1 Features

• 16-bit, dual channel 250 and 500MSPS ADC

• Noise spectral density: -160.4dBFS/Hz

• Thermal Noise: 76.4dBFS

• Single core (non-interleaved) ADC architecture

• Aperture jitter: 75fs

• Buffered analog inputs

– Programmable 100Ω and 200Ω termination

• Input fullscale: 2VPP

• Full power input bandwidth (-3dB): 1.4GHz

• Spectral performance (fIN = 70MHz, -1dBFS):

– SNR: 75.6dBFS

– SFDR HD2,3: 80dBc

– SFDR worst spur: 94dBFS

• INL: ±2 LSB (typical)

• DNL: ±0.5 LSB (typical)

• Digital down-converters (DDCs)

– Up to four independent DDCs

– Complex and real decimation

– Decimation: /2, /4 to /32768 decimation

– 48-bit NCO phase coherent frequency hopping

• DDR/Serial LVDS interface

– 16-bit Parallel DDR LVDS for DDC bypass

– Serial LVDS for decimation

– 32-bit output option for high decimation

• Power consumption: 300mW/channel (500MSPS)

2 Applications

• Software defined radio

• Spectrum analyzer

• Radar

• Spectroscopy

• Power amplifier linearization

• Communications infrastructure

3 Description

The ADC3668 and ADC3669 (ADC366x) are a 16-

bit, 250MSPS and 500MSPS, dual channel analog to

digital converters (ADC). The devices are designed

for high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and deliver a

noise spectral density of −160dBFS/Hz (500MSPS).

The ADC366x includes an optional quad band

digital down-converter (DDC) supporting wide band

decimation by 2 to narrow band decimation by 32768.

The DDC uses a 48-bit NCO which supports phase

coherent and phase continuous frequency hopping.

The ADC366x is outfitted with a flexible LVDS

interface. In decimation bypass mode, the device

uses a 16-bit wide parallel DDR LVDS interface.

When using decimation, the output data is transmitted

using a serial LVDS interface reducing the number

of lanes needed as decimation increases. For high

decimation ratios, the output resolution can be

increased to 32-bit.

The power efficient ADC architecture consumes

300mW/ch at 500MSPS and provides power scaling

with lower sampling rates (250mW/ch at 250MSPS).