The TSA1204 is a new generation of high speed,
dual-channel analog-to-digital converters
implemented in a mainstream 0.25 µm CMO S
technology yielding high performance and very
low power consumption.
The inputs of the ADC must be differentially
driven.
The TSA1204 is specifically designed for
applications requiring very low noise floor, high
SFDR and good insulation between channels. It is
based on a pipeline structure and digital error
The TSA1204 is available in extended (-40°C to
+85° C) temperature range, in a small 48-pin
TQFP package.
correction to provide excellent static linearity and
over 11.2 effective bits at F
F
=10 MHz.
in
For each channel, an integrated v oltage ref erence
simplifies the design and minimizes external
components. It is ne vertheless possible t o use the
circuit with external references.
The ADC outputs are multiplexed in a common
=20 Msps, and
S
Applications
■ Medical imaging and ultrasound
■ 3G base station
■ I/Q signal processing applications
■ High speed data acquisition system
■ Portable instrumentation
bus with a small number of pins. A tri-state
capability is available for the outputs, allowing
chip selection.
1. All voltage values, except differential voltage, are with respect to network ground terminal. The magnitude
of input and output voltages must not exceed -0.3 V or VCC.
2. Electrostatic discharge pulse (ESD pulse) simulating a human body discharge of 100 pF through 1.5 kΩ.
3. Discharge to ground of a device that has been previously charged.
4. ST Microelectronics corporate procedure number 0018695.
Analog supply voltage
Digital supply voltage
Digital buffer supply voltage
Digital buffer supply voltage
Digital output current-100 to 100mA
Storage temperature+150°C
HBM: human body model
CDM: charged device model
(4)
6 Operating conditions
Table 5.Operating conditions
SymbolParameterMinTypMaxUnit
AV
CC
DV
CC
V
CCBE
V
CCBI
V
REFP
V
REFP
V
REFM
V
REFM
V
INCM
V
INCM
1. Condition V
Analog supply voltage2.252.52.7V
Digital supply voltage2.252.52.7V
External digital buffer supply voltage1.82.53.5V
Internal digital buffer supply voltage2.252.52.7V
I
Forced top voltage reference
Q
I
Forced bottom reference voltage
Q
I
Forced input common mode voltage0.21V
Q
REFP-VREFM
>0.3V
(1)
(1)
0.961.4V
00.4V
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7 Electrical characteristics
Electrical characteristics are measured at AVCC = DVCC = V
F
=2 MHz, Vin@ -1 dBFS, V
in
REFP
=1.0 V, V
REFM
=0 V, and T
= 2.5 V, FS= 20 Msps,
CCB
= 25° C (unless otherwise
amb
specified).
Table 6.Analog inputs
SymbolParameterTest conditionsMinTypMaxUnit
V
IN-VINB
R
Full scale reference
voltage
C
Input capacitance7.0pF
in
Equivalent input resistor3KΩ
eq
BWAnalog input bandwidthV
ERB
Table 7.Digital inputs and outputs
Effective resolution
bandwidth
SymbolParameterTest conditionsMinTypMaxUnit
Clock and select inputs
V
V
Logic "0" voltage00.8V
IL
Logic "1" voltage2.02.5V
IH
OEB input
Differential inputs mandatory1.12.02.8Vpp
@full scale, FS=20 Msps1000MHz
in
70MHz
V
V
Logic "0" voltage0
IL
Logic "1" voltage
IH
0.75 x
V
CCBE
V
CCBE
0.25 x
V
CCBE
Digital outputs
V
V
I
C
Table 8.Reference voltage
Logic "0" voltageIOL=10 µA0
OL
Logic "1" voltageIOH=10 µA
OH
High impedance leakage
OZ
current
Output load capacitance15pF
L
OEB set to V
0.9 x
VCCBE
IH
-1.71.7µA
VCCBEV
0.1 x
VCCBE
SymbolParameterTest conditionsMinTypMaxUnit
V
I
Top internal reference
voltage
Q
I
Input common mode
voltage
Q
0.807 0.89 0.963V
0.400.460.52V
V
V
V
REFP
REFP
INCM
INCM
V
V
V
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Table 9.Power consumption
SymbolParameterMinTypMaxUnit
I
CCA
I
CCD
I
CCBE
I
CCBI
P
R
thja
Table 10.Accuracy
Analog supply current4049.5mA
Digital supply current23mA
Digital buffer supply current (10 pF load)6.29mA
Digital buffer supply current 73221µA
Power consumption in normal operation
Figure 4.Static parameter: differential non linearity
FS=20 MSPS; I
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
-0.1
DNL (LSBs)
-0.2
-0.3
-0.4
=40 mA; Fin=2 MHz
CCA
05001000150020002500300035004000
Output Code
(a)
a. For parameter definitions, see Section 10: Definitions of specified parameters on page 25.
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TSA1204Electrical characteristics
Q
Q
Q
Figure 5.Linearity vs. F
Fin=5MHz; R
100
90
ENOB I
80
70
60
50
Dynamic parameters (dB)
40
SNR
10152025
pol
ENOB
SINAD
SNR_I
Fs (MHz)
Figure 7.Linearity vs. F
FS=20Msps; I
100
90
80
SNR_Q
70
60
SNR_I
50
40
Dynamic parameters (dB)
30
0 1020304050
ENOB_Q
SINAD_Q
SINAD_I
Fin (MHz)
S
adjustment
SINAD_I
in
=40mA
CCA
ENOB_I
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
Figure 6.Distortion vs. F
Fin=5MHz; R
-20
-30
-40
-50
SFDR_I
-60
-70
ENOB (bits)
-80
-90
-100
-110
Dynamic parameters (dBc)
-120
10152025
Figure 8.Distortion vs. F
FS=20Msps; I
-30
-40
-50
THD_Q
-60
-70
-80
ENOB (bits)
-90
-100
-110
Dynamic parameters (dBc)
-120
0 1020304050
SFDR_Q
SFDR_I
S
adjustment
pol
Fs (MHz)
in
=40mA
CCA
Fin (MHz)
THD_I
THD_Q
SFDR_QTHD_I
Figure 9.Linearity vs. Temperature
F
=20Msps; I
S
100
90
80
70
60
50
Dynamic parameters (dB)
40
ENOB_I
ENOB_Q
SNR_I
SNR_Q
-401060
Temperature (°C)
=40mA; Fin=2MHz
CCA
SINAD_I
SINAD_Q
12
11.5
11
10.5
10
9.5
9
8.5
8
7.5
7
Figure 10. Distortion vs. Temperature
FS=20Msps; I
120
110
100
90
80
ENOB (bits)
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70
SFDR_I
60
50
Dynamic parameters (dBc)
40
-401060
THD_I
Temperature (°C)
=40mA; Fin=2MHz
CCA
THD_QSFDR_Q
Electrical characteristicsTSA1204
Figure 11. Linearity vs. AV
FS=20Msps; I
100
95
90
85
80
75
70
65
60
55
Dynamic parameters (dB)
50
2.252.352.452.552.65
ENOB_Q
SNR_Q
SINAD_I
CCA
ENOB_I
SINAD_Q
AVCC (V)
Figure 13. Linearity vs. DV
FS=20Msps; I
100
90
80
70
60
50
Dynamic parameters (dB)
40
2.252.352.452.552.65
ENOB_Q
SNR_Q
SINAD_I
CCA
ENOB_I
SINAD_Q
DVCC (V)
CC
=40mA; Fin=5MHz
12
11
10
9
8
SNR_I
7
6
CC
=40mA; Fin=5MHz
12
11
SNR_I
10
9
8
7
6
Figure 12. Distortion vs. AV
FS=20Msps; I
-30
-40
-50
-60
-70
-80
ENOB (bits)
-90
-100
-110
Dynamic Parameters (dBc)
-120
2.252.352.452.552.65
Figure 14. Distortion vs. DV
FS=20Msps; I
-40
-50
-60
-70
-80
-90
ENOB (bits)
Dynamic Parameters (dBc)
THD_Q
-100
-110
-120
2.252.352.452.552.65
THD_Q
CCA
THD_I
AVCC (V)
CCA
THD_I
DVCC (V)
CC
=40mA; Fin=5MHz
SFDR_I
SFDR_Q
CC
=40mA; Fin=5MHz
SFDR_I
SFDR_Q
Figure 15. Linearity vs. V
CCBI
FS=20Msps; I
90
85
80
75
70
65
60
55
Dynamic parameters (dB)
50
2.252.352.452.552.65
ENOB_I
ENOB_Q
SNR_I
SINAD_I
