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FEATURES
Complete, Low Cost Stereo DAC System in a Single Die
Package
Variable Rate Oversampling Interpolation Filter
Multibit
Modulator with Triangular PDF Dither
Discrete and Continuous Time Analog Reconstruction
Filters
Extremely Low Out-of-Band Energy
64 Step (1 dB/Step) Analog Attenuator with Mute
Buffered Outputs with 2 k Output Load Drive
Rejects Sample Clock Jitter
94 dB Dynamic Range, –88 dB THD+N Performance
Option for Analog De-emphasis Processing with
External Passive Components
0.1 Maximum Phase Linearity Deviation
Continuously Variable Sample Rate Support
Digital Phase Locked Loop Based Asynchronous Master
Clock
On-Chip Master Clock Oscillator, Only External Crystal
Is Required
Power-Down Mode
Flexible Serial Data Port (I
2
S-Justified, Left-Justified,
Right-Justified and DSP Serial Port Modes)
SPI* Compatible Serial Control Port
Single +5 V Supply
28-Pin SOIC and SSOP Packages
APPLICATIONS
Digital Cable TV and Direct Broadcast Satellite Set-Top
Decoder Boxes
Digital Video Disc, Video CD and CD-I Players
High Definition Televisions, Digital Audio Broadcast
Receivers
CD, CD-R, DAT, DCC, ATAPI CD-ROM and MD Players
Digital Audio Workstations, Computer Multimedia
Products
Stereo, Single-Supply
18-Bit Integrated
DAC
AD1859
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
The AD1859 is a complete 16-/18-bit single-chip stereo digital
audio playback subsystem. It comprises a variable rate digital
interpolation filter, a revolutionary multibit sigma-delta (∑∆)
modulator with dither, a jitter-tolerant DAC, switched capacitor
and continuous time analog filters, and analog output drive cir-
cuitry. Other features include an on-chip stereo attenuator and
mute, programmed through an SPI-compatible serial control
port.
The key differentiating feature of the AD1859 is its asynchro-
nous master clock capability. Previous
∑∆
audio DACs re-
quired a high frequency master clock at 256 or 384 times the
intended audio sample rate. The generation and management
of this high frequency synchronous clock is burdensome to the
board level designer. The analog performance of conventional
single bit
∑∆
DACs is also dependent on the spectral purity of
the sample and master clocks. The AD1859 has a digital Phase
Locked Loop (PLL) which allows the master clock to be asyn-
chronous, and which also strongly rejects jitter on the sample
clock (left/right clock). The digital PLL allows the AD1859 to
be clocked with a single frequency (27 MHz for example) while
the sample frequency (as determined from the left/right clock)
can vary over a wide range. The digital PLL will lock to the
new sample rate in approximately 100 ms. Jitter components
15 Hz above and below the sample frequency are rejected by
6 dB per octave. This level of jitter rejection is unprecedented
in audio DACs.
The AD1859 supports continuously variable sample rates with
essentially linear phase response, and with an option for external
analog de-emphasis processing. The clock circuit includes an
on-chip oscillator, so that the user need only provide an external
crystal. The oscillator may be overdriven, if desired, with an ex-
ternal clock source.
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FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
DIGITAL
SUPPLY
2
CONTROL
DATA
INPUT
3
SERIAL
CONTROL
INTERFACE
MULTIBIT
∑∆
MODULATOR
MULTIBIT
∑∆
MODULATOR
REFERENCE
FILTER AND
GROUND
2
DPLL/CLOCK
MANAGER
DE-EMPHASIS
SWITCH LEFT
COMMON MODE
ASYNCHRONOUS
CLOCK/CRYSTAL
AD1859
VARIABLE RATE
INTERPOLATION
VARIABLE RATE
INTERPOLATION
VOLTAGE
REFERENCE
ANALOG
FILTER
ANALOG
FILTER
16- OR 18-BIT 6
DIGITAL DATA
INPUT
SERIAL
DATA
INTERFACE
DAC
DAC
ATTEN/
MUTE
ATTEN/
MUTE
OUTPUT
BUFFER
OUTPUT
BUFFER
2
ANALOG
OUTPUTS
DE-EMPHASIS
SWITCH RIGHT
POWER
DOWN/RESET
MUTE
DE-EMPHASIS
ANALOG
SUPPLY
*SPI
is a registered trademark of Motorola, Inc.
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