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BASICS OF DIRECT DIGITAL
SYNTHESIS
Calen Carabajal
EECS 713
12/3/2013
“Direct Digital Synthesis is a method of
producing an analog waveform—
usually a sine wave—by generating a
time-varying signal in digital form and
then performing a digital-to-analog
conversion. [1]”
Capable of generating arbitrary
waveforms and accomplishing
various modulation schemes.
High-speed DDS applications include,
primarily, radar and communication
systems
WHAT DOES A DDS DO?
The core of the DDS is the phase
accumulator and a lookup table,
which comprise a Numerically
Controlled Oscillator
N-bit word in frequency control
register (Frequency Tuning Word, FTW)
is input to adder, added to feedback
accumulator output.
Truncated output serves as
address/input for sin() lookup table.
Output word is amplitude for given
phase value. Converted to analog.
HOW IT WORKS: THE DDS CORE
The FTW determines the jump size on
a phase wheel.
Each clock cycle, the phase
accumulator is updated by the
amount given by the frequency
tuning word.
Output of phase accumulator is a
ramp function with slope FTW
When accumulator surpasses 2^n, it
cycles back to beginning
HOW IT WORKS: FREQUENCY TUNING
WORD
Phase-to-amplitude conversion is a
block of memory.
Contains values ~2^M values of sine
wave amplitude
Only needs to contain first 90
degrees, not 360 degrees.
Accumulator output bits serve as
address
HOW IT WORKS: PHASE-TO-AMPLITUDE
CONVERSION
Basic example: single-tone
operation
Using a N=4 bit DDS
FTW: 0001
Phase accumulator ramps up 1 LSB
each clock cycle
DDS output is sin 2𝜋 ∗
𝑃𝐴𝑜𝑢𝑡
2𝑁
HOW IT WORKS: AN EXAMPLE
FTW EFFECT ON DDS OUTPUT
Figure taken from AD9914
datasheet
Direct control of frequency, phase,
and amplitude permitted by
function pin settings
PHASE AND AMPLITUDE CONTROL
BINARY PHASE SHIFT KEYING
ON-OFF KEYING (AMPLITUDE SHIFT)
CHIRP GENERATION USING ON-CHIP
DIGITAL RAMP GENERATOR
Understanding Direct Digital Synthesis (DDS). www.ni.com/whitepaper/5516/en
Ask the Application Engineer—33: All About Direct Digital
Synthesis.
http://www.analog.com/library/analogdialogue/archives/3808/dds.pdf
Fundamentals of Direct Digital Synthesis (DDS).
http://www.analog.com/static/imported-files/tutorials/MT085.pdf
AD9914 Datasheet. http://www.analog.com/static/importedfiles/data_sheets/AD9914.pdf
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