BB PCM69AP

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PCM67P/U
PCM69AP/AU
Advanced 1-Bit BiCMOS Dual 18-Bit
DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER
FEATURES
DESCRIPTION
● 18-BIT RESOLUTION DUAL AUDIO DAC
● EXCELLENT THD PERFORMANCE:
0.0025% (–92dB) at F/S, K Grade
1.0% (–40dB) at –60dB, K Grade
The PCM67 and PCM69A dual 18-bit DAC are low
cost, dual output 18-bit BiCMOS digital-to-analog converters utilizing a novel architecture to achieve excellent low level performance.
● HIGH S/N RATIO: 110dB typ (IHF-A)
● DUAL, CO-PHASE
By combining a conventional thin-film R-2R ladder
DAC, a digital offset technique with analog correction
and an advanced one-bit DAC using first order noise
shaping technique, the PCM67 and PCM69A achieve
high resolution, minimal glitch, and low zero-crossing
distortion.
● SINGLE SUPPLY +5V OPERATION
● LOW POWER: 75mW typical
● CAPABLE OF 16X OVERSAMPLING
● AVAILABLE IN SPACE SAVING
16-PIN DIP OR 20-PIN SOIC
● OPERATING TEMP RANGE:
–25°C to +85°C
● EXTREMELY LOW GLITCH ENERGY
PCM67 digital offset occurs at bit 9, making it ideal for
high-performance CD players. PCM69A digital offset
occurs at bit 4, making it an excellent choice for digital
musical instruments and audio DSP.
Both PCM67 and PCM69A operate from a single +5V
supply. The low power consumption and small size (16pin PDIP or 20-pin SOIC) make these converters ideal
for a variety of digital audio applications.
10-Bit DAC plus
Analog Correction
Reference
Servo
Analog Output Lch
Advanced 1-Bit
DAC
10-Bit DAC plus
Analog Correction
Digital Signal In
Input
Interface
Buffer
VCOM
Lch
Buffer
VCOM
Rch
Analog Output Rch
Advanced 1-Bit
DAC
SBAS024
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© 1992 Burr-Brown Corporation
PDS-1168A
Printed in U.S.A. August, 1993
SPECIFICATIONS
ELECTRICAL
All specifications at +25°C and +VA, +VD = +5V unless otherwise noted
PCM67/69A
PARAMETER
CONDITIONS
MIN
TYP
MAX
UNITS
RESOLUTION
18
Bits
DYNAMIC RANGE, THD+N at –60dB Referred to Full Scale
106
dB
DIGITAL INPUT
Logic Family
Logic Level: VIH
VIL
Data Format
Input System Clock Frequency
TTL/CMOS Compatible
IIH = ±5µA
IIL = ±5µA
+2
0
+VD
0.8
Serial, MSB First, BTC(1)
16.9344
MHz
TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION + N(2,3,4)
PCM67P/69AP, PCM67U/69AU
f = 991Hz (0dB)
f = 991Hz (–20dB)
f = 991Hz (–60dB)
fS = 352.8kHz
fS = 352.8kHz
fS = 352.8kHz
–86
–68
–40
–82
PCM67P-J/69AP-J, PCM67U-J/69AU-J
f = 991Hz (0dB)
f = 991Hz (–20dB)
f = 991Hz (–60dB)
fS = 352.8kHz
fS = 352.8kHz
fS = 352.8kHz
–91
–72
–46
–88
PCM67P-K/69AP-K, PCM67U-K/69AU-K
f = 991Hz (0dB)
f = 991Hz (–20dB)
f = 991Hz (–60dB)
fS = 352.8kHz
fS = 352.8kHz
fS = 352.8kHz
–95
–74
–46
–92
(f = 1kHz)
106
at –90dB Signal Level
±1
±3
±1
95
1
CHANNEL SEPARATION
ACCURACY
Level Linearity
Gain Error
Gain Mismatch, Channel-to-Channel
Gain Drift
Warm-up Time
IDLE CHANNEL SNR(5)
0°C to +70°C
20Hz to 40kHz at BPZ(6)
ANALOG OUTPUT
Output Range (±3%)
Output Impedance (±30%)
VCOM
Glitch Energy
3.35
POWER SUPPLY REQUIREMENTS, System Clock = 16.9344MHz
+VA, +VD Supply Voltage Range
+VA = +VD
+IA, +ID Combined Supply Current
+VA, +VD = +5V
Power Dissipation
+VA, +VD = +5V
+4.75
TEMPERATURE RANGE
Operating
Storage
V
V
–34
–40
–40
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
±10
±5
dB
%
%
ppm/°C
Minute
110
dB
1.2
1.8
3.50
No Glitch Around Zero
3.65
mA
kΩ
V
+5.25
20
105
V
mA
mW
+85
+100
°C
°C
+5.00
15
75
–25
–55
NOTES: (1) Binary Two’s Complement coding. (2) Ratio of (DistortionRMS + NoiseRMS)/SignalRMS. (3) D/A converter output frequency/signal level (both left and right
channels are “on”). (4) D/A converter sample frequency (8 x 44.1kHz; 8X oversampling per channel). (5) Ratio of NoiseRMS/SignalRMS. Measured using a 40kHz
3rd-order GIC (Generalized Immittance Converter) filter and an A-weighted filter. (6) Bipolar Zero.
