Hello,
I'm considering using two AD9734 DACs for I/Q modulation. Througout the datasheet, much is made of using DATACLK_OUT to generate DATACLK_IN. For example, on page 35 the data sheet says, "Using the DATACLK_OUT signal to generate the data allows most of the internal process, temperature, and voltage delay variation to be cancelled."
Since the incoming LVDS data is sampled with DATACLK_IN, and transferred via FIFO to the DACCLK domain, I don't see why this is so important. Everything should be OK if I guarantee that DATACLK_IN is frequency locked to DACCLK, especially if I use the LVDS Controller in AUTO mode to maintain a good phase on the Data Sampling Signal (DSS).
We do intend to use the DAC's internal FIFO even though we will have both an I DAC and a Q DAC. At startup, we plan to feed the DAC outputs back to our FPGA through ADCs and run an algorithm to align them.
Does Analog Devices agree that I can avoid using DATACLK_OUT in this system? The main reason I want to avoid it is that I have two DACS, and therefore two DATACLK_OUTs, but I want to clock the entire I/Q LVDS bus with a single clock.
Thanks,
Keith
