TIDUDA6A December   2017  – January 2022

 

  1.   Description
  2.   Resources
  3.   Features
  4.   Applications
  5.   5
  6. 1 System Description
    1. 1.1 Key System Specifications
  7. 2 System Overview
    1. 2.1 Block Diagram
    2. 2.2 System-Level Description
    3. 2.3 Highlighted Products
      1. 2.3.1 Analog Signal Chain
        1. 2.3.1.1 LMH5401
        2. 2.3.1.2 LHM6401
        3. 2.3.1.3 BUF802
      2. 2.3.2 Clock
        1. 2.3.2.1 LMK61E2
        2. 2.3.2.2 LMK04828
        3. 2.3.2.3 LMX2594
      3. 2.3.3 Power
        1. 2.3.3.1 TPS82130
        2. 2.3.3.2 TPS7A84
    4. 2.4 System Design Theory
      1. 2.4.1 High-Speed, Low-Phase Noise Clock Generation
      2. 2.4.2 Channel-to-Channel Skew
      3. 2.4.3 Deterministic Latency
        1. 2.4.3.1 Importance of Deterministic Latency
      4. 2.4.4 Analog Front End
      5. 2.4.5 Multichannel System Power Requirement
      6. 2.4.6 Hardware Programming
  8. 3 Circuit Design
    1. 3.1 Analog Input Front End
      1. 3.1.1 High-Input Impedance Buffer Implementation Using the BUF802
    2. 3.2 High-Speed Multichannel Clocking
    3. 3.3 Power Supply Section
      1. 3.3.1 DC-DC
        1. 3.3.1.1 How to Set 2.1-V Output Voltage
      2. 3.3.2 LDOs
  9. 4 Host Interface
  10. 5 Hardware Functional Block
  11. 6 Getting Started Application GUI
  12. 7 Testing and Results
    1. 7.1 Test Setup and Test Plan
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    3. 7.2 SNR Measurement Test
    4. 7.3 Channel-to-Channel Skew Measurement Test
    5. 7.4 Performance Test Result
    6. 7.5 Multichannel Skew Measurement
    7. 7.6 49
  13. 8 Design Files
    1. 8.1 Schematics
    2. 8.2 Bill of Materials
    3. 8.3 Altium Project
    4. 8.4 Gerber Files
    5. 8.5 Assembly Drawings
  14. 9 Software Files
  15. 10Related Documentation
    1. 10.1 Trademarks
  16. 11About the Authors
    1. 11.1 Acknowledgment
  17. 12Revision History

Description

This reference design primarily focuses on a multi-channel high-speed analog front end, which is typically for use in end equipment like a digital storage oscilloscope (DSO), wireless communication test equipment (WCTE), and radars. This design lists the critical design specifications and design challenges of a multi-channel analog front end, such as a high sampling rate, channel-to-channel skew, deterministic latency, and input dynamic range. The design uses 3.2-Gsps dual-channel analog-to-digital converter (ADC), ADC12DJ3200, which has pin-compatible roadmap devices that have sampling rates up to
5 GSPS per channel. This design demonstrates deterministic latency and a minimum channel-to-channel skew of less than 5 ps. The active balun in this design achieves a system bandwidth of 1.5 GHz. The design also has an optional transformer input which allows for evaluation of active and passive analog front-end performance.