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PCM67/69A
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PIN ASSIGNMENTS
PCM67P
ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS
PCM67U
PCM69AP PCM69AU
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
DESCRIPTION
MNEMONIC
+5V Analog Supply Voltage
Left Voltage Common
No Connection
Left Current Output (0 to 1.2mA)
Servo Decoupling Capacitor
Reference Decoupling Capacitor
Right Current Output (0 to 1.2mA)
No Connection
Right Voltage Common
Analog Common
Digital Common
Mode Control 2
Right Data Input
Bit Clock
System Clock
Word Clock
Left Data Input
Mode Control 3
Mode Control 1
+5V Digital Supply Voltage
+VA
LVCOM
NC
LIOUT
SRVCAP
REFCAP
RIOUT
NC
RVCOM
ACOM
DCOM
MC2
RDATA
BTCK
SYSCK
WDCK
LDATA
MC3
MC1
+VD
+VA, +VD to ACOM, DCOM ................................................... 0V to +6.5V
ACOM to DCOM ............................................................................... ±0.5V
Digital Inputs to DCOM ............................................ –0.3V to +VD + 0.3V
Power Dissipation ................ 300mW (U Package), 500mW (P Package)
Lead Temperature, (soldering, 10s) .............................................. +260°C
Max Junction Temperature ............................................................ +165°C
NOTE: Stresses above those listed under “Absolute Maximum Ratings”
may cause permanent damage to the device. Exposure to absolute
maximum conditions for extended periods may affect device reliability.
ELECTROSTATIC
DISCHARGE SENSITIVITY
Electrostatic discharge can cause damage ranging from performance degradation to complete device failure. Burr-Brown
Corporation recommends that all integrated circuits be handled
and stored using appropriate ESD protection methods.
PACKAGE INFORMATION
MODEL
PCM67P/69AP
PCM67U/69AU
PACKAGE
PACKAGE DRAWING
NUMBER(1)
16-Pin Plastic DIP
20-Pin SOIC
180
248
NOTE: (1) For detailed drawing and dimension table, please see end of data
sheet, or Appendix D of Burr-Brown IC Data Book.
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PCM67/69A
PIN CONFIGURATION — PCM67P/69AP (16-Pin DIP)
Data-L
WDCK
SYS CLOCK
BCK
Data-R
1µF
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
4
5
6
7
8
PCM67P/69AP
+VCC
(+5V)
1
2
3
10µF
3.3µF
3.3µF
RNF
RNF
Lch
OUT
10µF
10µF
Rch
OUT
PIN CONFIGURATION — PCM67U/69AU (20-Pin SOIC)
Data-L
WDCK
SYS CLOCK
BCK
Data-R
1µF
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
PCM67U/69AU
+VCC
(+5V)
1
2
3
10µF
3.3µF
3.3µF
RNF
10µF
Lch
OUT
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PCM67/69A
RNF
4
10µF
Rch
OUT
TYPICAL PERFORMANCE CURVES
All specifications at +25°C and VCC = +5.0V unless otherwise noted.
