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
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  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

2.4.5 Multichannel System Power Requirement

A typical multichannel system requires multiple rails to power the analog-, digital-, and mixed-signal circuits. The total system power requirement increases depending on the number of channels required. Figure 2-8 and Figure 2-9 show the power supply trees for a typical multichannel system and subsystem.

GUID-2BA59FD2-B51D-4973-89C8-82837EF36118-low.gifFigure 2-8 System Power Supply
GUID-C99EA999-E09A-4CB0-9AB9-57F5EDE39A2E-low.gifFigure 2-9 Subsystem Power Rails

To improve system efficiency, downconvert the input DC rail using a DC-DC buck switching regulator and then regulate the voltage using an LDO. The ripple and noise are critical in RF or analog subsystems where low-ripple LDOs are in use. Depending on the system requirements, digital subsystems such as field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) or central processing units (CPUs) receive power directly from a switching regulator or through LDOs.