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Typical Modulated Output Spectral Plots
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Figure 1. QPSK at 42 MHz and 5.12 MS/s; 10.24 MHz
External Clock with REFCLK Multiplier = 12, CIC Interpolation
Rate = 3, 4ϫ Oversampled Data
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START 0Hz
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STOP 80MHz
Figure 3. 16-QAM at 65 MHz and 2.56 MS/s; 10.24 MHz
External Clock with REFCLK Multiplier = 18, CIC Interpolation
Rate = 9, 4ϫ Oversampled Data
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START 0Hz
4MHz/
STOP 40MHz
Figure 2. 64-QAM at 28 MHz and 6 MS/s; 36 MHz External
Clock with REFCLK Multiplier = 4, CIC Interpolation Rate =
2, 3ϫ Oversampled Data
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START 0Hz
5MHz/
STOP 50MHz
Figure 4. 256-QAM at 38 MHz and 6 MS/s; 48 MHz External
Clock with REFCLK Multiplier = 4, CIC Interpolation Rate =
2, 4ϫ Oversampled Data
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