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AD9121: Dual, 14-bit, 1230 MSPS, TxDAC+ Digital-to-Analog Converter (Rev. B)10/5/2011PDF927 kB
Overview
Features and Benefits
- Flexible LVDS interface allows word or byte load
- Single-carrier W-CDMA ACLR = 82 dBc at 122.88 MHz IF
- Analog output: adjustable 8.7 mA to 31.7 mA, RL = 25 Ω to 50 Ω
- Integrated 2×/4×/8× interpolator/complex modulator allows carrier placement anywhere in the DAC bandwidth
- Gain, dc offset, and phase adjustment for sideband suppression
- Multiple chip synchronization interfaces
- High performance, low noise PLL clock multiplier
- Digital inverse sinc filter
- Low power: 1.5 W at 1.2 GSPS, 800 mW at 500 MSPS, full operating conditions
- 72-lead, exposed paddle LFCSP
Product Details
The AD9121 is a dual, 14-bit, high dynamic range digital-to-analog converter (DAC) that provides a sample rate of 1230 MSPS, permitting multicarrier generation up to the Nyquist frequency.
The AD9121 TxDAC+® includes features optimized for direct conversion transmit applications, including complex digital modulation, and gain and offset compensation. The DAC outputs are optimized to interface seamlessly with analog quadrature modulators, such as the ADL537x F-MOD series from Analog Devices, Inc. A 4-wire serial port interface provides for programming/readback of many internal parameters. Full-scale output current can be programmed over a range of 8.7 mA to 31.7 mA. The AD9121 comes in a 72-lead LFCSP.
PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS
- Ultralow noise and intermodulation distortion (IMD) enable high quality synthesis of wideband signals from baseband to high intermediate frequencies (IF).
- Proprietary DAC output switching technique enhances dynamic performance.
- Current outputs are easily configured for various single-ended or differential circuit topologies.
- Flexible LVDS digital interface allows the standard 28-wire bus to be reduced to one-half of the width.
APPLICATIONS
- Wireless infrastructure
- W-CDMA, CDMA2000, TD-SCDMA, WiMAX, GSM, LTE
- Digital high or low IF synthesis
- Transmit diversity
- Wideband communications: LMDS/MMDS, point-to-point
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Documentation & Resources
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AD9121/AD9122/AD9125 Evaluation Board Documentation8/1/2022WIKI
Product Recommendations
AD9121 Companion Parts
Recommended Quadrature Modulators
- For 3V power supplies: AD8345, AD8346, AD8349.
- For an IQ modulator with integrated PLL and VCO: ADRF6701, ADRF6702, ADRF6703, ADRF6704.
- In wideband communication systems: ADL5370, ADL5371, ADL5372, ADL5373, ADL5374, ADL5375, ADL5385, ADL5386.
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