AM9018 is a fully integrated tuner module that provides high dynamic range coverage from 0.9 GHz to 18 GHz.

The tuner also provides a bypass path from 10 MHz to 6 GHz for direct spectrum capture. The heterodyne tuner module is designed for high performance and low size, weight, and power (low SWaP) and is mechanically mountable to a host circuit board for use in multi-channel receiver applications.

Input limiter, sub-octave preselectors, pre-amplifiers, local oscillators, frequency converters, ADC driver amplifiers, power and control line filtering, a temperature sensor, and a control FPGA are included as well as a calibration input port. The analog IF output frequency is centered at 2 GHz with a 1 GHz bandwidth. Multiple tuner sets can be configured to work together for coherent operation and N-channel applications. Interfacing to the tuner is accomplished by simply providing an RF input, DC voltages, frequency reference, SPI control, and routing the IF output.