QUICK START GUIDE FOR DEMONSTRATION CIRCUIT 816
10/12/14 BIT 10 TO 65 MSPS DUAL ADC
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If a DC718 is used to acquire data from the DC816,
the DC718 must FIRST be connected to a powered
USB port or provided an external 6-9V BEFORE ap-
plying +3V across the pins marked “+3.0V” and
“PWR GND” on the DC816. The DC816 demonstra-
tion circuit requires up to 200 mA depending on the
sampling rate and the A/D converter supplied.
The DC718 data collection board is powered by the
USB cable and does not require an external power
supply unless it must be connected to the PC
through an un-powered hub in which case it must
be supplied an external 6-9V on turrets G7(+) and
G1(-) or the adjacent 2.1mm power jack.
ENCODE CLOCK
NOTE: As shipped, this is not a logic compatible
input. It is terminated with 50 Ohms. For higher
conversion rates, the encode clock can be a sinu-
soidal signal. For lower conversion rates (<25
Msps), this input should be driven with a square
wave signal source, as the dvdt at the output of the
clock buffer (U3) is less than 2x that at the SMA
connector, and is inadequate both in terms of phase
noise, as well as ensuring repeatable output timing
due to differences in threshold voltages between
the ADC, and buffer U6.
Apply an encode clock to the SMA connector on the
DC816 demonstration circuit board marked “J3
CLOCK INPUT”. This input is connected to ground
through a 50• resistor R14, and followed by a
blocking capacitor. For the best noise performance,
the CLOCK INPUT must be driven with a very low
jitter source. When using a sinusoidal generator,
the amplitude should be as large as possible, up to
3V
P-P
or 13 dBm. Using band pass filters on the
clock and the analog input will improve the noise
performance by reducing the wideband noise power
of the signals. Data sheet FFT plots are taken with
10 pole LC filters made by TTE (Los Angeles, CA) to
suppress signal generator harmonics,
non-harmonically related spurs and broad band
noise. Low phase noise Agilent 8644B generators
are used with TTE band pass filters for both the
Clock input and the Analog input.
[The Encode Clock can be driven with a 2.5V to
3.3V CMOS Logic Level square wave if R14 is re-
placed with an acceptable load for the drive capabil-
ity of the logic. Note that logic devices are gener-
ally not able to drive cable. A barrel is recom-
mended for logic drive. If a cable is used, the cable
carrying the clock signal must be terminated to
maintain the signal integrity of the Encode Clock
Source and the signal source must be able to drive
the 0 to 2.5V square wave signal into 50••load••
Apply the analog input signals of interest to the
SMA connectors on the DC816 demonstration cir-
cuit board marked “ANALOG INPUT (A and B)”.
These inputs are capacitive coupled to Balun trans-
formers ETC1-1-13, or directly coupled through
Flux coupled transformers ETC1-1T.
A doubled conversion clock output is available on
pin 3 of J2 and the data samples are available on
Pins 11-37 for 14 BITS or (15-37 for 12 BITS) of J2
which can be collected via a logic analyzer, cabled
to a development system through a SHORT 2 to 4
inch long 40 pin ribbon cable or collected by the
DC718 QuickEval-II Data Acquisition Board using
the
PScope System Software
provided or down
loaded from the Linear Technology website at
http://www.linear.com/software/. If a DC718 was
provided, follow the DC718 Quick Start Guide and
the instructions below.
To start the data collection software if
“
PScope.exe
”, is installed (by default) in
\Program Files\LTC\PScope\, double click the
PScope Icon or bring up the run window under the
start menu and browse to the PScope directory and
select PScope.
Configure PScope for the appropriate variant of the
DC816 demonstration circuit by selecting the cor-
rect A/D Converter as installed on the DC816. Un-
der the “Configure” menu, go to “Device.” Under
the “Device” pull down menu, select device,
LTC2286, through LTC2298. When evaluating 12
or 10 BIT parts, select the appropriate LTC229X
part in the Device List and PScope will automati-