ADL5356
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APPLICATIONS INFORMATION
BASIC CONNECTIONS
The ADL5356 mixer is designed to downconvert radio
frequencies (RF) primarily between 1200 MHz and 2500 MHz
to lower intermediate frequencies (IF) between 30 MHz and
450 MHz. Figure 53 depicts the basic connections of the mixer.
It is recommended to ac-couple the RF and LO input ports to
prevent non-zero dc voltages from damaging the RF balun or
LO input circuit. The RFIN matching network consists of a
series 1.8 pF capacitor and a shunt 15 nH inductor to provide
the optimized RF input return loss for the desired frequency band.
IF PORT
The mixer differential IF interface requires pull-up choke inductors
to bias the open-collector outputs and to set the output match.
The shunting impedance of the choke inductors used to couple
dc current into the IF amplifier should be selected to provide
the desired output return loss.
The real part of the output impedance is approximately 200 Ω,
as seen in Figure 30, which matches many commonly used SAW
filters without the need for a transformer. This results in a voltage
conversion gain that is approximately 6 dB higher than the power
conversion gain, as shown in Table 3. When a 50 Ω output
impedance is needed, use a 4:1 impedance transformer, as shown
in Figure 53.
BIAS RESISTOR SELECTION
The IF bias resistors (R1 and R4) and LO bias resistors (R2 and R5)
are used to adjust the bias current of the integrated amplifiers at the
IF and LO terminals. It is necessary to have a sufficient amount
of current to bias both the internal IF and LO amplifiers to optimize
dc current vs. optimum IIP3 performance. Figure 41, Figure 43,
and Figure 44 provide the reference for the bias resistor selection
when lower power consumption is considered at the expense of
conversion gain and IP3 performance.
MIXER VGS CONTROL DAC
The ADL5356 features three logic control pins, VGS0 (Pin 24),
VGS1 (Pin 25), and VGS2 (Pin26), that allow programmability for
internal gate-to-source voltages for optimizing mixer performance
over desired frequency bands. The evaluation board defaults
VGS0, VGS1, and VGS2 to ground. Power conversion gain, NF,
IIP3, and input P1dB can be optimized, as shown in Figure 39
and Figure 40.