THD vs POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGE
GAIN ERROR / VCOM vs POWER SUPPLY
1.0%
0.01%
3
–60dB
2
F/S
0.2%
0.002%
1
Gain Error
3.60
VCOM (V)
THD (–60dB)
Gain Error (%)
0.5%
0.005%
THD (F/S)
3.70
0
–1
3.50
VCOM
–2
0.001%
4.75
–3
4.75
0.1%
5.25
5.0
3.40
5.25
5.0
VCC (V)
VCC (V)
GAIN ERROR / VCOM vs TEMPERATURE
THD vs TEMPERATURE
0.01%
3
1.0%
3.70
–60dB
2
F/S
0.002%
1
3.60
VCOM (V)
THD (–60dB)
Gain Error (%)
0.5%
THD (F/S)
0.005%
0
–1
3.50
0.2%
–2
0.001%
–25
0
25
50
85
–3
0.1%
100
–25
0
25
50
75 85
3.40
100
Temperature (%)
Temperature (°C)
THD vs SYSTEM CLOCK FREQUENCY
CHANNEL SEPARATION vs SIGNAL FREQUENCY
0.01%
1.0%
115
fs = 44.1kHz
–60dB
110
THD (–60dB)
Separation (dB)
0.5%
THD (F/S)
0.005%
F/S
0.002%
0.2%
0.001%
100
95
100
0.1%
384
192
96
105
48
500
1k
2k
4k
8k 16k … 128k
f (Hz)
fs (Hz)
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PCM67/69A
DISCUSSION OF
SPECIFICATIONS
VOUT = 1.2mA • RNF
The PCM67 and PCM69A are specified to provide critical
performance criteria for a variety of applications. The accuracy of a D/A converter is described by the transfer function
shown in Figure 1.
VOUT
RNF
VCOM
1.2mA
IOUT
Digital In
+FSR
011...11
VOUT
VCOM
(3.5V)
Gain Error
FIGURE 2. I/V Amplifier Circuit.
000...00
S/N RATIO
S/N ratio is defined as the ratio of full scale output and no input
noise level at BPZ point. The PCM67/69A is specified at
110dB typical with “IHF-A” filter.
Analog
Out
111...11
BPZ
BPZ – 1LSB
100...00
–FSR
(V
= 3.5V)
LEVEL LINEARITY ERROR
Level linearity error is defined as the deviation of actual
analog output level from digital input level. PCM67/69A is
specified at 1dB typical at –90dB output level. The 0.5LSB
quantization error at –90dB of 16-bit conversion is equal to
+1.94dB, –2.5dB.
COM
FIGURE 1. Transfer Performance.
DIGITAL INPUT CODE
The PCM67/69A accepts Binary Two’s Complement (BTC)
digital input code (MSB FIRST).The relationship of digital
input to analog output is shown in Table 1.
DIGITAL INPUT
ANALOG OUTPUT
(VOLTAGE)
ANALOG OUTPUT
(CURRENT)
7FFFFF (HEX)
00003F (HEX)
FFFFFF (HEX)
80003F (HEX)
+FSR
BPZ
BPZ – 1LSB
–FSR
–1.2mA
–0.6mA
–0.59995mA
0mA
TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION
THD is a key parameter in audio applications, THD is a
measure of the magnitude and distribution of the linearity
error, differential linearity error, and noise, as well as quantization error. To be useful, THD should be specified for both
high level and low level input signals. This error is unadjustable
and is the most meaningful indicator of D/A converter accuracy for audio applications.
THD is defined as the ratio of the square root of the sum of the
squares of the values of the harmonics to the value of the
fundamental input frequency and is expressed in percent or
dB. The rms value of the PCM67/69A error referred to the
input can be shown to be
TABLE I. Digital Code and Analog Out.
GAIN ERROR AND GAIN MISMATCH,
CHANNEL-TO-CHANNEL
Gain error is defined as deviation of the output current span
from the ideal span of 1.2mA (FSR) on each channel. Gain
error of PCM67/69A is typically ±3% of FSR.
ε rms =
Gain mismatch, channel-to-channel is defined as the difference in gain error between the left channel and right channel.
n
∑ E L (i ) + E Q (i ) 
2
(1)
i=1
where n is the number of samples in one cycle of any given
sine wave, EL(i) is the linearity error of the PCM67 or
PCM69A at each sampling point. THD can then be expressed
as
THE RELATIONSHIP OF VCOM AND I/V OUT
The output current range of PCM67 and PCM69A is 0mA to
1.2mA as shown in Table 1.
n
In the typical application, the non-inverting input of the
external I/V op amp is connected to the VCOM pin of PCM67
and PCM69A. Accordingly, the output voltage level at FSR
after I/V conversion is VCOM voltage (+3.5V) as shown in
Figure 2.
