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AD6620
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67 MSPS Digital Receive
Signal Processor
FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
REAL,
DUAL REAL,
OR COMPLEX
INPUTS
SERIAL OR
PARALLEL
OUTPUTS
CIC
FILTERS
OUTPUT
FORMAT
COMPLEX
NCO
P
OR SERIAL
CONTROL
I
Q
–SINCOS
EXTERNAL
SYNC
CIRCUITRY
JTAG
PORT
II
QQ
FIR
FILTER
AD6620
FEATURES
High Input Sample Rate
67 MSPS Single Channel Real
33.5 MSPS Diversity Channel Real
33.5 MSPS Single Channel Complex
NCO Frequency Translation
Worst Spur Better than –100 dBc
Tuning Resolution Better than 0.02 Hz
2nd Order Cascaded Integrator Comb FIR Filter
Linear Phase, Fixed Coefficients
Programmable Decimation Rates: 2, 3 . . . 16
5th Order Cascaded Integrator Comb FIR Filter
Linear Phase, Fixed Coefficients
Programmable Decimation Rates: 1, 2, 3 . . . 32
Programmable Decimating RAM Coefficient FIR Filter
Up to 134 Million Taps per Second
256 20-Bit Programmable Coefficients
Programmable Decimation Rates: 1, 2, 3 . . . 32
Bidirectional Synchronization Circuitry
Phase Aligns NCOs
Synchronizes Data Output Clocks
Serial or Parallel Baseband Outputs
Pin Selectable Serial or Parallel
Serial Works with SHARC
®
, ADSP-21xx, Most Other
DSPs
16-Bit Parallel Port, Interleaved I and Q Outputs
Two Separate Control and Configuration Ports
Generic P Port, Serial Port
3.3 V Optimized CMOS Process
JTAG Boundary Scan
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The AD6620 is a digital receiver with four cascaded signal-
processing elements: a frequency translator, two fixed-
coefficient decimating filters, and a programmable coefficient
decimating filter. All inputs are 3.3 V LVCMOS compatible.
All outputs are LVCMOS and 5 V TTL compatible.
As ADCs achieve higher sampling rates and dynamic range, it
becomes increasingly attractive to accomplish the final IF stage
of a receiver in the digital domain. Digital IF Processing is less
expensive, easier to manufacture, more accurate, and more
flexible than a comparable highly selective analog stage.
The AD6620 diversity channel decimating receiver is designed
to bridge the gap between high-speed ADCs and general pur-
pose DSPs. The high resolution NCO allows a single carrier to
be selected from a high speed data stream. High dynamic range
decimation filters with a wide range of decimation rates allow
both narrowband and wideband carriers to be extracted. The
RAM-based architecture allows easy reconfiguration for multi-
mode applications.
The decimating filters remove unwanted signals and noise from
the channel of interest. When the channel of interest occupies
less bandwidth than the input signal, this rejection of out-of-
band noise is called “processing gain.” By using large decimation
factors, this “processing gain” can improve the SNR of the
ADC by 36 dB or more. In addition, the programmable RAM
Coefficient filter allows antialiasing, matched filtering, and
static equalization functions to be combined in a single, cost-
effective filter.
The input port accepts a 16-bit Mantissa, a 3-bit Exponent,
and an A/B Select pin. These allow direct interfacing with the
AD6600, AD6640, AD6644, AD9042 and most other high-
speed ADCs. Three input modes are provided: Single Channel
Real, Single Channel Complex, and Diversity Channel Real.
When paired with an interleaved sampler such as the AD6600,
the AD6620 can process two data streams in the Diversity
Channel Real input mode. Each channel is processed with coher-
ent frequency translation and output sample clocks. In addition,
external synchronization pins are provided to facilitate coherent
frequency translation and output sample clocks among several
AD6620s. These features can ease the design of systems with
diversity antennas or antenna arrays.
Units are packaged in an 80-lead PQFP (plastic quad flatpack)
and specified to operate over the industrial temperature range
(–40°C to +85°C).
SHARC is a registered trademark of Analog Devices, Inc.
