AD9363
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The AD9363 is a high performance, highly integrated RF agile
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During the development of our board, a design mistake was made: the TX2B RF output of the AD9363 was left floating and was not connected to the recommended 1.3 V bias network. At the same time, the TX2A output is actively used.
Could you please advise what issues or performance degradation may result from leaving TX2B unconnected? Are there any potential impacts on TX2A operation, output power, spectral purity, EVM, spurious emissions, or long-term device reliability?
Thank you for your help.
Our standard recommendation for Tx unused ports should be tied to 1.3V. if there are any leakages from unused ports and we might see the performance degradation in the Tx channel.
Regards,
SJ
Is there any way to mitigate the effects of this issue through software or device configuration? For example, can the unused TX2B path be disabled or powered down to minimise any impact caused by leaving the TX2B outputs unconnected?
HI Stanislav3S88 ,
We have selection of the port for both channels with single register bit bool value. These are selected from mux selection bit. You cannot independently switch off the section.
It is better to properly biased to have no leakages. This cannot solve through software configuration.
Regards,
SJ