THD =
ε rms
Er ms
2
1 

n ∑  EL (i ) + EQ (i ) 
=
i =1
E rms
where Erms is the rms signal-voltage level.
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PCM67/69A
1
n
6
× 100%
(2)
This expression indicates that, in general, there is a correlation
between the THD and the square root of the sum of the squares
of the linearity errors at each digital word of interest. However, this expression does not mean that the worst-case linearity error of the D/A is directly correlated to THD.
The PCM67/69A accepts TTL compatible logic input levels.
The data format of the PCM67/69A is BTC with the most
significant bit (MSB) being first in the serial input bit stream.
tSL tSH
For PCM67 and PCM69A the test period is set at an 8X
oversampling rate (352.8kHz = 44.1kHz • 8), which is the
typical sample rate for CD player applications.
SYS Clock
The test signal frequency is 991Hz and the amplitude of the
signal level is F/S (0dB), and –60dB down from F/S.
Data
tDH
All THD tests are performed without a deglitcher circuit and
without a 20kHz low pass filter.
LSB
tCH
tSH:
tSL:
tDW:
tDSU:
tDHO:
tCH:
tCL:
tCW:
tWC:
tWH:
tWL:
The user can choose either model for their application.
Table II shows the different SYSCLK options.
PCM67
PCM69A
384Fs
192Fs, 96Fs
WDCK
tn1
SYSCLK
Refer to Figure 3 for graphical relationships of these signals.
The setup and hold timing relationships for these signals are
shown in Figure 4.
bit17 LSB MSB bit2
bit17 LSB
L-ch Data
MSB
bit2
bit17 LSB MSB bit2
bit17 LSB
SYS Clock High Pulse Width : 15ns, min
SYS Clock Low Pulse Width : 15ns, min
Data Valid Time : 20ns, min
Data Setup Time : 10ns, min
Data Hold Time : 5ns, min
Bit Clock High Pulse Width : 15ns, min
Bit Clock Low Pulse Width : 15ns, min
WD Clock Fall Time From Bit Clock Rise : 10ns, min
Bit Clock Rise Time From WD Clock Fall : 15ns, min
WD Clock High Pulse Width : 1 SYS Clock Cycle, min
WD Clock Low Pulse Width : 1 SYS Clock Cycle, min
PCM69A timing is similar to PCM67 except that PCM69A is
capable of operating from any system clock up to 384Fs. For
synchronized operation, PCM69A system clock and WDCK
timing must be as shown in Figure 5.
LOGIC TIMING
The serial data bit transfers are triggered on positive bit clock
(BCK) edges. The serial-to-parallel data transfer to the DAC
occurs on the falling edge of Word Clock (WDCK). The
change in the output of the DAC coincides with the falling
edge of WDCK.
bit2
tWL
TIMING OF PCM69A
TABLE II. System Clock Requirements.
MSB
tWC
FIGURE 4. Timing Specification.
Any Clock (with timing condition)
Examples: 384Fs, 300Fs, 256Fs, 200Fs, 90Fs
R-ch Data
tCW
tWH
The PCM69A is capable of any system clock up from 48Fs to
384Fs such as 384Fs, 256Fs, 100Fs with condition for timing
as described in “Timing of PCM69A” in Figure 5.
OTHER CAPABLE
SYSCLK
tCL
WD Clock
The PCM67 is capable of only a 384Fs corollary system clock
frequency such as 192Fs, 96Fs (24 times word rate or integer
multiple of 24).
BASIC SYSCLK
tDHO
Bit Clock
SYSTEM CLOCK REQUIREMENTS
The PCM67 and PCM69A need a system clock for the one-bit
noise shaping DAC operation.
MODEL
tDSU
tn2
SYSCLK
tn1: WDCK Fall Delay From Rise of SYSCLK : min 10ns
tn2: SYSCLK Rise Delay From Fall of WDCK : min 20ns
FIGURE 5. Timing of PCM69A for SYSCLK and WDCK.
Bit Clock
WD Clock
SYS Clock
1 WDCK
FIGURE 3. Timing Diagram.
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PCM67/69A
INSTALLATION
SHIFT OF I/V OUT VOLTAGE
If the user requires a bipolar voltage output centered around
0V or one-half of VCC, the output can be shifted by adding an
offset current on the inverting point of the I/V op amp as
shown in Figure 6.
