
REV. 0
AD9772
–22–
FREQUENCY – MHz
0
0
P
–10
–20
–30
–40
–50
–60
–70
–80
–90
–100
5
10
15
20
25
Figure 49. Spectral Plot of AD9772 Reconstructing Four
GSM Modulated Carriers @ f
DATA
= 52 MSPS, PLLVDD = 0
Although the above IS-136 and GSM spectral plots are repre-
sentative of the AD9772’s performance for a particular set of
test conditions, the following recommendations are offered to
maximize the performance and system integration of the AD9772
into multicarrier applications:
1. To achieve the highest possible CNR, the PLL Clock Multi-
plier should be disabled (i.e., PLLVDD to PLLCOM) and
the AD9772’s clock input driven with a low jitter/phase noise
clock source at twice the input data rate. In this case, the
divide-by-two clock appearing at PLLLOCK should serve as
the master clock for the digital upconverter IC(s) such as the
AD6622. PLLLOCK should be limited to a fanout of one.
2. The AD9772 achieves its optimum noise and distortion
performance when configured for baseband operation along
with a differential output and a full-scale current, I
OUTFS
, set
to approximately 20 mA.
3. Although the 2
×
interpolation filters frequency roll-off pro-
vides a maximum reconstruction bandwidth of 0.422
×
f
DATA,
the optimum adjacent image rejection (due to the interpola-
tion process) is achieved (i.e., > 73 dBc) if the maximum
channel assignment is kept below 0.400
×
f
DATA.
4. To simplify the subsequent IF stages filter requirements (i.e.,
mixer image and LO rejection), it is often advantageous to
offset the frequency band from dc to relax the transition
band requirements of the IF filter.
5. Oversampling the frequency band often results in improved
SFDR and CNR performance. This implies that the data
input rate to the AD9772 is greater than f
PASSBAND
/0.4 where
f
PASSBAND
is the maximum bandwidth in which the AD9772
will be required to reconstruct and place carriers. The im-
proved noise performance results in a reduction in the
TxDAC’s noise spectral density due to the added process
gain realized with oversampling. Also, higher oversampling
ratios provide greater flexibility in the frequency planning.
BASEBAND SINGLE-CARRIER
The AD9772 is also well suited for wideband single-carrier
applications such as WCDMA and multilevel QAM whose
modulation scheme requires wide dynamic range from the re-
construction DAC to achieve the out-of-band spectral mask as
well as the in-band CNR performance. Many of these applica-
tions strategically place the carrier frequency at one quarter of
the DAC’s input data rate (i.e., f
DATA
/4) to simplify the digital
modulator design. Since this constitutes the first fixed IF fre-
quency, the frequency tuning is accomplished at a later IF stage.
To enhance the modulation accuracy as well as reduce the shape
factor of the second IF SAW filter, many applications will often
specify the passband of the IF SAW filter be greater than the
channel bandwidth. The trade-off is that the TxDAC must now
meet the particular application’s spectral mask requirements
within the extended passband of the 2nd IF, which may include
two or more adjacent channels.
Figure 50 shows a spectral plot of the AD9772 reconstructing a
test vector similar to those encountered in WCDMA applica-
tions with the following exception. WCDMA applications pre-
scribe a root raised cosine filter with an alpha = 0.22, which
limits the theoretical ACPR of the TxDAC to about 70 dB. This
particular test vector represents white noise that has been band-
limited by a “brickwall” bandpass filter with the same passband
such that its maximum ACPR performance is theoretically
83 dB and its peak-to-rms ratio is 12.4 dB. As Figure 50 re-
veals, the AD9772 is capable of approximately 78dB ACPR
performance when one accounts for the additive noise/distortion
contributed by the FSEA30 spectrum analyzer.
FREQUENCY – MHz
0
8.1922
P
–20
–40
–60
–80
–100
–120
10.2402 12.2882 14.3362 16.3842 18.4322 20.4802 22.5282 24.5762
ACPR LOW =
78.3dB
CH PWR =
–12.25dBm
ACPR UP =
77.7dB
Figure 50. AD9772 Achieves 78 dB ACPR Performance
Reconstructing a “WCDMA-Like” Test Vector with
f
DATA
= 65.536 MSPS and PLLVDD = 0