=40mA; Fin=5MHz
CCA
SNR_Q
SINAD_Q
12
11.5
11
10.5
10
9.5
9
8.5
8
ENOB (bits)
VCCBI (V )
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Figure 16. Distortion vs. V
FS=20Msps; I
-40
-50
-60
-70
-80
-90
-100
-110
Dynamic Parameters (dBc)
-120
THD_Q
2.252.352.452.552.65
CCA
THD_I
VCCBI (V)
CCBI
=40mA; Fin=5MHz
SFDR_I
SFDR_Q
TSA1204Electrical characteristics
Figure 17. Linearity vs. V
FS=20Msps; I
90
85
80
75
70
65
60
55
Dynamic parameters (dB)
50
2.252.753.25
SNR_I
CCA
ENOB_I
ENOB_Q
SINAD_I
SNR_Q
CCBE
=40mA; Fin=5MHz
SINAD_Q
VCCBE (V)
Figure 19. Linearity vs. duty cycle
F
=20Msps; I
S
100
90
80
70
60
50
Dynamic parameters (dB)
40
454749515355
Positive Duty Cycle (%)
=40mA; Fin=5MHz
CCA
ENOB_I
ENOB_Q
SNR_ISINAD_I
SINAD_Q
SNR_Q
12
11.5
11
10.5
10
9.5
9
8.5
8
7.5
7
12
11.5
11
10.5
10
9.5
9
8.5
8
7.5
7
Figure 18. Distortion vs. V
FS=20Msps; I
-40
-50
-60
-70
-80
ENOB (bits)
-90
-100
-110
Dynamic Parameters (dBc)
-120
THD_Q
2.252.753.25
VCCBE (V)
Figure 20. Distortion vs. duty cycle
FS=20Msps; I
-40
-50
ENOB (bits)
-60
-70
-80
-90
-100
-110
Dynamic parameters (dBc)
-120
SFDR_Q
SFDR_I
454749515355
THD_Q
THD_I
Posit ive Duty Cycle (%)
CCBE
=40mA; Fin=5MHz
CCA
SFDR_Q
SFDR_I
=40mA; Fin=5MHz
CCA
THD_I
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Figure 21. Single-tone 8K FFT at 20Msps - Channel I
F
=5MHz; I
in
=40mA, Vin@-1dBFS
CCA
0
-20
-40
-60
-80
-100
-120
Power spectrum (dB)
-140
12346789105
Frequency (MHz)
Figure 22. Dual-tone 8K FFT at 20Msps - Channel I
F
=9.7MHz; F
in1
in2
0
-20
-40
-60
-80
-100
-120
Power spectrum (dB)
-140
=10.7MHz; I
12346789105
=40mA, V
CCA
@-7dBFS; V
in1
Frequency (MHz)
@-7dBFS; IMD=-76dBc
in2
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TSA1204Application information
8 Application information
The TSA1204 is a dual-channel, 12-bit resolution analog-to-digital converter based on a
pipeline structure and the latest deep submicron CMOS process to achieve the best
performance in terms of linearity and power consumption.
Each channel achieves 12-bit resolution through the pipeline structure which consists of 12
internal conversion stages in which the analog signal is fed and sequentially converted into
digital data. A latency time of 7 clock periods is necessary to obtain the digitiz ed data on the
output bus.
The input signals are simultaneously sampled, for both channels, on the rising edge of the
clock. The output data is delivered on the rising edge of the clock for channel I and on the
falling edge of the clock f or channel Q, as shown in Figure 2: Timing diagram on page 4. The
digital data produced at the diff erent st ages must be t ime dela y ed accordidng t o the order of
conversion. Fianlly, a digital data correction completes the processing and ensures the
validity of the ending codes on the output bus.
The structure is specifically designed to accept differential signals only.
8.1 Additional functions
To simplify the application board as much as possible, the following operating modes are
provided:
●Output enable mode (OEB)
●Select mode (SELECT)
8.1.1 Output enable mode (OEB)
When set to low level (VIL), all digital outputs remain active and are in low impedance state.
When set to high level (V
converter goes on sampling. When OEB is set to a low lev el again, the data arrives on the
output with a very short T
Figure 2: Timing diagram on page 4 summarizes this functionality.
If you do not want to use OEB mode, the OEB pin should be grounded through a low value
resistor.
), all digital output buffers are in high impedance state while the
IH
delay. This mechanism allows the chip select of the device.
on
8.1.2 Select mode (SELECT)
The digital data output from each of the ADC cores is multiplexed to share the same output
bus. This pre vents an incr ease in the number of pins and allo ws to use the same package as
for a single-channel ADC lik e the TSA1201.
The information channel is selected with the "SELECT" pin. When set to high level (V
channel I data is present on the D0-D11 output bus. When set to low level (V
data is delivered on D0-D11.
), channel Q
IL
IH
),
By connecting SELECT to CLK, channel I and channel Q are simulta neously present on D0D11, channel I on the rising edge of the clock and channel Q on the falling edge of the clock.
(Refer to Figure 2: Timing diagram on page 4).
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8.2 References and common mode connection
VREFM must always be connected externally.
8.2.1 Internal reference and common mode
In the default configu ration, the ADC operates with its own reference and common mode
voltages generated by its internal bandgap. It is recommend ed to d ecouple t he VREFP and
INCM pins in order to minimize low and high frequency noise (see Figure 23).
Figure 23. Internal reference and common mode setting
1.03V
VIN
TSA1204
VINB
VREFP
VREFM
INCM
330pF
0.57V
330pF
10nF
10nF
4.7μF
8.2.2 External reference and common mode
Each of the voltages V
application needs (refer t o Table 5: Operating conditions on page 7 for min/max values). It is
possible to use an external reference voltage device for specific applications requiring even
better linearity, accuracy or enhanced temperature behavior.
The V
REFP
and V
REFM
that has a full scale amplitude of 2*(V
The INCM voltage is half the value of V
The best linearity and distortion performance is achieved with a dynamic ran ge abo v e 2 V
and by increasing the V
To obta in the h i ghest pe rformance from the TSA1204 device, we recommend implement ing
the configuration shown in Figure 24 with the STMicroelectronics TS821or TS4041-1.2 Vref.
REFM
, V
and INCM can be fixed externally to better fit to the
REFP
voltages set the analog dynamic r ange at the input of the converter
REFP-VREFM
REFP-VREFM
voltage instead of lowering the V
REFM
4.7μF
).
.
pp
REFP
one.
Figure 24. External reference setting
1kΩ
VREFP
VCCA
VIN
TSA1204
VINB
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VREFM
TS821
TS4041
330pF
external
reference
10nF
4.7μF
TSA1204Application information
8.3 Driving the differential analog inputs
The TSA1204 is designed to deliver optimum performance when driven on differential
inputs. An RF transformer is an efficient way of achieving this high performance.
Figure 25 describes the schematics . The input signal is f ed to the primary of the transf ormer,
while the secondary drives both ADC inputs. The common mo de v oltage of the ADC (INCM)
is connected to the center-tap of the secondary of the transformer in order to bias the input
signal around this common voltage , internally set to 0.46 V . It determines the DC component
of the analog signal. Being a high impedance input, it acts as an I/O and can be externally
driven to adjust this DC component. The INCM is decoupled to maintain a low noise lev el on
this node. Our evaluation board is mounted with a 1:1 ADT1-1WT transformer from
Minicircuits. You might also use a higher impedance ratio (1:2 or 1:4) to reduce the driving
requirement on the analog signal source.
