
SLOS711B – NOVEMBER 2011 – REVISED MARCH 2012
9.12 TRANSMIT FINE FREQUENCY MIXER (FMIX)
The fine mixer uses a Numerically Controlled Oscillator (NCO) to generate two complementary outputs of
a finely programmable frequency, which is then mixed with the A and B inputs to generate complex
outputs.
The mixer computes two outputs as follows:
Output I = {Acos(
ωmixt) – B sin(ωmixt)} and
Output Q = {Asin(
ωmixt) + Bcos(ωmixt)}
where
ωmix is the programmed fine frequency.
The NCO has a 32 bit frequency register, and a 20 bit phase register. The 32 bit frequency register can be
used to set the mixing frequency over a range of ±Fs/2 in steps of Fs/232.
9.13 TRANSMIT COARSE FREQUENCY MIXER
The transmit path contains an optional ±FDACCLK/4 coarse digital frequency mixer. An example of its use is
the processing of an input pattern to the AFE7225/7222 at or near baseband. The digital mixer can move
the carrier or block of carriers to a higher IF after interpolation. This is useful especially in quadrature
modulation as it creates more separation between the wanted signal and its image, making it easier to
filter the unwanted image at RF after the analog quadrature modulator.
MIXING MODE
MIXING
MIXING PATTERN(1)
Iout = { +A, +A , +A, +A }
00
Normal (Low Pass, No Mixing)
Qout = { +B, +B , +B, +B }
Iout = { +A, –A , +A, –A }
01
High Pass (Fs/2)
Qout = { +B, –B , +B, –B }
Iout = { +A, –B , –A, +B }
10
+Fs/4
Qout = { +B, +A , –B, –A }
Iout = { +A, +B , –A, –B }
11
–Fs/4
Qout = { +B, –A , –B, +A }
(1)
A and B are the inputs to the CMIX block. Iout and Qout are the outputs.
9.14 TRANSMIT INVERSE SINC FILTER
The inverse SINC filter is 9-tap and has a response that is inverse of the natural DAC droop versus
frequency (due to sin(x)/x roll-off caused by zero-order hold of DAC sampling. It uses the same
coefficients as in DAC5688. The inverse sinc filter has a gain > 1 at all frequencies. Therefore, the signal
input to the inverse SINC must be reduced from full scale to prevent saturation in the filter. The amount of
backoff required depends on the signal frequency, and is set such that at the signal frequencies the
combination of the input signal and filter response is less than 1 (0dB). For example, if the signal input to
the inverse SINC filter is at FDACCLK/4, the response of the inverse SINC is 0.9 dB, and the signal must be
backed off from full scale by 0.9 dB. The gain function in the QMC block can be used to reduce the
amplitude of the input signal. The coefficients are same as those in the inverse SINC filter in DAC5688
(listed only up to the middle one).
Coefficients = [ 1 –4 13 –50 592 ]
Its frequency response is shown below:
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