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Questions about DAC5674

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Hi,

Two questions about DAC5674 (http://www.ti.com/product/DAC5674#relprod)

 

  1. The “Data to DAC latency”( tlat_nx, see below figure from DAC5674 datasheet) is not a fixed value, according to datasheet, the typical latency in 2X mode is 26 clock cycles from D[13:0] input.





    Below is my measurement, the average latency time is indeed about 26 clock cycles(at 200 MSPS, a clock time is 5ns, and 26 clock cycles is about 125ns). But, the latency is not a fix value, drifting about 5ns.


    The time deviation of DAC output is not acceptable in my application, and I am also wondering that is a 5ns output time deviation normal in a 200MSPS DAC (a clock cycle deviation)?
    Is there any suggestion to improve the time deviation ?


  2. DAC5674 setting on my PCB is as the yellow line below :


And the clock input frequency on CLK/CLKC pins is 200MHz.
My question is : what is the clock frequency of Clk_2x ? This should be the clock rate to clock in the input data from D[13:0].

Thanks a lot !

  • Hi,

    You're correct that you shouldn't be seeing this drift. The latency should remain constant. You're using the internal PLL, so have you verified that the PLL is locked by looking at the PLLLOCK output?

    Have you verified that you're meeting the setup and hold requirements between the CLK pins and the DATA pins?

    Is your FPGA running on a different clock domain than the DAC? A block diagram could help here.

    Regards,
    Matt Guibord