STDA043 November   2026 AFE8030

 

  1.   1
  2.   Abstract
  3.   Trademarks
  4. 1Introduction
  5. 2Nomenclature
  6. 3Radio Design Challenges for Satellite D2D/IoT Service Link
    1. 3.1 Spectrum and RF Flexibility
    2. 3.2 Large Phased-Array Antennas
    3. 3.3 SWaP and Space Reliability
  7. 4TI AFE8030
  8. 5Designing D2D/IoT Communication Payload Radio With TI AFE8030
    1. 5.1 Multi-Band Support With AFE8030 Dual-DUC and Dual-DDC Chains
    2. 5.2 Fast Frequency Hopping and Frequency Agility With RF Sampling
    3. 5.3 Flexible SerDes and JESD Configuration
      1. 5.3.1 An Example of JESD Configuration for D2D Uplink
    4. 5.4 Antenna Calibration
    5. 5.5 Multi-Device Synchronization
    6. 5.6 Software Ecosystem
    7. 5.7 Radiation Tolerance
  9. 6Beyond D2D/IoT: Broader Satellite Communication Applications
  10. 7Conclusion
  11. 8References

4 TI AFE8030

Together, the above design challenges are driving integrated RF transceivers toward direct RF-sampling with wide frequency coverage and spectrum agility, high channel density, low-power consumption, and space reliability. The TI AFE8030, an octal-channel, direct RF-sampling-based, low-power, highly configurable RF transceiver, is well positioned to address these design challenges and enable compact, flexible, and power-efficient satellite D2D/IoT payload radios for the service link. The following sections describe multiple engineering topics in detail while using AFE8030 for D2D/IoT communication payload radio design, including:

  • Multi-band support
  • Fast frequency hopping and frequency agility
  • SerDes and JESD configuration
  • Antenna calibration
  • Multi-device synchronization
  • Power saving
  • Software ecosystem