TIDUEY8 March   2023

 

  1.   Description
  2.   Resources
  3.   Features
  4.   Applications
  5.   5
  6. 1System Description
    1. 1.1 Key System Specifications
  7. 2System Overview
    1. 2.1 Design Block Diagram
    2. 2.2 Highlighted Products
      1. 2.2.1 LMK04832-SP
      2. 2.2.2 LMX2615-SP
      3. 2.2.3 CDCLVP111-SP
      4. 2.2.4 ADC12DJ3200QML-SP
    3. 2.3 Design Steps
      1. 2.3.1 Multiple JESD204B Synchronization Requirements
      2. 2.3.2 Clock Tree Design
        1. 2.3.2.1 Clock Frequency Plan
        2. 2.3.2.2 Clock Tree Components
          1. 2.3.2.2.1 Clock Reference
          2. 2.3.2.2.2 Clock Reference Buffer
          3. 2.3.2.2.3 Clock Distribution
          4. 2.3.2.2.4 Frequency Synthesis
        3. 2.3.2.3 Phase Delay Adjustment Options
        4. 2.3.2.4 Phase-Noise Optimization
        5. 2.3.2.5 Single-Event Effects (SEE) Considerations
        6. 2.3.2.6 Expanding Clock Tree for MIMO Systems
      3. 2.3.3 Power Management
        1. 2.3.3.1 Power Design Considerations
        2. 2.3.3.2 Radiation Hardened (Rad-Hard) Power Tree
          1. 2.3.3.2.1 Radiation-Hardness-Assured (RHA) Load-Switches
          2. 2.3.3.2.2 Radiation-Hardness-Assured (RHA) DC/DC Buck Converter
          3. 2.3.3.2.3 Radiation-Hardness-Assured (RHA) Low-Dropout (LDO) Regulators
            1. 2.3.3.2.3.1 3.3-V Linear Regulator
            2. 2.3.3.2.3.2 4.5-V Linear Regulator
        3. 2.3.3.3 Overcurrent Detection Circuit
  8. 3Getting Started Hardware and Software
    1. 3.1 Hardware Configuration
      1. 3.1.1 Clocking Board Setup
        1. 3.1.1.1 Power Supply
        2. 3.1.1.2 Input Reference Signals
        3. 3.1.1.3 Input sync Signal
        4. 3.1.1.4 Output Signals
        5. 3.1.1.5 Programming Interface
        6. 3.1.1.6 FMC+ Adapter Board Setup
        7. 3.1.1.7 ADC12DJ3200 EVM Setup
        8. 3.1.1.8 TSW14J57EVM Setup
        9. 3.1.1.9 Multichannel Synchronization Setup
    2. 3.2 Software
      1. 3.2.1 Software Required
      2. 3.2.2 Clocking Board Programming Sequence
      3. 3.2.3 ADC12DJ3200CVAL EVM Programming Sequence
      4. 3.2.4 TSW14J57EVM Evaluation Programming Sequence
  9. 4Testing and Results
    1. 4.1 Test Setup
    2. 4.2 Results
      1. 4.2.1 Phase Noise Measurement Results
      2. 4.2.2 Multichannel Clock Phase Alignment
      3. 4.2.3 Signal Chain Performance
      4. 4.2.4 Channel-to-Channel Skew Measurement
    3. 4.3 Summary and Conclusion
  10. 5Design and Documentation Support
    1. 5.1 Design Support
      1. 5.1.1 Schematics
      2. 5.1.2 Bill of Materials
    2. 5.2 Documentation Support
    3. 5.3 Support Resources
    4. 5.4 Trademarks
  11. 6About the Authors
    1. 6.1 Acknowledgments

2.3.2.6 Expanding Clock Tree for MIMO Systems

In this reference design the focus is in providing clocking and synchronization to two ADC12DJ3200QML-SP RF sampling ADCs, however, most systems typically have a need to provide clocking and synchronization to multiple high-speed data converters, in many instances a combination of many ADCs and DACs.

To scale the clocking tree for multichannel systems with more than two channels, consider a variety of clock architectures, such as a Tree or Daisy Chain configurations as illustrated in Figure 2-10.

In a daisy chain configuration, first the clocking board receives a high-frequency reference signal from an external clock source and generates the synchronized high-frequency clocks; then distributing the same reference signal to the next clocking board, along with the SYNC signals, to synchronize the two clocking boards. Conversely, in a clock tree configuration, one primary board (for example, LMK04832EVM-CVAL) receives a high-frequency reference signal from an external clock source, which is distributed to the secondary boards (clocking boards) along with the SYNC signals for synchronizing the secondary devices.

GUID-20221202-SS0I-FJC0-RK0Z-KL6GWPMB6PGL-low.svg Figure 2-10 Clock Distribution Configuration Examples

Examples of these configuration are shown in the following industrial-grade reference designs: