high frequency design:The eye diagram provides visual information that can be useful in the evaluation and troubleshooting of digital transmission systems
OSCILLATORS are key building blocks in integrated transceivers. In wired and
wireless communication terminals, the receiver front-end selects, amplifies and
converts the desired HIgh-Frequency signal to baseband. At baseband the signal can
then be converted into the digital domain for further data processing and demodula-
tion. The transmitter front-end converts an analog baseband signal to a suitable high-
frequency signal that can be transmitted over the wired or wireless channel.
射頻識別(Radio Frequency Identification,RFID)是一種允許非接觸式數據采集的自動識別技術。其中工作在超高頻(Ultra High Frequency,UHF)頻段的無源RFID系統,由于在物流與供應鏈管理等領域的潛在應用,近年來得到了人們的廣泛關注。這種系統所使用的無源標簽具有識別距離長、體積小、成本低廉等突出特點。目前在市場上出現了各種品牌型號的UHF RFID無源標簽,由于不同品牌型號的標簽在設計與制造工藝上的差異,這些標簽在性能表現上各不相同,這就給終端用戶選擇合適自己應用的標簽帶來了困難。RFID基準測試就是在實際部署RFID系統前對RFID標簽的性能進行科學評估的有效手段。然而為了在常規實驗室條件下得到準確公正的測試結果,需要對基準測試的性能指標及測試方法學開展進一步的研究。本文正是研究符合EPC Class1 Gen2標準的RFID標簽基準測試。 本文首先分析了當前廣泛應用的超高頻無源RFID標簽基準測試性能指標與測試方法上的局限性與不足之處。例如,在真實的應用環境中,由于受到各種環境因素的影響,對同一品牌型號的標簽,很難得到一致的識讀距離測試結果。另外,在某些測試場景中,使用識讀速率作為測試指標,所得到的測試結果數值非常接近,以致分辨度不足以區分不同品牌型號標簽的性能差異。在這些分析基礎上,本文把路徑損耗引入了RFID基準測試,通過有限點的測量與數據擬合分別得到不同類型標簽的路徑損耗方程,結合讀寫器天線的輻射方向圖,進一步得到各種標簽受限于讀寫器接收靈敏度的覆蓋區域。無源標簽由于其被動式能量獲取方式,其實際工作區域仍然受限于前向鏈路。本文通過實驗測試出這些標簽的最小激活功率后,得出了各種標簽在一定讀寫器發射功率下的激活區域。完成這些步驟后,根據這兩種區域的交集可以確定標簽的工作區域,從而進行標簽間的比較并達到基準測試的目的,并能找出限制標簽工作范圍的瓶頸。 本文最后從功率損耗的角度研究了標簽之間的相互干擾,為用戶在密集部署RFID標簽的場景中設置標簽之間的最小間隔距離具有重要的參考意義。
Abstract: This application note describes how sampling clock jitter (time interval error or "TIE jitter") affectsthe performance of delta-sigma digital-to-analog converters (DACs). New insights explain the importanceof separately specifying low-frequency (< 2x passband frequency) and HIgh-Frequency or wideband (> 2xpassband frequency) jitter tolerance in these devices. The article also provides an application example ofa simple highly jittered cycle-skipped sampling clock and describes a method for generating a properbroadband jittered clock. The document then goes on to compare Maxim's audio DAC jitter tolerance tocompetitor audio DACs. Maxim's exceptionally high jitter tolerance allows very simple and low-cost sampleclock implementations.
The MAX17600–MAX17605 devices are high-speedMOSFET drivers capable of sinking /sourcing 4A peakcurrents. The devices have various inverting and noninvertingpart options that provide greater flexibility incontrolling the MOSFET. The devices have internal logiccircuitry that prevents shoot-through during output-statchanges. The logic inputs are protected against voltagespikes up to +14V, regardless of VDD voltage. Propagationdelay time is minimized and matched between the dualchannels. The devices have very fast switching time,combined with short propagation delays (12ns typ),making them ideal for HIgh-Frequency circuits. Thedevices operate from a +4V to +14V single powersupply and typically consume 1mA of supply current.The MAX17600/MAX17601 have standard TTLinput logic levels, while the MAX17603 /MAX17604/MAX17605 have CMOS-like high-noise margin (HNM)input logic levels. The MAX17600/MAX17603 are dualinverting input drivers, the MAX17601/MAX17604 aredual noninverting input drivers, and the MAX17602 /MAX17605 devices have one noninverting and oneinverting input. These devices are provided with enablepins (ENA, ENB) for better control of driver operation.
The LT®6552 is a specialized dual-differencing 75MHzoperational amplifier ideal for rejecting common modenoise as a video line receiver. The input pairs are designedto operate with equal but opposite large-signal differencesand provide exceptional high frequency commonmode rejection (CMRR of 65dB at 10MHz), therebyforming an extremely versatile gain block structure thatminimizes component count in most situations. The dualinput pairs are free to take on independent common modelevels, while the two voltage differentials are summedinternally to form a net input signal.
Linear Technology’s High Frequency Product lineupincludes a variety of RF I/Q modulators. The purpose ofthis application note is to illustrate the circuits requiredto interface these modulators with several popular D/Aconverters. Such circuits typically are required to maximizethe voltage transfer from the DAC to the baseband inputsof the modulator, as well as provide some reconstructionfi ltering.
Automotive batteries, industrial power supplies, distributedsupplies and wall transformers are all sources ofwide-ranging high voltage inputs. The easiest way to stepdown these sources is with a high voltage monolithicstep-down regulator that can directly accept a wide inputrange and produce a well-regulated output. The LT®3493accepts inputs from 3.6V to 36V and LT3481 acceptsinputs from 3.6V to 34V. Both provide excellent lineand load regulation and dynamic response. The LT3481offers a high effi ciency solution over a wide load range andkeeps the output ripple low during Burst Mode® operationwhile the LT3493 provides a tiny solution with minimalexternal components. The LT3493 operates at 750kHzand the LT3481 has adjustable frequency from 300kHzto 2.8MHz. High frequency operation enables the use ofsmall, low cost inductors and ceramic capacitors.