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AMC1336-Q1: Design related guidance / best practice / questions for usage of infineon TC3xx uC Digital CIC3 filters

Part Number: AMC1336-Q1
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: AMC1336

Hi TI team,

I would like to use the AMC1336 in conjunction with the digital CIC3 filters of infineon aurix TC3xx uC's

As I'm designing a function like this for the 1st time, I got some questions

Thanks in advance for the effort and answers

best regards

Stephan Jagusch

1.General Experience / Best Practice / Known Issues 

 The Infineon Aurix TC3xx Microcontroller Family, has the Function of bypassing the internal DSADC modulators and instead

putting out the clock and return the datastream digitally. Then the datastream can be fed directly into the CIC3 filter chain of the Aurix

--> Is there Experience / known constraints for usage of the AMC1336 in conjunction with the digital part of ifx TC3xx uC DSADC's?

 

2. CLK output buffer:

The Aurix can output the DS-modulator Clock using to different kind of output ports with different output impedance

FAST buffer : :  Z_out [min ; nom , max] = [31, 55 , 80]Ohm

SLOW buffer :  Z_out [min ; nom , max] = [125, 225, 320]Ohm

  • Can TI make a (reasoned) recommendation, what kind of ports to use and why?
  • CLKIN: RC Filters. I found the recommendation of 50Ohm / 10pF RC's within the E2E. Is this   still valid for the output buffer decision above?

3. DOUT  RC Filters : 

What is the output impedance of the AMC1336 DOUT pin ? (I could'nt find it in the datasheet).

 

4.Signal Delay CLKIN -> DOUT. 

For the uC digital Filter chain, it will be important, that the clock is in synch with the datastream. Therefore I need to calculate the "round trip delay". Where the AMC1336 delay contributes

--> What is the "delay" of the AMC1336 (CLKIN -> DOUT). I could'nt interprete

 

5 Round Trip Latency Compensation:

I thought about an alternative DSADC scenario, where the 20MHz clock is generated by a timer, and the Clock is returned at the AMC1336 side along with the DOUT signal for DSADC reception. This would compensate a lot of the "round trip delay" and would work in advance for the Datastream being "in sync" with the clock

--> Is this scenario known / common? Is it overengineering?

I would be thankful to have the thoughts if TI-engineers of this, as I'm designing this kind of stuff for the 1st time.

 

6. Layout recommendations CLK / DOUT routing:

I would like to bring the signals over 7..10 cm over the PCB in a quite noisy environment. I never routed that fast single-ended signals and I'm thinking about aspects like

--> Ground planes underneath for shielding (that will introduce parasitic caps)

--> No shielding (susceptability for EMC disturbance)

I would be thankful, if TI could make recommendations for best practice.

  • Hi Stephan,

    Please find my comments below:

    1. I am not familiar with the Aurix TC3xx Microcontroller Family so I can't really comment here. I would recommend reaching out to Infineon for any details surrounding their MCU. 

    2. Either option here will more than likely be fine but think the FAST buffer will be the safer bet. The larger impedance should help reduce ringing but with the trace capacitance, there may be an affect on rise and fall times of the clock. If you are running relatively short traces (a few cm), you should be fine with either option. As far as the added RC filter, it's probably not needed but wouldn't hurt to have some placeholders in case there is still some unwanted ringing/overshoot you would like to minimize. 

    3. Unfortunately, I cannot share information outside of the data sheet on a public forum. If you absolutely need this information, we can discuss this offline. 

    4. This is present in the electrical characteristics table in the data sheet. Please see the image below. 

    5. We typically see customers go with a device that has an internal clock. In this case, the AMC1303 has an internal clock. However, there are some differences such as the full scale range and the input impedance that should be kept in mind.

    6. The ground plane underneath is the best practice. The traces can also be routed on internal layers for added shielding. There are other layout guidelines in section 10 in the data sheet.  Other best practices would be to keep the CLK and data lines as short as possible, make the GND layer as solid as possible and try to avoid traces crossing a split portion of the GND plane, use thicker traces for the power traces if not using a copper pour. 

    Regards,
    Aaron Estrada