Each analog input can drive a 1.4 V
amplitude is 2.8 V
pp
.
amplitude input signal, so the resulting differential
pp
Figure 25. Differential input configuration with transformer
Analog source
ADT1-1
1:1
VIN
TSA1204
50Ω
Figure 26. AC-coupled differential input
50Ω
common
mode
50Ω
10nF
33pF
10nF
33pF
330pF470nF10nF
100kΩ
100kΩ
VINB
INCM
channels
I or Q
INCM
VIN
TSA1204
VINB
Figure 26 represents the biasing of a differential input signal in A C- coupl ed differential input
configuration. Both inputs V
and V
IN
are centered around the common mo de volt age, that
INB
can be let internal or fixed externally.
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Figure 27. DC-coupled 2 Vpp differential analog input
Figure 27 shows a DC-coupled configuration with forced VREFP and INCM to the 1 V DC
analog input while VREFM is connected to ground; the differential amplitude obtained is
2V
.
pp
8.4 Clock input
The quality of your TSA1204 converter is very dependent on your clock input accur acy, in
terms of aperture jitter; the use of a low jitter crystal controlled oscillator is recommended.
Further points to consider in your implementation are:
●The duty cycle must be between 45% and 55%.
●The clock pow er supplies must be independent from the ADC output supplies to avoid
digital noise modulation on the output.
●When powered-on, the circuit needs se v eral cloc k periods to reach its normal operating
conditions. Theref ore, it is recommended to keep the circuit clocked to avoid random
states before applying the supply voltages.
analog
DC
analog
DC
VREFP-VREFM = 1 V
AC+DC
330pF
VIN
VINB
10nF
VREFP
TSA1204
VREFM
INCM
4.7μF
8.5 Power consumption optimization
The internal architecture of the TSA1204 makes it possible to optimize power consumption
according to the sampling frequency of the applica tion. For this purpose, an external resistor
is placed between I
optimized over the full sampling range (0.5 Msps up to 20 Msps).
The TSA1204 combines the highest performance and the lowest consumption at 20 Msps
when R
is equal to 54 kΩ. This value is nev ertheless dependent on the application and the
pol
environment.
In the lower sampling frequency range, this value of resistor may be adjusted in order to
decrease the analog current without any degradation of the dynamic performance.
Table 12 gives some values to illustrate this.
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and the analog ground pins. Therefore, the total dissipation can be
POL
TSA1204Application information
Table 12.Total power consumption optimization depending on R
pol
value
FS (Msps)1020
(kΩ)12054
R
pol
Optimized power (mW)95120
8.6 Layout precautions
To use the ADC circuits most ef ficiently at high frequencies, some preca utions have to be
taken for power supplies:
●First of all, the implementation of 4 proper separate supplies and ground planes
(analog, digital, internal and external buffer ones) on the PCB is recommended f or hig h
speed circuit applications to provide lo w inductance and lo w resistance common return.
The separation of the analog si gna l from t he digi tal out put p art is mandatory to prevent
noise from coupling onto the input signal. The best compromise is to connect AGND,
DGND , GNDBI in a common point whereas GNDBE must be isolated. Similarly, the
AVCC, DVCC and VCCBI power supplies must be separate from the VCCBE power
supply.
●Power supply bypass capacitors must be placed as close as possible to the IC pins in
order to improve high frequency bypassing and reduce harmonic distortion.
●All inputs and outputs must be properly terminated with output termination resistors;
then the amplifier load is resistive only and the stability of the amplifier is improved. All
leads must be wide and as short as possible especially for the analog input in order to
decrease parasitic capacitance and inductance.
●To keep the capacitive loading as low as possible at digital outputs, short lead lengths
of routing are essential to minimize currents when the outpu t changes . To minimize this
output capacitance, use buffers or latches close to the output pins.
●Choose component sizes as small as possible (SMD).
8.7 EVAL1204/BA evaluation board
The EVAL1204/BA is a 4-layer board with high decoupling and grounding level. The
schematic of the evaluation board is shown in Figure 30 and its top overlay view in
Figure 29. The board has been characterized with a fully devoted ADC test bench as shown
Note:The analog signal must be filtered to be very pure. The dataready signal is the acquisition
clock of the logic analyzer. The ADC digital outputs are latched by the octal buffers
74LCX573. All characterization measurements are made with SFSR=1 dB for static
parameters.
Figure 29. Evaluation board printed circuit
Table 13.Printed circuit board - list of components
NameFootprint NameFootprint NameFootprint Name PartFootprint
Caution:Do not use the VB3 power supply (5 V) dedicated to the 74LCX573 external buffer s to
supply the VB2 of the TSA1203 which cannot exceed 3.3 V.
8.7.2 Consumption adjustment
Before beginnning characterization tests, make su re to a dju st t he R
I
, value according to y our sampling frequency.
pol
(Raj1), and theref or e
pol
8.7.3 Single and differentia l inputs
The test board can be driven on a single analog input, or on dif f erent ial inputs . With a single
analog input, you must use the ADT1-1WT transformer to genera te a differential signal. In
this configuration, the resistors RSI6, RSI7, RSI8 for channel I (respectively RSQ6, RSQ7,
RSQ8 for channel Q) are connected as short-circuits whereas RSI5, RSI9 (respectively
RSQ5, RSQ9 for channel Q) are open circuits.
Alternatively, you can use the JI1 and JI1B differential inputs. In this case, the resistances
RSI5, RSI9 for channel I (respectively RSQ5, RSQ9 for channel Q) are connected as shortcircuits whereas RSI6, RSI7, RSI8 (respectively RSQ6, RSQ7, RSQ8 for channel Q) are
open circuits.
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8.7.4 Mode select
In order to select the channel you want to evaluate, you m ust set a jumper on the board in
the relevant position for the SELECT pin (see Figure 31).
The channels selected depend on the position of the jumper:
●With the jumper connected to the upper conn ecto rs, channel I at the output is selecte d.
●With the jumper connected horizontally, channel Q at the output is selected.
●With the jumper connected to the lower connectors, both channels are selected,
relative to the clock edge.
Figure 31. Mode selection
SELECT
DVCCDGNDCLK
SELECT
I channel
Q channel
I/Q channels
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Practical application examplesTSA1204
9 Practical application examples
9.1 Digital interface applications
The wide external buffer power supply range of the TSA1204 makes it a perfect choice for
plugging into 2.5 V or 3.3 V low voltage DSPs or digital interfaces.
9.2 Medical imaging application
Driven by the demand of the applications requiring nowadays either portability or ahigh
degree of parallelism (or both), this produ ct satisfies the requirements of medical imaging
and telecom infrastructures.
The typical system diagram in Figure 32 shows how a narrow input b eam of acoustic energ y
is sent into a living body via the transducer and how the energy reflected back is analyzed.
Figure 32. Medical imaging application
HV TX amps
TX beam
former
Mux and
T/R
switches
TGC amplifier
The transducer is a piezoelectric ceramic such as zirconium titanate. The whole array can
reach up to 512 channels. The TX beam f ormer , amplified by the HV TX amps , delivers up t o
100 V amplitude excitation pulses with phase an d amplitude shifts . Th e mux and T/R switch
is a two-way input signal transmitter/output receiver.
To compensate for skin and tissues attenuation effects, the time gain compensation (TGC)
amplifier is an exponential amplifier that enables the amplification of low voltage signals to
the ADC input range. Differential output structure with low noise and very high linearity are
mandatory factors.
These applications need high speed, low power and high performance ADCs. 10-12 bit
resolution is necessary to lower the quantification noise. As multiple channels are used, a
dual converter is a must for room saving issues.
The input signal is in the range of 2 to 20 MHz (mainly 2 to 7 MHz) and the application uses
mostly a 4 over-sampling ratio for spurious free dynamic range ( SFDR) optimization.
