
AD7011
REV. B
–8–
T E RMINOLOGY
E rror Vector Magnitude
T his is a measure of the rms error vector introduced by the
AD7011 where signal error vector is defined as the rms devia-
tion of a transmitted symbol from its ideal position when filtered
by an Ideal RRC Receive filter, as illustrated in Figure 8.
Gain Matching Between Channels
T he is the gain matching between the I and Q outputs, measured
when transmitting all zeros.
Offset Vector Magnitude
T his is a measure of the offset vector introduced by the AD7011
as illustrated in Figure 8. T he offset vector is calculated so as to
minimize the rms error vector for each of the constellation
points.
Output Signal Range and Different Output Range
T he output signal range is the output voltage swing and dc bias
level for each of the analog outputs. T he different output range
is the difference between IT x and
ITx
for the I channel and the
difference between QT x and
QTx
for the Q Channel.
IS-54 Spurious Power
T his is the rms sum of the spurious power measured at multiples
of 30 kHz, in a root raised cosine window of
±
16.4 kHz, relative
to twice the rms power in a RRC window in the 0 to 16.4 kHz
band.
Signal Vector Magnitude
T his is the radius of the IQ constellation diagram as illustrated
in Figure 8.
Signal to (Noise + Distortion) Ratio
T his is the measured ratio of signal to (noise + distortion) at the
output of the transmit I and Q DACs. T he signal is the rms
amplitude of the fundamental. Noise is the rms sum of all non-
fundamental signals up to half the sampling frequency (f
S
/2),
excluding dc. T he ratio is dependent upon the number of
quantization levels in the digitization process; the more levels,
the smaller the quantization noise. T he theoretical signal to
(noise distortion) ratio for a sine wave is given by:
SNR = (
6.02
N
+ 1.76)
dB
where
N
is the number of bits. T hus for an ideal 10-bit con-
verter, SNR = 61.96 dB.
I
Q
ERROR VECTOR
OFFSET
VECTOR
0,0
SIGNAL VECTOR
Figure 8.