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HMCAD1520
v03.0711
HIGH SPEED MULTI-MODE 8/12/14-BIT
1000/640/105 MSPS A/D CONVERTER
Magnetic coupling between the transformers and PCB
traces may impact channel crosstalk, and must hence
be taken into account during PCB layout.
If the input signal is traveling a long physical distance
from the signal source to the transformer (for example
a long cable), kick-backs from the ADC will also
travel along this distance. If these kick-backs are
not terminated properly at the source side, they are
reected and will add to the input signal at the ADC
input. This could reduce the ADC performance. To
avoid this effect, the source must effectively terminate
the ADC kick-backs, or the traveling distance should
be very short.
IPx
INx
CM_EXT
22 Ω
22 Ω
22 pF
CI
CI
RCM
RCM
INNx
INPx
Figure 16: AC coupled input
Figure 16 shows AC-coupling using capacitors.
Resistors from the CM_EXT output, RCM, should be
used to bias the differential input signals to the correct
voltage. The series capacitor, CI, form the high-
pass pole with these resistors, and the values must
therefore be determined based on the requirement to
the high-pass cut-off frequency.
Note that Start Up Time from Sleep Mode and Power
Down Mode will be affected by this lter as the time
required to charge the series capacitors is dependent
on the lter cut-off frequency.
Clock Input and Jitter Considerations
Typically high-speed ADCs use both clock edges to
generate internal timing signals. In HMCAD1520 only
the rising edge of the clock is used. Hence, input clock
duty cycles between 30% and 70% are acceptable.
The input clock can be supplied in a variety of formats.
The clock pins are AC-coupled internally, hence a wide
common mode voltage range is accepted. Differential
clock sources such as LVDS, LVPECL or differential
sine wave can be utilized. LVDS/LVPECL clock signals
must be appropriately terminated as close as possible
to the ADC clock input pins. For CMOS inputs, the
CLKN pin should be connected to ground, and the
CMOS clock signal should be connected to CLKP.
CMOS inputs are not recommended above 200MHz.
For differential sine wave clock input the amplitude
must be at least +/- 0.8 Vpp. No additional conguration
is needed to set up the clock source format.
The quality of the input clock is extremely important for
high-speed, high-resolution ADCs. The contribution to
SNR from clock jitter with a full scale signal at a given
frequency is shown in equation 1.
SNR
jitter
=
20
⋅
log
2
⋅⋅
f
IN
⋅
t
(1)
where fIN is the signal frequency, and εt is the total
rms jitter measured in seconds. The rms jitter is the
total of all jitter sources including the clock generation
circuitry, clock distribution and internal ADC circuitry.
For applications where jitter may limit the obtainable
performance, it is of utmost importance to limit the clock
jitter. This can be obtained by using precise and stable
clock references (e.g. crystal oscillators with good jitter
specications) and make sure the clock distribution
is well controlled. It might be advantageous to use
analog power and ground planes to ensure low noise
on the supplies to all circuitry in the clock distribution.
It is of utmost importance to avoid crosstalk between
the ADC output bits and the clock and between the
analog input signal and the clock since such crosstalk
often results in harmonic distortion.
The jitter performance is improved with reduced rise
and fall times of the input clock. Hence, optimum jitter
performance is obtained with LVDS or LVPECL clock
with fast edges. CMOS and sine wave clock inputs will
result in slightly degraded jitter performance.
If the clock is generated by other circuitry, it should
be re-timed with a low jitter master clock as the last
operation before it is applied to the ADC clock input.
LVDS output frequencies
The relationship between LVDS bitrate and sampling
frequency is:
LVDSbitrate = FS/Nb * N_lvds
Where:
FS is the sampling frequency.
N_lvds is number of output bits on the LVDS interface.
Nb is given by: