Lo w -P o w e r, 9 0 Ms p s , Du a l 6 -Bit ADC
__________Ap p lic a t io n s In fo rm a t io n
_____________Dyn a m ic P e rfo rm a n c e
The MAX1003 is designed with separate analog and
digital power-supply and ground connections to isolate
high-current digital noise spikes from the more sensi-
tive analog circuitry. The high-current digital output
ground (OGND) and analog ground (GND) should be
at the same DC level, connected at only one location
on the board. This will provide best noise immunity and
imp rove d c onve rs ion a c c ura c y. Us e of s e p a ra te
ground planes is strongly recommended.
Signal-to-noise and distortion (SINAD) is the ratio of the
fundamental input frequency’s RMS amplitude to all
other ADC output signals. The output spectrum is limit-
ed to frequencies above DC and below one-half the
ADC sample rate.
The the ore tic a l minimum a na log -to-d ig ita l nois e is
caused by quantization error, and results directly from
the ADC’s resolution: SNR = (6.02N + 1.76)dB, where
N is the number of bits of resolution. Therefore, a per-
fect 6-bit ADC can do no better than 38dB.
MAX103
The entire board needs good DC bypassing for both
analog and digital supplies. Place the power-supply
bypass capacitors close to where the power is routed
onto the board, i.e., close to the connector. 10µF elec-
trolytic capacitors with low-ESR ratings are recom-
mended. For best effective bits performance, minimize
capacitive loading at the digital outputs. Keep the digi-
tal output traces as short as possible.
The FFT Plot (see Typical Operating Characteristics)
shows the result of sampling a pure 20MHz sinusoid at
a 90MHz clock rate. This FFT plot of the output shows
the output level in various spectral bands. The plot has
been averaged to reduce the quantization noise floor
and reveal the low-amplitude spurs. This emphasizes
the e xc e lle nt s p urious -fre e d yna mic ra ng e of the
MAX1003.
The MAX1003 requires a +5V ±5% power supply for
the analog supply (V ) and a +3.3V ±300mV power
CC
The effective resolution (or effective number of bits) the
ADC provides can be measured by transposing the
e q ua tion tha t c onve rts re s olution to SINAD: N =
(SINAD - 1.76) / 6.02 (s e e Typ ic a l Op e ra ting
Characteristics).
s up p ly c onne c te d to V
for the log ic outp uts .
CCO
Bypass each of the V
supply pins to its respective
CC_
GND with high-quality ceramic capacitors located as
close to the package as possible (Table 2). Consult the
e va lua tion kit ma nua l for a s ug g e s te d la yout a nd
bypassing scheme.
Table 2. Bypassing
BYPASS
SUPPLY
FUNCTION
V
/
TO
GND/
OGND
CAPACITOR
VALUE
CC
V
CCO
Analog Inputs
Oscillator/Clock
Converter
6
7
0.01µF
0.01µF
0.01µF
47pF
8
11
12
27
27
19
13
26
28
36
Digital Q-Output
Digital I-Output
Buffer
47p F
0.01µF
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