Renesas Electronics Corporation, a provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced that its 8A34001 System Synchronizer for IEEE 1588 is being used in the AMD Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC DFE ZCU670 Evaluation Kit and 5G Next-Gen Radio (5G NR) Reference Design.
The 8A34001 System Synchronizer for IEEE 1588 is part of Renesas' ClockMatrix family of high-performance, accurate timing solutions designed to simplify clock designs for high-speed applications.
The 8A34001 generates ultra-low jitter, precision timing signals based on IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) and Synchronous Ethernet (SyncE). It exceeds next-generation 5G radio requirements, including synchronization, and offers full compliance with ITU-T G.8273.2 T-BC/T-TSC classes C and D.
Renesas offers open source SYNCE4L and PCM4L, which are built on open source PTP4L, and the device drivers are already in a Linux kernel for the 8A34001. While competing solutions rely on proprietary software that is difficult for end customers to integrate and customize into their SW platforms, this is not the case with this Renesas.
The AMD ZCU670 is an evaluation and development platform based on Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC DFE, the latest AMD silicon for 5G NR targeted at O-RAN FR1 and FR2 (mmWave) applications.
The performance of 8A34001 was verified on the ZCU670 evaluation platform and exceeded 5G system requirements. Relevant compliance reports and test results are available from Renesas upon request. The solution will be made available as part of the AMD O-RAN reference design, where it will be used to implement S-plane functionality in an O-RU reference design.
“Our close collaboration with Renesas provides key functionality for our O-RU reference designs,” said Brendan Farley, corporate vice president of wireless engineering at AMD. “We believe that working with Renesas as an ecosystem partner to provide verified and supported solutions will greatly reduce the development efforts of our mutual wireless customers.”