SBASAO8 June   2025 DAC39RF20

ADVANCE INFORMATION  

  1.   1
  2. 1 Features
  3. 2 Applications
  4. 3 Description
  5. 4 Device Comparison
  6. 5 Pin Configuration and Functions
  7. 6 Specifications
    1. 6.1  Absolute Maximum Ratings
    2. 6.2  ESD Ratings
    3. 6.3  Recommended Operating Conditions
    4. 6.4  Thermal Information
    5. 6.5  Electrical Characteristics - DC Specifications
    6. 6.6  Electrical Characteristics - AC Specifications
    7. 6.7  Electrical Characteristics - Power Consumption
    8. 6.8  Timing Requirements
    9. 6.9  Switching Characteristics
    10. 6.10 SPI Interface Timing Diagrams
  8. 7 Detailed Description
    1. 7.1 Overview
    2. 7.2 Functional Block Diagram
    3. 7.3 Feature Description
      1. 7.3.1  DAC Output Modes
        1. 7.3.1.1 NRZ Mode
        2. 7.3.1.2 RF Mode
        3. 7.3.1.3 DES Modes
      2. 7.3.2  DAC Core
        1. 7.3.2.1 DAC Output Structure
        2. 7.3.2.2 Full-Scale Current Adjustment
      3. 7.3.3  DEM and Dither
      4. 7.3.4  Offset Adjustment
      5. 7.3.5  Clocking Subsystem
        1. 7.3.5.1 Converter Phase Locked Loop (CPLL)
        2. 7.3.5.2 Clock and SYSREF Delay
        3. 7.3.5.3 SYSREF Capture and Monitoring
          1. 7.3.5.3.1 SYSREF Frequency Requirements
          2. 7.3.5.3.2 SYSREF Pulses for Full Alignment
          3. 7.3.5.3.3 Automatic SYSREF Calibration and Tracking
            1. 7.3.5.3.3.1 SYSREF Automatic Calibration Procedure
            2. 7.3.5.3.3.2 Multi-device Alignment
            3. 7.3.5.3.3.3 Calibration Failure
            4. 7.3.5.3.3.4 SYSREF Tracking
        4. 7.3.5.4 Trigger Clocking
      6. 7.3.6  Digital Signal Processing Blocks
        1. 7.3.6.1  Bypass Mode
        2. 7.3.6.2  DUC Mode
          1. 7.3.6.2.1 Digital Upconverter (DUC)
            1. 7.3.6.2.1.1 Interpolation Filters
            2. 7.3.6.2.1.2 Numerically Controlled Oscillator (NCO)
              1. 7.3.6.2.1.2.1 Phase-continuous NCO Update Mode
              2. 7.3.6.2.1.2.2 Phase-coherent NCO Update Mode
              3. 7.3.6.2.1.2.3 Phase-sync NCO Update Mode
              4. 7.3.6.2.1.2.4 NCO Synchronization
                1. 7.3.6.2.1.2.4.1 JESD204C LSB Synchronization
        3. 7.3.6.3  DDS SPI Mode
        4. 7.3.6.4  DDS Vector Mode
          1. 7.3.6.4.1 Second Order Amplitude Support
          2. 7.3.6.4.2 Vector Order and Symmetric Vector Mode
          3. 7.3.6.4.3 Initial Startup
          4. 7.3.6.4.4 Trigger Queuing
          5. 7.3.6.4.5 Trigger Burst
          6. 7.3.6.4.6 Hold Mode
          7. 7.3.6.4.7 Indexing Mode
          8. 7.3.6.4.8 Queued or Burst Triggers in Indexing-Mode
          9. 7.3.6.4.9 Writing Vectors While DDS is Enabled
        5. 7.3.6.5  DDS Streaming Mode
        6. 7.3.6.6  DSP Triggering
          1. 7.3.6.6.1 Trigger Latency
        7. 7.3.6.7  NCO Square Wave Mode
          1. 7.3.6.7.1 Square Wave Enable
        8. 7.3.6.8  DSP Mute Function
        9. 7.3.6.9  DSP Output Gain
        10. 7.3.6.10 Complex Output Support
        11. 7.3.6.11 Channel Bonder
        12. 7.3.6.12 Programmable FIR Filter
          1. 7.3.6.12.1 PFIR Coefficients
          2. 7.3.6.12.2 PFIR Reflection Cancellation Mode
          3. 7.3.6.12.3 PFIR Power Savings
          4. 7.3.6.12.4 PFIR Usage
        13. 7.3.6.13 DES Interpolator
          1. 7.3.6.13.1 DAC Mute Function
      7. 7.3.7  Serdes Physical Layer
        1. 7.3.7.1 Serdes PLL
          1. 7.3.7.1.1 Enabling the Serdes PLL
          2. 7.3.7.1.2 Reference Clock
          3. 7.3.7.1.3 PLL VCO Calibration
          4. 7.3.7.1.4 Serdes PLL Loop Bandwidth
        2. 7.3.7.2 Serdes Receiver
          1. 7.3.7.2.1 Serdes Data Rate Selection
          2. 7.3.7.2.2 Serdes Receiver Termination
          3. 7.3.7.2.3 Serdes Receiver Polarity
          4. 7.3.7.2.4 Serdes Clock Data Recovery
          5. 7.3.7.2.5 Serdes Equalizer
            1. 7.3.7.2.5.1 Adaptive Equalization
            2. 7.3.7.2.5.2 Fixed Equalization
            3. 7.3.7.2.5.3 Pre and Post Cursor Analysis
          6. 7.3.7.2.6 Serdes Receiver Eyescan
            1. 7.3.7.2.6.1 Eyescan Procedure
