AN 967: Multiple Device Synchronization in Digital Phased Array System

ID 734485
Date 12/15/2023
Public

1. Introduction

This document provides guidelines for multiple data converters and FPGA devices system synchronization in the Digital Phased Array (DPA) system.

This document focuses on:

  • Implementation of JESD204B/C with the deterministic latency
  • Clock and SYSREF scheme
  • Data transformation in clock domain crossing
  • Event trigger synchronization

You must be familiar with JESD204B/C protocol and JESD204B/C Intel® FPGA IP core.

Table 1.  Related Documents
Reference Description
JESD204B Intel® FPGA IP User Guide Provides the features, architecture description, steps to instantiate, and guidelines to design the F-Tile JESD204C Intel® FPGA IP using Intel Agilex® 7, Intel® Arria® 10, Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX, Intel® Stratix® 10, and Stratix® V devices.
JESD204C Intel® FPGA IP User Guide Provides the features, architecture description, steps to instantiate, and guidelines to design the F-Tile JESD204C Intel® FPGA IP using Intel Agilex® 7, and Intel® Stratix® 10 devices.
F-Tile JESD204C Intel® FPGA IP User Guide Provides the features, architecture description, steps to instantiate, and guidelines to design the F-Tile JESD204C Intel® FPGA IP using Intel Agilex® 7 devices.
F-Tile JESD204B Intel® FPGA IP User Guide Provides the features, usage guidelines, and detailed description about the design examples for the F-Tile JESD204B Intel® FPGA IP using Intel Agilex® 7 devices.
AN 433: Constraining and Analyzing Source-Synchronous Interfaces Describes techniques for constraining and analyzing source-synchronous interfaces.
Table 2.  Terms and AcronymsThe following is a list of acronyms used throughout this document.
Acronym Expansion
ADC Analog to Digital Data Converter
AIB Advanced Interface Bus
DPA Digital Phased Array
DDR Double Data Rate
FIFO First-In-First-Out
I/O Input/Output
IOE Input/Output Element
PA Phased Array
PCB Printed Circuit Board
PVT Process, Voltage and Temperature
RX Receiver
TX Transmitter