Publication No. REF-000-009-R00
Red Rapids
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3.0 Specifications
The following section lists the performance specifications of the Front End Receiver based on
direct unit measurement unless otherwise noted. Measurements are listed as typical and
represent the mean performance of a representative sample of units under laboratory conditions
as listed in Table 3-1. More information on test setup can be found in section 4.3. Some
variation in performance will occur based on build variation, external system performance and
environment. See key component device data sheets in section 5.0 for more insight on
performance variation.
Table 3-1 Test Environment
Item
Description
Host
Personal Computer, On carrier in PCIe x8 Slot
Air Temperature 25 C (Room)
Cooling
Convection (Fan)
Voltage
Nominal “Typical” levels
ADC Control
Default API from Red Rapids website.
Clock
310 MHz External Clock
3.1 Input Levels
Parameter
Min
Typ
Max
Unit
Input Impedance
ADC Offset Error
(1)
DC Coupling Offset Error
(1)
DC-Coupled Option
– DC Offset Control
(2)
Range (at input)
Resolution (per step)
Full Scale Input (0 dBFS, 20 MHz, 50 ohms)
AC-Coupled
Input Voltage
Input Power
DC-Coupled
Input Voltage
Input Power
50
-10
+/-1.5 +10
-50
+50
-0.5
0.5
500
2.5
+12.0
1.0
+4.0
Ohms
mV
mV
V
uV
Vpp
dBm
Vpp
dBm
Notes:
(1)
ADC offset dominates when AC coupled; DC coupling circuit offset
dominates when DC coupled.
(2)
DC offset adjustment is discussed in section 2.3.