            2. 7.3.7.2.6.2 Building an Eye Diagram
        3. 7.3.7.3 Serdes PHY Status
      8. 7.3.8  JESD204C Interface
        1. 7.3.8.1 Deviation from JESD204C Standard
        2. 7.3.8.2 Link Layer
          1. 7.3.8.2.1 Serdes Crossbar
          2. 7.3.8.2.2 Bit Error Rate Tester
          3. 7.3.8.2.3 Scrambler and Descrambler
          4. 7.3.8.2.4 64b and 66b Decoding Link Layer
            1. 7.3.8.2.4.1 Sync Header Alignment
            2. 7.3.8.2.4.2 Extended Multiblock Alignment
            3. 7.3.8.2.4.3 Data Integrity
          5. 7.3.8.2.5 8B and 10B Encoding Link Layer
            1. 7.3.8.2.5.1 Code Group Synchronization (CGS)
            2. 7.3.8.2.5.2 Initial Lane Alignment Sequence (ILAS)
            3. 7.3.8.2.5.3 Multi-frames and the Local Multiframe Clock (LMFC)
            4. 7.3.8.2.5.4 Frame and Multiframe Monitoring
            5. 7.3.8.2.5.5 Link Restart
            6. 7.3.8.2.5.6 Link Error Reports
            7. 7.3.8.2.5.7 Watchdog Timer (JTIMER)
        3. 7.3.8.3 SYSREF Alignment Required in Subclass 1 Mode
        4. 7.3.8.4 Transport Layer
        5. 7.3.8.5 JESD204C Debug Capture (JCAP)
          1. 7.3.8.5.1 Physical Layer Debug Capture
          2. 7.3.8.5.2 Link Layer Debug Capture
          3. 7.3.8.5.3 Transport Layer Debug Capture
        6. 7.3.8.6 JESD204C Interface Modes
          1. 7.3.8.6.1 JESD204C Format Diagrams
            1. 7.3.8.6.1.1 16-bit Formats
            2. 7.3.8.6.1.2 12-bit Formats
            3. 7.3.8.6.1.3 8-bit Formats
          2. 7.3.8.6.2 DUC and DDS Modes
      9. 7.3.9  Data Path Latency
      10. 7.3.10 Multi-Device Synchronization and Deterministic Latency
        1. 7.3.10.1 Programming RBD
        2. 7.3.10.2 Multiframe Lengths less than 32 Octa-Bytes (256 Bytes)
        3. 7.3.10.3 Recommended Algorithm to Determine the RBD Value
        4. 7.3.10.4 Operation in Subclass 0 Systems
      11. 7.3.11 Link Reset
      12. 7.3.12 Alarm Generation
        1. 7.3.12.1 Over Range Detection
        2. 7.3.12.2 Over Range Masking
      13. 7.3.13 Mute Function
        1. 7.3.13.1 Alarm Data Path Muting
        2. 7.3.13.2 Transmit Enables
    4. 7.4 Device Functional Modes
      1. 7.4.1 Power Modes
  9. 8 Programming
    1. 8.1 Using the Standard SPI Interface
      1. 8.1.1 SCS
      2. 8.1.2 SCLK
      3. 8.1.3 SDI
      4. 8.1.4 SDO
      5. 8.1.5 Serial Interface Protocol
      6. 8.1.6 Streaming Mode
    2. 8.2 Using the Fast Reconfiguration Interface
    3. 8.3 Register Maps
      1. 8.3.1  Standard_SPI-3.1 Registers
      2. 8.3.2  System Registers
      3. 8.3.3  Trigger Registers
      4. 8.3.4  CPLL_AND_CLOCK Registers
      5. 8.3.5  SYSREF Registers
      6. 8.3.6  JESD204C Registers
      7. 8.3.7  JESD204C_Advanced Registers
      8. 8.3.8  SerDes_Equalizer Registers
      9. 8.3.9  SerDes_Eye-Scan Registers
      10. 8.3.10 SerDes_Lane_Status Registers
      11. 8.3.11 SerDes_PLL Registers
      12. 8.3.12 DAC_and_Analog_Configuration Registers
      13. 8.3.13 Datapath Registers
      14. 8.3.14 NCO_and_Mixer Registers
      15. 8.3.15 Alarm Registers
      16. 8.3.16 Fuse_Control Registers
      17. 8.3.17 Fuse_Backed Registers
      18. 8.3.18 DDS_Vector_Mode Registers
      19. 8.3.19 Programmable_FIR Registers
  10. 9 Application and Implementation
    1. 9.1 Application Information
      1. 9.1.1 Startup Procedure
      2. 9.1.2 Bandwidth Optimization for Square Wave Mode
    2. 9.2 Typical Application: Ku-Band Radar Transmitter
      1. 9.2.1 Design Requirements
      2. 9.2.2 Detailed Design Procedure
      3. 9.2.3 Application Curves
    3. 9.3 Power Supply Recommendations
      1. 9.3.1 Power Up and Down Sequence
    4. 9.4 Layout
      1. 9.4.1 Layout Guidelines and Example
  11. 10Device and Documentation Support
    1. 10.1 Documentation Support
      1. 10.1.1 Related Documentation
    2. 10.2 Receiving Notification of Documentation Updates
    3. 10.3 Support Resources
    4. 10.4 Trademarks
    5. 10.5 Electrostatic Discharge Caution
    6. 10.6 Glossary
  12. 11Revision History
  13. 12Mechanical, Packaging, and Orderable Information

