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THEORY OF OPERATION

The AD6645 analog-to-digital converter (ADC) employs a three

stage subrange architecture. This design approach achieves the

required accuracy and speed while maintaining low power and

small die size.

As shown in the functional block diagram, the AD6645 has

complementary analog input pins, AIN and

AIN. Each analog

input is centered at 2.4 V and should swing

±0.55 V around this

reference (see Figure 2). Since AIN and

AIN are 180 degrees out

of phase, the differential analog input signal is 2.2 V

peak-to-peak.

Both analog inputs are buffered prior to the first track-and-hold,

TH1. The high state of the ENCODE pulse places TH1 in hold

mode. The held value of TH1 is applied to the input of a 5-bit

coarse ADC1. The digital output of ADC1 drives a 5-bit digital-

to-analog converter, DAC1. DAC1 requires 14 bits of precision,

which is achieved through laser trimming. The output of DAC1

is subtracted from the delayed analog signal at the input of TH3

to generate a first residue signal. TH2 provides an analog pipe-

line delay to compensate for the digital delay of ADC1.

The first residue signal is applied to a second conversion stage

consisting of a 5-bit ADC2, 5-bit DAC2, and pipeline TH4.

The second DAC requires 10 bits of precision, which is met

by the process with no trim. The input to TH5 is a second resi-

due signal generated by subtracting the quantized output of

DAC2 from the first residue signal held by TH4. TH5 drives

a final 6-bit ADC3.

The digital outputs from ADC1, ADC2, and ADC3 are added

together and corrected in the digital error correction logic to

generate the final output data. The result is a 14-bit parallel

digital CMOS-compatible word, coded as two’s complement.

APPLYING THE AD6645

Encoding the AD6645

The AD6645 encode signal must be a high quality, extremely

low phase noise source to prevent degradation of performance.

Maintaining 14-bit accuracy places a premium on encode clock

phase noise. SNR performance can easily degrade by 3–4 dB

with 70 MHz analog input signals when using a high jitter clock

source. See AN-501, “Aperture Uncertainty and ADC System

Performance” for complete details.

For optimum performance, the AD6645 must be clocked differ-

entially. The encode signal is usually ac-coupled into the ENC

and

ENC pins via a transformer or capacitors. These pins are

biased internally and require no additional bias.

Shown below is one preferred method for clocking the AD6645.

The clock source (low jitter) is converted from single-ended to

differential using a RF transformer. The back-to-back Schottky

diodes across the transformer secondary limit clock excursions

into the AD6645 to approximately 0.8 V p-p differential. This

helps prevent the large voltage swings of the clock from feeding

through to other portions of the AD6645, and limits the noise

presented to the encode inputs.

ENCODE

0.1 F

T1-4T

HSMS2812

DIODES

AD6645

CLOCK

SOURCE

Figure 8. Crystal Clock Oscillator, Differential Encode

If a low jitter clock is available, another option is to ac-couple a

differential ECL/PECL signal to the encode input pins as shown

below. The MC100EL16 (or same family) from ON-SEMI

offers excellent jitter performance.

ENCODE

AD6645

0.1 F

ECL/

PECL

Figure 9. Differential ECL for Encode

Driving the Analog Inputs

As with most new high-speed, high dynamic range analog-to-

digital converters, the analog input to the AD6645 is differential.

Differential inputs improve on-chip performance as signals are

processed through attenuation and gain stages. Most of the

improvement is a result of differential analog stages having high

rejection of even-order harmonics. There are also benefits at the

PCB level. First, differential inputs have high common-mode

rejection to stray signals such as ground and power noise. Sec-

ond, they provide good rejection to common-mode signals such

as local oscillator feed-through.

The AD6645 analog input voltage range is offset from ground by

2.4 V. Each analog input connects through a 500

W resistor to the

2.4 V bias voltage and to the input of a differential buffer (Fig-

ure 2). The resistor network on the input properly biases the

followers for maximum linearity and range. Therefore, the analog

source driving the AD6645 should be ac-coupled to the input

pins. Since the differential input impedance of the AD6645 is 1 k

the analog input power requirement is only –2 dBm, simplifying

the driver amplifier in many cases. To take full advantage of this

high input impedance, a 20:1 transformer would be required.

This is a large ratio and could result in unsatisfactory perfor-

mance. In this case, a lower step-up ratio could be used. The

recommended method for driving the analog input of the

AD6645 is to use a 4:1 RF transformer. For example, if RT

were set to 60.4

W and RS were set to 25 W, along with a 4:1

impedance ratio transformer, the input would match to a 50

source with a full-scale drive of 4.8 dBm. Series resistors (RS)

on the secondary side of the transformer should be used to

isolate the transformer from A/D. This will limit the amount of

dynamic current from the A/D flowing back into the secondary

of the transformer. The 50

W impedance matching can also be

incorporated on the secondary side of the transformer as shown

in the evaluation board schematic (Figure 13).

AIN

ADT4-1WT

AD6645

ANALOG INPUT

SIGNAL

0.1 F

Figure 10. Transformer-Coupled Analog Input Circuit

In applications where dc-coupling is required, a differential

output op amp such as the AD8138 from Analog Devices can

be used to drive the AD6645 (Figure 11). The AD8138 op amp

provides single-ended-to-differential conversion, which reduces

overall system cost and minimizes layout requirements.

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