SBASAO8
June 2025
DAC39RF20
ADVANCE INFORMATION
1
1
Features
2
Applications
3
Description
4
Device Comparison
5
Pin Configuration and Functions
6
Specifications
6.1
Absolute Maximum Ratings
6.2
ESD Ratings
6.3
Recommended Operating Conditions
6.4
Thermal Information
6.5
Electrical Characteristics - DC Specifications
6.6
Electrical Characteristics - AC Specifications
6.7
Electrical Characteristics - Power Consumption
6.8
Timing Requirements
6.9
Switching Characteristics
6.10
SPI Interface Timing Diagrams
7
Detailed Description
7.1
Overview
7.2
Functional Block Diagram
7.3
Feature Description
7.3.1
DAC Output Modes
7.3.1.1
NRZ Mode
7.3.1.2
RF Mode
7.3.1.3
DES Modes
7.3.2
DAC Core
7.3.2.1
DAC Output Structure
7.3.2.2
Full-Scale Current Adjustment
7.3.3
DEM and Dither
7.3.4
Offset Adjustment
7.3.5
Clocking Subsystem
7.3.5.1
Converter Phase Locked Loop (CPLL)
7.3.5.2
Clock and SYSREF Delay
7.3.5.3
SYSREF Capture and Monitoring
7.3.5.3.1
SYSREF Frequency Requirements
7.3.5.3.2
SYSREF Pulses for Full Alignment
7.3.5.3.3
Automatic SYSREF Calibration and Tracking
7.3.5.3.3.1
SYSREF Automatic Calibration Procedure
7.3.5.3.3.2
Multi-device Alignment
7.3.5.3.3.3
Calibration Failure
7.3.5.3.3.4
SYSREF Tracking
7.3.5.4
Trigger Clocking
7.3.6
Digital Signal Processing Blocks
7.3.6.1
Bypass Mode
7.3.6.2
DUC Mode
7.3.6.2.1
Digital Upconverter (DUC)
7.3.6.2.1.1
Interpolation Filters
7.3.6.2.1.2
Numerically Controlled Oscillator (NCO)
7.3.6.2.1.2.1
Phase-continuous NCO Update Mode
7.3.6.2.1.2.2
Phase-coherent NCO Update Mode
7.3.6.2.1.2.3
Phase-sync NCO Update Mode
7.3.6.2.1.2.4
NCO Synchronization
7.3.6.2.1.2.4.1
JESD204C LSB Synchronization
7.3.6.3
DDS SPI Mode
7.3.6.4
DDS Vector Mode
7.3.6.4.1
Second Order Amplitude Support
7.3.6.4.2
Vector Order and Symmetric Vector Mode
7.3.6.4.3
Initial Startup
7.3.6.4.4
Trigger Queuing
7.3.6.4.5
Trigger Burst
7.3.6.4.6
Hold Mode
7.3.6.4.7
Indexing Mode
7.3.6.4.8
Queued or Burst Triggers in Indexing-Mode
7.3.6.4.9
Writing Vectors While DDS is Enabled
7.3.6.5
DDS Streaming Mode
7.3.6.6
DSP Triggering
7.3.6.6.1
Trigger Latency
7.3.6.7
NCO Square Wave Mode
7.3.6.7.1
Square Wave Enable
7.3.6.8
DSP Mute Function
7.3.6.9
DSP Output Gain
7.3.6.10
Complex Output Support
7.3.6.11
Channel Bonder
7.3.6.12
Programmable FIR Filter
7.3.6.12.1
PFIR Coefficients
7.3.6.12.2
PFIR Reflection Cancellation Mode
7.3.6.12.3
PFIR Power Savings
7.3.6.12.4
PFIR Usage
7.3.6.13
DES Interpolator
7.3.6.13.1
DAC Mute Function
7.3.7
Serdes Physical Layer
7.3.7.1
Serdes PLL
7.3.7.1.1
Enabling the Serdes PLL
7.3.7.1.2
Reference Clock
7.3.7.1.3
PLL VCO Calibration
7.3.7.1.4
Serdes PLL Loop Bandwidth
7.3.7.2
Serdes Receiver
7.3.7.2.1
Serdes Data Rate Selection
7.3.7.2.2
Serdes Receiver Termination
7.3.7.2.3
Serdes Receiver Polarity
7.3.7.2.4
Serdes Clock Data Recovery
7.3.7.2.5
Serdes Equalizer
7.3.7.2.5.1
Adaptive Equalization
7.3.7.2.5.2
Fixed Equalization
7.3.7.2.5.3
Pre and Post Cursor Analysis
7.3.7.2.6
Serdes Receiver Eyescan
7.3.7.2.6.1
Eyescan Procedure
7.3.7.2.6.2
Building an Eye Diagram
7.3.7.3
Serdes PHY Status
7.3.8
JESD204C Interface
7.3.8.1
Deviation from JESD204C Standard
7.3.8.2
Link Layer
7.3.8.2.1
Serdes Crossbar
7.3.8.2.2
Bit Error Rate Tester
7.3.8.2.3
Scrambler and Descrambler
7.3.8.2.4
64b and 66b Decoding Link Layer
7.3.8.2.4.1
Sync Header Alignment
7.3.8.2.4.2
Extended Multiblock Alignment
7.3.8.2.4.3
Data Integrity
7.3.8.2.5
8B and 10B Encoding Link Layer
7.3.8.2.5.1
Code Group Synchronization (CGS)
7.3.8.2.5.2
Initial Lane Alignment Sequence (ILAS)
7.3.8.2.5.3
Multi-frames and the Local Multiframe Clock (LMFC)
7.3.8.2.5.4
Frame and Multiframe Monitoring
7.3.8.2.5.5
Link Restart
7.3.8.2.5.6
Link Error Reports
7.3.8.2.5.7
Watchdog Timer (JTIMER)
7.3.8.3
SYSREF Alignment Required in Subclass 1 Mode
7.3.8.4
Transport Layer
7.3.8.5
JESD204C Debug Capture (JCAP)
7.3.8.5.1
Physical Layer Debug Capture
7.3.8.5.2
Link Layer Debug Capture
7.3.8.5.3
Transport Layer Debug Capture
7.3.8.6
JESD204C Interface Modes
7.3.8.6.1
JESD204C Format Diagrams
7.3.8.6.1.1
16-bit Formats
7.3.8.6.1.2
12-bit Formats
7.3.8.6.1.3
8-bit Formats
7.3.8.6.2
DUC and DDS Modes
7.3.9
Data Path Latency
7.3.10
Multi-Device Synchronization and Deterministic Latency
7.3.10.1
Programming RBD
7.3.10.2
Multiframe Lengths less than 32 Octa-Bytes (256 Bytes)
7.3.10.3
Recommended Algorithm to Determine the RBD Value
7.3.10.4
Operation in Subclass 0 Systems
7.3.11
Link Reset
7.3.12
Alarm Generation
7.3.12.1
Over Range Detection
7.3.12.2
Over Range Masking
7.3.13
Mute Function
7.3.13.1
Alarm Data Path Muting
7.3.13.2
Transmit Enables
7.4
Device Functional Modes
7.4.1
Power Modes
8
Programming
8.1
Using the Standard SPI Interface
8.1.1
SCS
8.1.2
SCLK
8.1.3
SDI
8.1.4
SDO
8.1.5
Serial Interface Protocol
8.1.6
Streaming Mode
8.2
Using the Fast Reconfiguration Interface
8.3
Register Maps
8.3.1
Standard_SPI-3.1 Registers
8.3.2
System Registers
8.3.3
Trigger Registers
8.3.4
CPLL_AND_CLOCK Registers
8.3.5
SYSREF Registers
8.3.6
JESD204C Registers
8.3.7
JESD204C_Advanced Registers
8.3.8
SerDes_Equalizer Registers
8.3.9
SerDes_Eye-Scan Registers
8.3.10
SerDes_Lane_Status Registers
8.3.11
SerDes_PLL Registers
8.3.12
DAC_and_Analog_Configuration Registers
8.3.13
Datapath Registers
8.3.14
NCO_and_Mixer Registers
8.3.15
Alarm Registers
8.3.16
Fuse_Control Registers
8.3.17
Fuse_Backed Registers
8.3.18
DDS_Vector_Mode Registers
8.3.19
Programmable_FIR Registers
9
Application and Implementation
9.1
Application Information
9.1.1
Startup Procedure
9.1.2
Bandwidth Optimization for Square Wave Mode
9.2
Typical Application: Ku-Band Radar Transmitter
9.2.1
Design Requirements
9.2.2
Detailed Design Procedure
9.2.3
Application Curves
9.3
Power Supply Recommendations
9.3.1
Power Up and Down Sequence
9.4
Layout
9.4.1
Layout Guidelines and Example
10
Device and Documentation Support
10.1
Documentation Support
10.1.1
Related Documentation
10.2
Receiving Notification of Documentation Updates
10.3
Support Resources
10.4
Trademarks
10.5
Electrostatic Discharge Caution
10.6
Glossary
11
Revision History
12
Mechanical, Packaging, and Orderable Information
Data Sheet
DAC39RF20: 22GSPS or 44GSPS, 16-bit, Single and Dual Channel, Multi-Nyquist Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) with JESD204C Interface