AWR2944EVM: AWR2944 DDMA experiments, abnormal noise levels in RXs

Zhongxing Wang

Part Number: AWR2944EVM
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I am using the AWR2944 board to conduct DDMA transmission experiments, employing 3 transmit antennas and an additional empty band for demodulation. The figure shows the Doppler spectrum of the four receiving antennas I obtained. I observed a significant difference in noise levels across the different receiving antennas, with the noise on RX4 being particularly high. What could be the cause of this, and how can it be avoided? Additionally, this phenomenon only occurs under the DDMA transmission configuration, while the TDM configuration does not show any abnormalities.

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0 E. Shareef 11 months ago

TI__Genius 15800 points

Hello,

Can you confirm fi you are using the AWR2944EVM or is this a custom board?

Thanks,

E. Shareef

0 Zhongxing Wang 11 months ago in reply to E. Shareef

Prodigy 10 points

I am using the TI AWR2944EVM + dca1000 for devolopment.

0 E. Shareef 11 months ago in reply to Zhongxing Wang

TI__Genius 15800 points

Hello,

Please run the below experiment:

Use TIs mmWave Studio to connect to the device. Disable all TXs during RF INIT Calibrations. Setup the device for a capture with TXs still disabled. You can now take an empty capture. Plot the RX 1dfft data on all the channels and share with us the results. This will show the noise floor levels.
Please perform an IF loopback test at 2MHz and show the 1dfft plots.
During a capture, can you enable the TX Power, RX Gain and TX Ball break monitors and record their values during your experiment?

Thanks,

E. Shareef

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