ADC
RX beam
former
Processing
and display
The next RX beam f ormer and processing b loc ks e nable t he analysis of th e output channe ls
versus the input beam.
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TSA1204Definitions of specified parameters
10 Definitions of specified parameters
Static parameters
Static measurements are performed using the histograms method on a 2 MHz input signal,
sampled at 50 Msps, which is high enough t o fully characteriz e the test freq uency response .
The input level is +1 dBFS to saturate the signal.
Differential non linearity (DNL)
The average deviation of any output code width from the ideal code width of 1 LSB.
Integral non linearity (INL)
An ideal converter exhibits a transfer function which is a straight line from the starting code
to the ending code. The INL is the deviation from this ideal line for each transition.
Dynamic parameters
Dynamic measurements are performed by spectral analysis, applied to an input sine wave
of various frequencies sampled at 40 Msps.
The input lev el is -1dBFS to measure the linear beha vior of the con v erter. All th e parameters
are given without correction for the full scale amplitude performance except the calculated
ENOB parameter.
Spurious free dynamic range (SFDR)
The ratio between the power of the worst spurious signal (not always an harmonic) and the
amplitude of fundamental tone (signal power) over the fu ll Nyquist band. It is expressed in
dBc.
Total harmonic distortion (THD)
The ratio of the rms sum of the first fiv e harmonic distortion components to the rms value of
the fundamental line. It is expressed in dB.
Signal to noise ratio (SNR)
The ratio of the rms value of the fundamental componen t to the rms sum of all other spectr al
components in the Nyquist band (f
harmonics. SNR is reported in dB.
/2) excluding DC, fundamental and the first five
s
Signal to noise and distortion ratio (SINAD)
Similar ratio as for SNR b ut including the harmonic distortion components in the noise figure
(not DC signal). It is expressed in dB.
The effective number of bits (ENOB) is easily deduced from the SINAD, using the formula:
SINAD= 6.02 × ENOB + 1.76 dB.
When the applied signal is not full scale (FS), but has an A
expression becomes:
amplitude, the SINAD
0
SINAD
2Ao
=SINAD
Full Scale
+ 20 log (2A0/FS)
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SINAD
The ENOB is expressed in bits.
=6.02 × ENOB + 1.76 dB + 20 log (2A0/FS)
2Ao
Analog input bandwidth
The maximum analog input frequency at which the spectral response of a full power signal
is reduced by 3 dB. Higher values can be achieved with smaller input levels.
Effective resolution bandwidth (ERB)
The band of input signal frequencies that the ADC is intended to convert without loosing
linearity i.e. the maximum analog input frequency at which the SINAD is d ecreased by 3 dB
or the ENOB by 1/2 bit.
Pipeline delay
Delay between the initial sample of the analog input and the av ailability of the corresponding
digital data output, on the output bus. Also called data latency. It is expressed as a number
of clock cycles.
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11 Package mechanical data
In order to meet environmental requirements, STMicroelectronics offers these devices in
ECOPACK
category of second level interconnect is marke d on the pa ckage and on the inner box label,
in compliance with JEDEC Standard JESD97. The maximum ratings related t o soldering
conditions are also marked on the inner box label. ECOPACK is an STMicroelectronics
trademark. ECOPACK specifications are available at: www.st.com
®
packages. These packages have a Lead-free second level interconnect. The
.
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Figure 33. Package mechanical data (48-pin plastic package)
TSA1204IFT-E-40° C to +85° CTQFP48Tape & reelSA1204I
EVAL1204/BAEvaluation board
Temperature
range
PackagePackingMarking
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Revision historyTSA1204
13 Revision history
Table 16.Document revision history
DateRevisionChanges
1-Apr-20041Initial release.
2-May-20052
26-Sep-20063
12-Dec-20064Renamed pin 42 to CLKD.
Datasheet modified from Not for new Design to full production further
to new business demand.
Editorial updates. Reorganized document structure. No technical
changes.
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