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WARP v3 AD Bridge (w3_ad_bridge)

The w3_ad_bridge core implements the I/O logic for interfacing user designs with the digital I/Q interfaces of the AD9963 ADCs/DACs on the WARP v3 board. The AD9963 digital ports are double data rate (DDR) interfaces with interleaved I/Q. The w3_ad_bridge core uses IDDR and ODDR primitives in the FPGA IOBs to efficiently translate between the external interleaved I/Q ports and internal separate I/Q busses. One w3_ad_bridge instance implements the digital interface for two RF paths.

The w3_ad_bridge core is packaged as a pcore which can instantiated in an XPS project. The design has been tested in hardware using Xilinx ISE 13.4. The w3_ad_bridge core does not attach to a processor bus, so there is no driver.

The current version of the w3_ad_bridge core is v3_00_g.

Refer to the latest WARP v3 reference projects for the recommended instantiation of the w3_ad_bridge core.


Tx Path

The w3_ad_bridge Tx path is illustrated below. The logic depicted here is replicated for each RF interface (RF A and RF B).

External Ports:

Port Direction Width Connection Description
ad_RFA_TXD Output 12 AD9963 TXD RF A Tx data (DDR, I/Q interleaved)
ad_RFA_TXCLK Output 1 AD9963 TXCLK RF A Tx data clock
ad_RFA_TXIQ Output 1 AD9963 TXIQ RF A Tx data select (ignored in DDR mode)
ad_RFB_TXD Output 12 AD9963 TXD RF B Tx data (DDR, I/Q interleaved)
ad_RFB_TXCLK Output 1 AD9963 TXCLK RF B Tx data clock
ad_RFB_TXIQ Output 1 AD9963 TXIQ RF B Tx data select (ignored in DDR mode)

Internal Ports:

Port Direction Width Description
sys_samp_clk_Tx Input 1 Clock for user-supplied TXD signals
sys_samp_clk_Tx_90 Input 1 90 degree phase shifted version of sys_samp_clk_Tx
user_RFA_TXD_I Input 12 RF A Tx I samples from user design
user_RFA_TXD_Q Input 12 RF A Tx Q samples from user design
user_RFA_TXIQ Input 1 RF A Tx I/Q select (ignored in DDR mode)
user_RFB_TXD_I Input 12 RF B Tx I samples from user design
user_RFB_TXD_Q Input 12 RF B Tx Q samples from user design
user_RFB_TXIQ Input 1 RF B Tx I/Q select (ignored in DDR mode)

TXCLK
The AD9963 TXCLK input is used to capture the data presented on the TXD bus. In order to meet setup/hold requirements, the FPGA TXCLK output is a 90-degree phase shifted version of the clock signal for the TXD output. The TXCLK output is generated using the same IOB ODDR primitives as the TXD outputs. This design minimizes skew between the TXD and TXCLK signals.

The user design must supply both sys_samp_clk_Tx and sys_samp_clk_Tx_90, assuring they are 90 degrees out of phase and synchronous to the input I/Q signals.

TXIQ
The TXIQ ports are used by the AD9963 to de-interleave I/Q when the TXCLK runs at 2x the TXD data rate. The w3_ad_bridge implements a passthrough from user_RFx_TXIQ to ad_RFx_TXIQ.

Our projects configure TXCLK to run at 1x the TXD data rate (i.e. DDR), so the TXIQ signal is not needed to de-interleave I/Q. The user_RFx_TXIQ ports are tied to GND in our reference projects.


Rx Path

External Ports:

Port Direction Width Connection Description
ad_RFA_TRXD Input 12 AD9963 TRXD RF A Rx data (DDR, I/Q interleaved)
ad_RFA_TRXCLK Input 1 AD9963 TRXCLK RF A Rx data clock
ad_RFA_TRXIQ Input 1 AD9963 TRXIQ RF A Rx data select (ignored in DDR mode)
ad_RFB_TRXD Input 12 AD9963 TRXD RF B Rx data (DDR, I/Q interleaved)
ad_RFB_TRXCLK Input 1 AD9963 TRXCLK RF B Rx data clock
ad_RFB_TRXIQ Input 1 AD9963 TRXIQ RF B Rx data select (ignored in DDR mode)

Internal Ports:

Port Direction Width Description
sys_samp_clk_Rx Input 1 Clock for user I/Q outputs
user_RFA_RXD_I Output 12 RF A Rx I samples for user design
user_RFA_RXD_Q Output 12 RF A Rx Q samples for user design
user_RFB_RXD_I Output 12 RF B Rx I samples for user design
user_RFB_RXD_Q Output 12 RF B Rx Q samples for user design

Clocks
The IDDR registers are clocked by the AD9963-generated TRXCLK. The IDDR outputs are re-registered through D flip flops clocked by the user-supplied sys_samp_clk_Rx. The user design must assure the AD9963 is configured to generate a TRXCLK at the same frequency as the user-supplied sys_samp_clk_Rx.


Source

The full hardware and software source code is available in the repository: PlatformSupport/CustomPeripherals/pcores/w3_ad_bridge_v3_00_g. The VHDL, Verilog and C source code are made available under the WARP license.


Changelog

2012-Aug-12:

  • Created w3_ad_bridge_v3_00_g, branched from w3_ad_bridge_v3_00_f
    • Separate sys_samp_clk ports for Tx/Rx paths, to enable different ADC/DAC data rates
Last modified 12 years ago Last modified on Aug 12, 2012, 7:45:19 PM