ZHCU772 December 2021
The objective of this reference design is to demonstrate the high-speed clocking solution for multichannel RF sampling transceiver signal chains. This design focuses on measuring the synchronization performance of the two AFE7950EVM devices along with their SNR, SFDR, and IMD3 performance. The data generation and data capture are done by the TSW14J56EVM, which is interfaced with AFE7950EVM using an FMC adapter card. Table 1-1 lists the key system level specifications for the multichannel signal chains from the clocking solution perspective.
Parameter | Specification | Condition | Unit |
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SFDR | AFE79xx sampling freq - 8847.36 M with 18 × interpolation, Spur free dynamic range 0-fDAC/2, –0.5 dBFS; | ||
850 | 50.8 | dBc | |
1800 | 51.9 | dBc | |
2600 | 42 | dBc | |
3500 | 44 | dBc | |
4900 | 46.1 | dBc | |
8100 | 46.1 | dBc | |
SFDR | AFE79xx sampling freq - 8847.36 M with 18x interpolation, Spur free dynamic range within 500 MHz fOUT ±250 MHz, –0.5 dBFS; | ||
850 | 68.5 | dBc | |
1800 | 79.4 | dBc | |
2600 | 77 | dBc | |
3500 | 75 | dBc | |
4900 | 76 | dBc | |
8100 | 75 | dBc | |
IMD3 | AFE79xx sampling freq - 8847.36M with 18x interpolation, 2 tones at ±10 MHz –13 dBFS each tone | ||
850 MHz ±10 MHz | –66 | dBc | |
1800 MHz ±10 MHz |
–63 |
dBc | |
2600 MHz ±10 MHz | –62 | dBc | |
3500 MHz ±10 MHz |
–61 |
dBc | |
4900 MHz ±10 MHz | –57 | dBc | |
Channel-to-Channel Skew |
AFE79xx sampling freq - 8847.36M with 18x interpolation, Using TSW14J56 EVMs in primary & secondary mode |
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850 | 5 | ps | |
1800 | 5 | ps | |
2600 | 5 | ps | |
SNR | AFE79xx sampling freq - 2949.12M with Decimation by 6, specs from SNR plots in the data sheet; Signal to noise ratio, –3 dBFs input signal; | ||
840 | 63.2 | dBFs | |
1750 | 60.9 | dBFs | |
2610 | 62.5 | dBFs | |
3700 | 62.2 | dBFs | |
4910 | 60 | dBFs | |
Channel-to-Channel Skew |
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SFDR | AFE79xx sampling freq - 2949.12M with Decimation by 6, specs from data sheet; SFDR, –3 dBFs input signal; | ||
840 | 88.2 | dBFs | |
1750 | 80.6 | dBFs | |
2610 | 88 | dBFs | |
3700 | 84 | dBFs | |
4910 | 78.9 | dBFs | |
Channel-to-Channel Skew |
AFE79xx sampling freq - 2949.12 M with Decimation by 12, Signal to noise ratio, –3 dBFs input signal; Using TSW14J56 EVMs in primary and secondary mode |
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840 | 5 | ps | |
1750 | 5 | ps | |
2610 | 5 | ps | |
3700 | 5 | ps | |
4910 | 5 | ps |