TIDUEY8
March 2023
Description
Resources
Features
Applications
5
1
System Description
1.1
Key System Specifications
2
System Overview
2.1
Design Block Diagram
2.2
Highlighted Products
2.2.1
LMK04832-SP
2.2.2
LMX2615-SP
2.2.3
CDCLVP111-SP
2.2.4
ADC12DJ3200QML-SP
2.3
Design Steps
2.3.1
Multiple JESD204B Synchronization Requirements
2.3.2
Clock Tree Design
2.3.2.1
Clock Frequency Plan
2.3.2.2
Clock Tree Components
2.3.2.2.1
Clock Reference
2.3.2.2.2
Clock Reference Buffer
2.3.2.2.3
Clock Distribution
2.3.2.2.4
Frequency Synthesis
2.3.2.3
Phase Delay Adjustment Options
2.3.2.4
Phase-Noise Optimization
2.3.2.5
Single-Event Effects (SEE) Considerations
2.3.2.6
Expanding Clock Tree for MIMO Systems
2.3.3
Power Management
2.3.3.1
Power Design Considerations
2.3.3.2
Radiation Hardened (Rad-Hard) Power Tree
2.3.3.2.1
Radiation-Hardness-Assured (RHA) Load-Switches
2.3.3.2.2
Radiation-Hardness-Assured (RHA) DC/DC Buck Converter
2.3.3.2.3
Radiation-Hardness-Assured (RHA) Low-Dropout (LDO) Regulators
2.3.3.2.3.1
3.3-V Linear Regulator
2.3.3.2.3.2
4.5-V Linear Regulator
2.3.3.3
Overcurrent Detection Circuit
3
Getting Started Hardware and Software
3.1
Hardware Configuration
3.1.1
Clocking Board Setup
3.1.1.1
Power Supply
3.1.1.2
Input Reference Signals
3.1.1.3
Input sync Signal
3.1.1.4
Output Signals
3.1.1.5
Programming Interface
3.1.1.6
FMC+ Adapter Board Setup
3.1.1.7
ADC12DJ3200 EVM Setup
3.1.1.8
TSW14J57EVM Setup
3.1.1.9
Multichannel Synchronization Setup
3.2
Software
3.2.1
Software Required
3.2.2
Clocking Board Programming Sequence
3.2.3
ADC12DJ3200CVAL EVM Programming Sequence
3.2.4
TSW14J57EVM Evaluation Programming Sequence
4
Testing and Results
4.1
Test Setup
4.2
Results
4.2.1
Phase Noise Measurement Results
4.2.2
Multichannel Clock Phase Alignment
4.2.3
Signal Chain Performance
4.2.4
Channel-to-Channel Skew Measurement
4.3
Summary and Conclusion
5
Design and Documentation Support
5.1
Design Support
5.1.1
Schematics
5.1.2
Bill of Materials
5.2
Documentation Support
5.3
Support Resources
5.4
Trademarks
6
About the Authors
6.1
Acknowledgments
Features
Up to 15-GHz sample clock generation
Multichannel JESD204B-compliant clock design
Less than 10-ps clock skew between channels
Low-phase noise (< 100 fs) clocking for RF sampling ADC and DAC
Configurable phase synchronization to achieve low skew in multichannel system
Radiation hardened high-speed ADC, clocking, RF amplifiers, and point-of-load power devices