The device contains a DUC mode and a direct
digital synthesis (DDS) mode. The data path mode uses complex (I and Q) data from the JESD
interface, interpolate and upconverts the data in the DUCs, sums the DUC outputs and
generates the analog signal in the DAC. In DDS mode, the DUC NCOs are used directly to
generate tones without requiring input data.
The list below summarized how DDS mode
differs from DUC mode:
- Interpolation filters are not
enabled
- JESD204C interface is not enabled
- NCOs use less power (no complex
mixing)
- AMP register supplies unique amplitudes
for each DUC (DDS) channel, allowing DDS channels to generate tones to cancel harmonic
tones in the DAC output. For example, if DDS channel 0 produces a fundamental tone,
channel 1 can produce a tone to cancel HD2, and channel 2 can produce a tone to cancel
HD3.
- The JMODE and DUC_L registers are ignored
and the SYSREF period constraints imposed by the JESD204C system and interpolation filters
are removed.