Datasheet
Table Of Contents
- FEATURES
- APPLICATIONS
- FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
- REVISION HISTORY
- GENERAL DESCRIPTION
- SPECIFICATIONS
- ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS
- PIN CONFIGURATION AND FUNCTION DESCRIPTIONS
- TYPICAL PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
- TYPICAL APPLICATIONS
- MODES OF OPERATION
- USING THE AD9852
- PROGRAMMING THE AD9852
- GENERAL OPERATION OF THE SERIAL INTERFACE
- POWER DISSIPATION AND THERMAL CONSIDERATIONS
- EVALUATION OF OPERATING CONDITIONS
- EVALUATION BOARD
- EVALUATION BOARD INSTRUCTIONS
- GENERAL OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
- Hardware Preparation
- Clock Input, J25
- Three-State Control
- Programming
- Low-Pass Filter Testing
- Observing the Unfiltered IOUT1 and the Unfiltered IOUT2 DAC Signals
- Observing the Filtered IOUT1 and the Filtered IOUT2
- Observing the Filtered IOUT1 and the Filtered IOUT1
- Connecting the High Speed Comparator
- Single-Ended Configuration
- USING THE PROVIDED SOFTWARE
- SUPPORT
- OUTLINE DIMENSIONS

AD9852
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Figure 18 and Figure 19 show the residual phase noise performance of the AD9852 when operating with a 300 MHz reference clock with
the REFCLK multiplier bypassed vs. a 30 MHz reference clock with the REFCLK multiplier enabled at 10×.
0
CENTER 112.469MHz
–10
–20
–30
–40
–50
–60
–70
–80
–90
–
100
50kHz/ SPAN 500kHz
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Figure 16. A Slight Change in Tuning Word Yields Dramatically Better Results;
112.469 MHz with All Spurs Shifted Out-of-Band, 300 MHz REFCLK
0
CENTER 39.1MHz
–10
–20
–30
–40
–50
–60
–70
–80
–90
–
100
5kHz/ SPAN 50kHz
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Figure 17. Narrow-Band SFDR, 39.1 MHz, 50 kHz BW,
200 MHz REFCLK with REFCLK Multiplier Bypassed
FREQUENCY (Hz)
–100
–110
–150
–120
–130
–140
–160
–170
10 1M100 100k10k1k
PHASE NOISE (dBc/Hz)
A
OUT
= 80MHz
A
OUT
= 5MHz
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Figure 18. Residual Phase Noise,
300 MHz REFCLK with REFCLK Multiplier Bypassed
FREQUENCY (Hz)
–90
–100
–140
–110
–120
–130
–150
–160
10 1M100 100k10k1k
PHASE NOISE (dBc/Hz)
A
OUT
= 80MHz
A
OUT
= 5MHz
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Figure 19. Residual Phase Noise,
30 MHz REFCLK with REFCLK Multiplier = 10×
DAC CURRENT (mA)
55
0
SFDR (dBc)
54
53
52
51
50
49
48
5 1015202
5
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Figure 20. SFDR vs. DAC Current, 59.1 A
OUT
,
300 MHz REFCLK with REFCLK Multiplier Bypassed
FREQUENCY (MHz)
620
0
SUPPLY CURRENT (mA)
615
610
605
600
595
590
20 40 60 80 100 120 140
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Figure 21. Supply Current vs. Output Frequency (Variation Is Minimal,
Expressed as a Percentage, and Heavily Dependent on Tuning Word)