7.3.6 Digital Signal Processing Blocks

The digital signal processing blocks are shown in Figure 7-7. The device includes four digital up-converter (DUC) blocks supporting four complex (IQ) input streams that can be combined at different RF frequencies. The four DUCs can be flexibly assigned and summed together for either DAC output in the channel bonder. A programmable FIR filter can be used either at the input to the DUC's or at the DAC sample rate. The final signal processing block is a extra interpolate by 2 filter for use with DES mode.

DAC39RF20 Digital Signal Processing Blocks Figure 7-10 Digital Signal Processing Blocks

The DSPs can operate in several different modes, which are summarized below. Each mode is covered more fully in its own sub-section. The mode for each DSP block is selected by the DSP_MODEn register, n = 0 to 3

  1. Bypass Mode: Bypass mode disables the DUC/DDS signal processing and sends data to the IQ DAC MUX. The signal can then be inverted (DAC_INV), equalized using the PFIR and interpolated by 2x for DES2XL/H modes.
  2. DUC Mode: This mode accepts I/Q samples from the JESD204C interface, interpolates the sampling rate using FIR filters, and then uses an NCO/Mixer to translate the signals to a carrier frequency.
  3. DDS SPI Mode: This mode uses the AMP, FREQ, and PHASE registers to define the amplitude, frequency, and phase of a cosine signal. Samples from the JESD204C interface are not used by the DSP.
  4. DDS Vector Mode: This mode uses a table of vectors (programmed via SPI) to generate DDS waveforms. Frequency and amplitude ramping are supported, as well as auto/manual triggering. Samples from the JESD204C interface are not used by the DSP.
  5. DDS Streaming Mode This mode uses the JESD204C interface to stream frequency, phase, and amplitude values to the DDS. The STREAM_MODE register can be used to restrict the streaming to frequency-only, or phase+amplitude only.

Table 7-5 summarizes key features of the NCO/Mixer and how they operate in the various DSP modes.

Table 7-5 NCO/Mixer Features vs. DSP Mode
Features DSP Mode (DSP_MODEn)
DUC Mode DDS SPI Mode DDS Vector Mode DDS Streaming Mode
Amplitude Control Determined by I/Q samples (via JESD) AMP Register Set by vectors (DDS_VEC) AMP register or JESD stream (see STREAM_MODE)
Frequency Control FREQ Register (64 bits) FREQ Register (64 bits) Set by vectors (DDS_VEC) (48 bits) FREQ register or JESD stream (see STREAM_MODE)
Phase Control PHASE Register PHASE Register Set by vectors (DDS_VEC) PHASE register or JESD stream (see STREAM_MODE)
JESD Interface Yes (two 16-bit streams per DSP) (I/Q data) No No Yes (two 16-bit streams per DSP)
Trigger Actions FREQ/PHASE update. Accumulator reset if NCO_AR = 1. FREQ/PHASE/AMP update. Accumulator reset if NCO_AR = 1. Advance to next vector if waiting for trigger. Update non-streamed parameter(s). Accumulator reset if NCO_AR = 1
Other Features Phase-coherent frequency change. Phase-continuous frequency change. Phase-coherent frequency change. Phase-continuous frequency change. FREQ/AMP ramping via vector table Streaming a zero amplitude can generate a trigger
Mixer Used for: Multiply IQ data with NCO Amplitude control Amplitude control Amplitude control