• Multi-channel signal generator and analyzer
• Massive Data Acquisition Systems
• MIMO calibration and antenna phase alignment
• Multi-User MIMO (MU-MIMO) beamforming
• Digital phased array and direction finding
• Advanced precoding for highly efficient simultaneous jamming and communication, etc.
• These firmware and software options are scalable from 4T4R to 128T128R and from 200 MHz to over 2 GHz contiguous signal bandwidth

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 5G NR MIMO Radio Unit
➢ eNB / gNB
eNB (LTE) or gNB (NR) ✓ = L3/L2 + PHY split
LLS-CU (Lower Level Split –
✓ X-RAN interface to RU
Central Unit)
Config/Status ➢ RF DSP RU
Data Interface: Debug
Interface: radio
Ethernet
Ethernet ✓ 100 MHz 5G NR, sub 6 GHz, with
Interface:
clocks
40Gbit/s or (also
100Gbit/s
1Gbit/s Carrier Aggregation
config/status)
✓ 8T/8R, 16T/16R or 64T/64R TDD or
(option for 2nd UART
40/100G link) 115.2kbit/s
FDD
RF DSP
RU (Radio Unit) ✓ XRAN Category A capable, plus
RF DSP proprietary time domain
16 antenna connectors
interface support within X-RAN
FEC encoding/decoding & FFT Engine included frame structure

Figure 2: 5G NR MIMO Radio Unit

Test-Integrated Complete Development Platform

5G NR MIMO RU Total Solution Provider:

Complete RU + XRAN interface (extendable) + MIMO
channel emulator for testing and optimization

2) System Test Platform

- using RF DSP MIMO channel emulator

1) RU component verification
- first with digital bit exact

Figure 3: Test-Integrated Complete Development System

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Block Diagram
LEDs PCIe to each FPGA
CPU

Front I/O FPGA/CPU/etc. Network Zone

FPGA and Radio Modules Sync Three

16 GB X16 to Each
8 Antenna FPGA

Radio JESD204B x8
Module VU13P
Quad (FPGA 1)
ADRV9009

RF_EXT_LO x8
ADRV9009
RX Clk1A/B
TX Clk3A/B
Zone
Two
6x Fabric 100G
Full
Mesh
8 Antenna
VU13P
Radio (FPGA 0) 7x Fabric 100G
Module
Quad
ADRV9009 CPU
FPGA MMC
16 GB

Quad GbE Dual GbE

To Each Radio Modules Managed To Each FPGA0/1 Zone
GbE to the RTM Layer three One
GbE Switch Dual GbE
GbE to the CPU To Base Channel

Figure 4: ATC500 Functional Block Diagram

Front Panel

Figure 5: ATC500 Front Panel

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Specifications
Architecture
Physical Dimensions Width: 12.69” (322.25 mm)
Depth: 11.02” (280 mm)
Type ATCA MIMO Radio Massive MIMO SDR
Standards
Module Management IPMI IPMI v2.0 and PICMG 3.0
10GbE KR4/XAUI 100/40/10GbE to the fabric channel
GbE 1000-BaseT GbE 1000-BaseT 10/100/1000 to the Base Channel
Type FPGA
PICMG ATCA PICMG 3.0 R3.0
Configuration
Power ATC500 ~250W
Environmental Temperature See Ordering Options
Storage Temperature: –40° to +85°C
Vibration 1G, 5 to 500 Hz each axis
Shock 30G on each axis
Relative Humidity 5 to 95% non-condensing
Front Panel Interface Connectors USB, RS-232, JTAG, etc.
LEDs Activity/Link, User defined and health management
IPMI Management Control
Software Support Operating System Linux
Other
MTBF MIL Hand book 217-F@ TBD hrs
Certifications Designed to meet FCC, CE and UL certifications, where applicable
Standards VadaTech is certified to both the ISO9001:2000 and AS9100B:2004 standards
Warranty Two (2) years, see VadaTech Terms and Conditions

INTEGRATION SERVICES AND APPLICATION-READY PLATFORMS

VadaTech has a full ecosystem of OpenVPX, ATCA and MTCA products including chassis platforms, shelf managers, AMC modules, Switch and
Payload Boards, Rear Transition Modules (RTMs), Power Modules, and more. The company also offers integration services as well as pre-
configured Application-Ready Platforms. Please contact VadaTech Sales for more information.

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Ordering Options
ATC500 – A00-D00-00J
A = Number of FPGAs D = FPGA Speed
0 = Two VU13P 1 = High (-2)*
1 = One VU13P 2 = High (-2LE)
3 = Highest (-3E)*

J = Temperature Range and Coating

0 = Commercial (–5° to +55°C), No coating
1 = Commercial (–5° to +55°C), Humiseal 1A33 Polyurethane
2 = Commercial (–5° to +55°C), Humiseal 1B31 Acrylic
3 = Industrial (–20° to +70°C), No coating
4 = Industrial (–20° to +70°C), Humiseal 1A33 Polyurethane
5 = Industrial (–20° to +70°C), Humiseal 1B31 Acrylic
6 = Extended (–40° to +85°C), Humiseal 1A33 Polyurethane
7 = Extended (–40° to +85°C), Humiseal 1B31 Acrylic
Notes: *Minimum Order Quantity applies for these FPGA SKU’s.
For operational reasons VadaTech reserves the right to supply a higher speed FPGA device than specified on any particular order/delivery at no additional cost, unless the customer has
entered into a Revision Lock agreement with respect to this product.

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ATC133
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• Crossbar switch to connect FPGA to full mesh of backplane fabric

VT830
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• 10GbE/GbE Managed Layer 2
• 40GbE/10GbE/GbE Managed Layer 3

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