POWER SUPPLIES
Refer to “Pin Configuration” diagram for proper connection
of the PCM67/69A. The PCM67/69A requires only a +5V
supply. Both analog and digital supplies should be tied together at a single point, as no real advantage is gained by using
separate supplies. It is more important that both these supplies
be as “clean” as possible to reduce coupling of supply noise to
the output.
+VCC
(+5V)
FILTER CAPACITOR REQUIREMENTS
As shown in the “Pin Configuration” diagram, various sizes of
decoupling capacitors can be used with no special tolerances
required. All capacitors should be as close to the appropriate
pins of the PCM67/69A as possible to reduce noise pickup
from surrounding circuitry.
VOUT
VCOM
VCOM
(+3.5V)
VCC
2
or 0V
C2
6V
0V
Note: R1 and C1 are noise de-coupling circuits from noise
on +VCC power supply line.
FIGURE 7. Useful Application Circuit for Shift of I/V Out
Voltage.
INTERFACE CONTROL FUNCTION
Both the PCM67 and PCM69A (SOIC package type) are
capable of 16-bit L/R serial input and 20-bit L/R parallel input
as shown in Table 3.
VO
VS
VSHT
+VCC
RNF
ROS
+
10µF ~ 100µF
The best suitable value for the capacitors should be determined by the user’s actual application board.
VO
C1
RNF
5kΩ
R2
330Ω
IOUT
The value of these capacitors is influenced by actual board
layout design and noise from power supplies and other digital
input lines.
VO
2
+
10µF ~ 100µF
A power supply decoupling capacitor should be used near the
analog supply pin to maximize power supply rejection, as
shown in Figure 6, regardless of how good the supplies are.
Both commons should be connected to an analog ground
plane as close to the PCM67/69A as possible.
VCOM +
R1
820Ω
IOS
IOUT
VOUT
VCOM
(3.5V)
MC1
MC2
MC3
DATA-R
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
X
X
X
X
INPUT FORMAT
16-Bit
16-Bit
18-Bit
18-Bit
20-Bit
20-Bit
18-Bit
18-Bit
L/R
L/R
L/R
L/R
L/R
L/R
L/R
L/R
Serial(1)
Serial(1)
Serial(1)
Serial(1)
Parallel
Parallel
Parallel
Parallel
LR L R
LR L R
LR L R
LR L R
WDCK
WDCK
WDCK
WDCK
[WDCK Invert]
[WDCK Invert]
NOTE: (1) Data input to Data-Lch (Pin 17) for L/R serial format.
TABLE III. Interface Control Function of SOIC.
In case of shift to ±3V swing, 0V center
V
6V
RNF = OUT =
= 5kΩ
1.2mA
1.2mA
PCM67P and PCM69AP (DIP package) have only 18-bit
L/R serial input function as shown in Table 4.
–FSR±(VS) = –3V after offset addition, shift voltage
VSHT is given by
VSHT = VCOM + 3V = 3.5 + 3 = 6.5V
Offset Current IOS is given by
VSHT
6.5V
IOS =
=
= 1.3mA
RNF
5kΩ
Offset Resistor ROS is given by
V – VCOM
ROS = CC
= 5 – 3.5V = 1.15kΩ
1.3mA
IOS
DATA-R
INPUT FORMAT
0
0
1
0
1
X
18-Bit L/R Serial
18-Bit L/R Serial
18-Bit L/R Parallel
L R L R WDCK
L R L R WDCK
TABLE IV. Interface Control Function of DIP.
FIGURE 6. Shift of I/V Out Voltage.
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PCM67/69A
MC1
8
DIGITAL FILTER INTERFACE
16-Bit L/R Serial — 1
18-Bit L/R Parallel
+VDD
SM5840
PCM67U/69AU
PCM67U/69AU
11 DGND
11 DGND
12 MC2
12 MC2
CXD2551
DOR
13 Data R-ch
14 BCK
BCK0
16 WDCK
DOL
17 Data L-ch
Data L-ch
15 SYSCLK
WDCK0
16 WDCK
LRCK0
14 BCK
XTi
15 SYSCLK
X0 or X1
13 Data R-ch
BCK0
17 Data L-ch
18 MC3
18 MC3
4FS, 16-Bit Mode
19 MC1
19 MC1
20 +VDD
20 +VDD
18-Bit Mode
FIGURE 8. Using Sony CXD2551.
FIGURE 10. Using NPC SM5840.
