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Issues with interference across 4 different DAC's

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rp181
Sat Dec 29 2012, 07:07PM Print
rp181 Registered Member #1062 Joined: Tue Oct 16 2007, 02:01AM
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I am having issues with cross talk across 32 different signals, fed from 4x 0-2.5V 8 channel DAC's. The odd thing is the interference only seems to be occurring across different DAC's and not between different channels of the same DAC. It's not small interference either, its like the signals are coupled together. To add to the weirdness, the output signal is sometimes going negative; it should never do that. The 0-2.5V input signal feeds an inverting amp which feeds another inverting amp. Rails are -15 and +15 on the preamp and -15 and +~150 on the power amp.

The 4x DAC's are driving the amps through a 5' shielded ribbon cable (expanded copper mesh around the cable, connected to GND). this 0-2.5V signal drives a 4x preamp, which then drives a 20x power amp. It is low pass filtered to ~500khz.

Here is a picture of the setup:
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You can see the input ribbon cable dropping out of the picture; it goes to an adjacent table with the DAC's.

And some scope shots with explanations:
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Any ideas what is going on? I am stumped.
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Steve Conner
Sat Dec 29 2012, 09:06PM
Steve Conner Registered Member #30 Joined: Fri Feb 03 2006, 10:52AM
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Sounds like a problem in the digital domain. Check your setup and hold times for your DAC interface.

For example, if you violate the data setup time, one DAC could get some data meant for the previously accessed one.
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rp181
Sat Dec 29 2012, 10:05PM
rp181 Registered Member #1062 Joined: Tue Oct 16 2007, 02:01AM
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I found Two problems that resolved the issue:
1. The 3.3V supply was sagging to about 2.8-3V. Replacing the BNC cable fixed this.
2. The DAC's 3.3V was connected to the amps GND.

How those caused the issues I have no idea, but it fixed it!
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