MAX2038
Ultrasound VGA Integrated
with CW Octal Mixer
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Pin Description (continued)
PIN
NAME
FUNCTION
37, 93
VREF
+5V Reference Supply. Connect to a low-noise power supply. Bypass to GND with a 0.1F capacitor
as close as possible to the pins. Note that noise performance of the device is dependent on the noise
contribution from the supply to VREF. Use a low-noise supply for VREF. VCC and VREF can be
connected together to share the same supply voltage if the supply for VCC exhibits low noise.
38
EXT_RES
External Resistor. Connect a 0.1% 7.5k
Ω resistor to ground as close as possible to the pin to set the
bias for the internal biasing circuitry.
39
CW_VG
CW Mixer VGA Enable. Selects for VGA or CW mixer operation. Set CW_VG to a logic-high to enable
the VGAs while the CW mixers are powered down. Set CW_VG to a logic-low to enable the CW mixers
while the VGAs are powered down.
40
PD
Power-Down Switch. Drive PD high to set the device in power-down mode. Drive PD low for normal
operation.
41
CW_FILTER
CW Filter Mode Corner Frequency Select. Selects in corner frequency of the internal lowpass filter for
the CW path. Set CW_FILTER to a logic-high for a corner frequency of 9.5MHz. Set CW_FILTER to a
logic-low for a corner frequency of 4.5MHz.
43
M4_EN
Mode 4 Enable. Set M4_EN to a logic-high to override the serial port and activate all 8 channels of the
CW path.
44
LOW_PWR
Low-Power Enable. Set high to enable low-power CW mixer mode for the device.
45
DOUT
Serial Port Data Output. Data output for ease of daisy-chaining CW channels for analog beamforming
programming.
47
N.C.
No Connect. Leave this pin unconnected (this pin is the TEST_MODE pin called out in the MAX2038
EV kit data sheet).
48
LO8
CW LO Input for Channel 8. LO clock input for modes 3 and 4.
49
VGOUT8+
VGA Channel 8 Noninverting Differential Output
50
VGOUT8-
VGA Channel 8 Inverting Differential Output
51
LO7
CW LO Input for Channel 7. LO clock input for modes 3 and 4.
52
VGOUT7+
VGA Channel 7 Noninverting Differential Output
53
VGOUT7-
VGA Channel 7 Inverting Differential Output
55
LO6
CW LO Input for Channel 6. LO clock input for modes 3 and 4.
56
VGOUT6+
VGA Channel 6 Noninverting Differential Output
57
VGOUT6-
VGA Channel 6 Inverting Differential Output
59
LO5
CW LO Input for Channel 5. LO clock input for modes 3 and 4.
60
VGOUT5+
VGA Channel 5 Noninverting Differential Output
61
VGOUT5-
VGA Channel 5 Inverting Differential Output
62
VG_CTL-
63
VG_CTL+
VGA Analog Gain Control Differential Input. Set the differential voltage to -2V for maximum gain
(+29.5dB), and to +2V for minimum gain (-12.5dB).
64
LO_LVDS-
CW LVDS LO Inverting Differential Input. LO clock inverting input for modes 1 and 2.
65
LO_LVDS+
CW LVDS LO Noninverting Differential Input. LO clock noninverting input for modes 1 and 2.
66
LO4
CW LO Input for Channel 4. LO clock input for modes 3 and 4.
67
VGOUT4+
VGA Channel 4 Noninverting Differential Output
68
VGOUT4-
VGA Channel 4 Inverting Differential Output
69
LO3
CW LO Input for Channel 3. LO clock input for modes 3 and 4.