REAL CUSTOMER SOURCING CASE / SDR / ITALY

AD9361 Alternative Sourcing for an SDR Project in Italy

From sample validation to repeat production orders: customer evaluation of SINOX candidates for an ADI AD9361BBCZ requirement.

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Project Overview

Location
Italy
Application
Software-Defined Radio (SDR)
Original component
ADI AD9361BBCZ
Sample candidates
SINOX TRX9361BA / TRX9361EBA
Selected device
SINOX TRX9361BA
~20 weeksSamples to production order
Two candidatesOne selected device
~one-third lowerProject-specific unit pricing
ThreeCompleted repeat orders

Project-specific outcomes, not standard lead times, savings or universal compatibility commitments.

TRX9361BA: manufacturer-documented technical reference

Selected TRX9361BA specifications from the manufacturer’s English datasheet, page 1. These describe the candidate device; suitability must be assessed for the intended application.

TRX9361BA technical reference — manufacturer datasheet summary
ItemDocumented specification
Function2 × 2 RF agile transceiver
Frequency range70 MHz to 6.0 GHz
Duplex modesTDD and FDD
Tunable channel bandwidthLess than 200 kHz to 56 MHz
ConversionIntegrated 12-bit ADCs and DACs
Digital data interfaceCMOS / LVDS
Control interfaceStandard 4-wire serial port
Package144-ball BGA; 10 mm × 10 mm body

Source: SINOX TRX9361 English datasheet, page 1. Parameters are subject to the manufacturer’s latest documentation and applicable operating conditions. These specifications are not assigned to TRX9361EBA. They do not establish universal pin-to-pin, software, RF or system compatibility with AD9361BBCZ.

Customer-led validation journey

  1. Basic power-on verification

  2. RF performance testing

  3. Complete system testing

  4. Reliability and production validation

RuiReach coordinated candidate information and samples. The customer performed all four validation stages and approved TRX9361BA for its own SDR application.

The procurement challenge

An Italian SDR customer needed a sourcing option for ADI AD9361BBCZ because its existing offers were costly and supply timing was unpredictable. Any candidate required customer engineering evaluation before purchasing approval.

Candidate and sample sourcing

RuiReach identified SINOX TRX9361BA and TRX9361EBA and coordinated samples of both candidates. The customer selected TRX9361BA after the validation stages described above. Specifications listed on this page apply only to TRX9361BA.

From evaluation to repeat purchasing

The process from samples to a confirmed production order took approximately 20 weeks. Project-specific TRX9361BA unit pricing was approximately one-third lower than the AD9361 pricing available to the customer. The customer subsequently completed three repeat orders.

What this means for another project

The case demonstrates candidate documentation, sample sourcing and purchasing coordination around customer-led validation. It does not establish universal pin-to-pin, software, RF or system compatibility with AD9361BBCZ. Another design requires its own engineering evaluation and approval.

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