This document is a user‘s guide for the DAC31x2EVM， an evaluation fixture for the DAC3152 and DAC3162 （DAC31x2） series of dual-channel， 10-/12-bit， 500-MSPS digital-to-analog converters （DACs）。 The DAC31x2EVM includes the TRF3703-33 quadrature modulator to facilitate measuring the output signals at a desired RF frequency. The EVM also includes the CDCP1803 clock buffer that distributes the clocks to the DAC， as well as a pattern generator. This EVM is ideally suited for mating with the TSW3100 pattern generation card for evaluating QAM， WCDMA， LTE， or other high-performance modulation schemes. For more information about the DAC31x2 family， see the product data sheet 。

　　Throughout this document， the acronym EVM and the phrases evaluation module and evaluation fixture are synonymous with the DAC31x2EVM.