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30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
Output Frequency (MHz)
Third Harmonic Distortion (dBc)
0 dBFS
−6 dBFS
−12 dBFS
G005
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
Output Frequency (MHz)
SFDR (dBc)
f
DATA
= 312.5 MSPS, 1x Interpolation
f
DATA
= 312.5 MSPS, 2x Interpolation
f
DATA
= 312.5 MSPS, 4x Interpolation
f
DATA
= 156.25MSPS, 8x Interpolation
f
DATA
= 78.125MSPS, 16x Interpolation
G006
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
Output Frequency (MHz)
SFDR (dBc)
0 dBFS
−6 dBFS
−12 dBFS
G003
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
Output Frequency (MHz)
Second Harmonic Distortion (dBc)
0 dBFS
−6 dBFS
−12 dBFS
G004
−5
−4
−3
−2
−1
0
1
2
3
4
5
0 10k 20k 30k 40k 50k 60k
Code
Integral Nonlinearity Error (LSB)
G001
−5
−4
−3
−2
−1
0
1
2
3
4
5
0 10k 20k 30k 40k 50k 60k
Code
Differential Nonlinearity Error (LSB)
G002
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SLAS749C –MARCH 2011–REVISED AUGUST 2012
TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS
All plots are at 25°C, nominal supply voltage, f
DAC
= 1250 MSPS, 4x interpolation, NCO enabled, Mixer Gain disabled, QMC
enabled with gain set at 1446 for both I/Q channels, 0 dBFS digital input, 20 mA full-scale output current with 4:1 transformer
(unless otherwise noted)
Figure 1. INTEGRAL NONLINEARITY Figure 2. DIFFERENTIAL NONLINEARITY
Figure 3. SFDR vs OUTPUT FREQUENCY OVER INPUT Figure 4. SECOND HARMONIC DISTORTION
SCALE
vs OUTPUT FREQUENCY OVER INPUT SCALE
Figure 5. THIRD HARMONIC DISTORTION vs OUTPUT Figure 6. SFDR vs OUTPUT FREQUENCY OVER
FREQUENCY OVER INPUT SCALE INTERPOLATION
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