Mercury Systems has introduced ORCA, a next generation RF System in Package platform designed to accelerate development of advanced electronic warfare, radar, and ISR systems. Built on a modular RFSiP foundation, ORCA addresses the rising cost and complexity of custom hardware by enabling rapid deployment of flexible, chip-scale solutions.
At the heart of ORCA is a heterogeneous multi-chip architecture using a mixed signal tile approach. This allows designers to integrate new RF chiplets quickly, significantly reducing development cycles. The first implementations, RFS1240 and RFS1280, showcase the platform’s ability to deliver high performance and scalability.
ORCA combines a wideband data converter from Texas Instruments with the powerful AMD Versal Adaptive SoC, supported by LPDDR4 memory and onboard Flash. This configuration enables up to 64 GSPS per channel, with RF input bandwidth extending from DC to 50 GHz. By eliminating the need for additional frequency conversion stages, the system simplifies design, while improving efficiency.
With support for up to eight ADC and DAC channels, 12-bit resolution, and integrated DSP blocks, ORCA enables advanced features such as phase coherent hopping, multiband DUC and DDC, equalisation, and FFT-based spectrum analysis. The inclusion of on-chip memory further enhances performance.
Housed in a compact 55 x 55 x 7 mm package and operating across a wide temperature range of -40°C to 85°C, ORCA is optimised for SWaP constrained environments. Designed and manufactured in North America, it is well suited to demanding applications including phased array radar, electronic warfare, signals intelligence, 5G and 6G infrastructure, and high-speed test systems.
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