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Re: AD4351 evaluation board: Phase Noise and spurs

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Some things we learned while evaluating the 4350 a while back:

1) For wideband operation, replacing the RF output bias inductors with 50-ohm resistors (i.e. L2 and L3) works best (UG-435 now carries a similar statement for operation below 1GHz).

2) If you are only using a single RF output (e.g. RFOUTA+) make sure to terminate the other one (e.g. RFOUTA-) with 50-ohms (UG-435 also mentions this).

3) We also found terminating the unused RF output (e.g. RFOUTB+ and RFOUTB-) provided better performance. This was easy to do on the ADF4350 eval board because it already had those ports brought out and decoupled to SMA connectors. I see the ADF4351 does not have that, so if you want to try that you will have to install decoupling caps and terminating resistors yourself.


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