


AD8302
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The AD8302 is a fully integrated system for measuring gain/loss and phase in numerous receive, transmit, and instrumentation applications. It requires...
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AD8302 on Analog.com



I see a few potential issues with your circuit that may or may not be causing the problem. I assume that you are seeing fixed dc levels at the magnitude and phase outputs (0.9 on VMAG and 1.8 to 2 V on VPHS. And you were expecting both signals to be moving because they are at different frequencies (that should at least cause the VPHS signal to be changing).
I've not heard back from you. Let me know if you need additional help. Otherwise, I'll close this out.
enash thank you for your response, I found out that there is a problem in DC bias at the inputs. I should see around 3.2V bias, but I sometimes I see that bias, and after a few seconds, it just collapses. (Vdd is 3.3V, and the datasheet says there should be around 3.2V bias). So I soldered a new PCB with a hotplate around 230 degrees celcius and the problem is fixed. My problem right now is that if I try to solder the IC with a soldering iron or a hot air it just doesn't work. I am under the recommended temperature on the datasheet (under 300 degrees celcius). I don't apply too much heat on pins of the IC. So I don't really see the reason why this happens.
It's hard to know what is going wrong here. This device should not be difficult to solder as it has leads and no slug on the underside. I double checked this; while I don't have a device at hand, the documentation suggests that this is a 14- pin TSS0P without an exposed pad. If I'm interpreting your layout correctly, you appear to have a large area of ground plane under the device with vias. While this is not necessarily a bad thing, I'm wondering if the ground plane's proximity to the device's pins is causing shorts. If you are putting solder paste on the ground plane area under the device, I would remove that because it has nothing to attach to. This may cause it to bleed on to the pins.
So, no short circuits occur during soldering; I check it afterwards with a multimeter. I would describe the AD8302 as an integrated circuit that requires very precise soldering because I haven't seen another integrated circuit in a TSSOP-14 package that causes this many problems. I appreciate your help.