Use the following steps to evaluate
the signal-chain image rejection:
- Use a high-frequency sinusoidal
source (able to produce clean 16-MHz signal)
- Set the source with fin = 16.002
MHz and –6 dBFS
- Capture ADC data in
frequency-domain view. The highest spur is monitored in the noise spectrum and
image rejection is calculated as the image spur referred to the input level. (A
good target is for the spur to be 2 kHz, but complex intermodulation can result
in different tones.)