16-Bit L/R Serial — 2
SM5807
20-Bit L/R Parallel
PCM67U/69AU
DF1700
11 DGND
12 MC2
12 MC2
14 BCK
XTi
16 WDCK
15 SYSCLK
WDCK0
17 Data L-ch
DOUT
13 Data R-ch
BCK0
15 SYSCLK
LRC0
SOMD = H
DOR
14 BCK
XTi
PCM67U/69AU
11 DGND
13 Data R-ch
BCK0
–VDD
16 WDCK
DOL
17 Data L-ch
18 MC3
18 MC3
19 MC1
19 MC1
20 +VDD
20 +VDD
+VDD
20-Bit Mode
+VDD
FIGURE 11. Using Burr-Brown DF1700.
FIGURE 9. Using NPC SM5807.
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PCM67/69A
THEORY OF OPERATION
Digital converters in audio systems have traditionally utilized
a laser-trimmed, current-source DAC architecture. Unfortunately, this type of technology suffers from the problems
inherent in switching widely varying current levels. Design
improvements have helped, but DACs of this type still exhibit
low-level nonlinearity due to errors at the major carry.
weight of bit n is switched in to compensate. This offset comes
from a one-bit DAC which has also been trimmed to 18-bit
linearity. While this technique doesn’t remove the major carry
error completely, the “glitch” is only present in higher amplitude signals where it is much less audible.
As for the one-bit DAC, a number of problems with this
architecture are also reduced: the DAC is designed to operate
from the system clock, thus eliminating the need for a separate
clock; the lower quantizing level of the DAC make it less
sensitive to clock jitter; and output filtering requirements are
reduced because “out-of-band noise” has smaller amplitude,
is “farther-out,” and increases much more slowly due to the
first-order noise shaper. Still, it is important to keep in mind
that the one-bit DAC imposes some design considerations.
Figure 2 shows the THD + N of the converter versus “System
Clock” frequency. This is the clock used to operate the one-bit
DAC and noise shaper. Generally, the higher the oversampling
the better. However, near full-scale, the converter is limited by
other constraints and higher clock frequencies (past 96fs) tend
to slightly worsen its performance. At low levels, performance improves almost linearly with increasing clock frequency. The one-bit DAC was designed to operate between
96fs (4X oversampling) and 384fs (16X oversampling). But,
it can be operated at 48fs (2X oversampling) with slightly
reduced performance.
Recently, DACs employing a different architecture have been
introduced. Most of these DACs utilize a one-bit DAC with
“noise shaping” techniques and very high oversampling rate
to achieve the digital-to-analog conversion. Basically, the
trade-off is from very accurate but slow current sources to one
rapidly sampled current source whose average output in the
audio frequency range is equal to the current desired. Noise
shaping insures that the “undesirable” frequencies associated
with one-bit DAC output lie outside the audio range.
These “Bitstream”, “MASH”, or one-bit DACs overcome the
low level linearity problems of conventional DACs, since
there can be no major carry error. However, this architecture
exhibits problems of its own: signal-to-noise performance is
usually worse than a similar conventional DAC, “dither
noise” may be needed in order to get rid of unwanted tones, a
separate high-speed clock may be required, the part may show
sensitivity to clock jitter, and a high-order low-pass filter is
necessary to filter the DAC output.
The PCM67/69A is a cross between these two architectures.
It includes both a conventional laser-trimmed, current-source
DAC and an advanced one-bit DAC. The conventional DAC
is a 10-bit DAC where each bit weight has been trimmed to 18bit linearity. The one-bit DAC has a weight equal to bit 10 and
employs a first-order noise shaper to generate the “bitstream.”
TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION + NOISE
A key specification for audio DACs is usually total harmonic
distortion plus noise (THD + N). For the PCM67/69A, THD
+ N is tested in production as shown in Figure 12. Digital data
words are read into the PCM67/69A at eight times the standard compact disk audio sampling frequency of 44.1kHz
(352.8kHz) so that a sine wave output of 991Hz is realized.
The output of the DAC goes to an I-to-V converter, then to a
programmable gain amplifier to provide gain at lower signal
output test levels, and then through a 40kHz low pass filter
before being fed into an analog type distortion analyzer.
This approach does not eliminate all the problems associated
with the two architectures but rather minimizes them as much
as possible. The conventional DAC still exhibits some major
carry error which would normally reduce low-level linearity.
However, to reduce this error even further, the PCM67/69A
utilizes an offset technique whereby bit n is subtracted from
the digital input code whenever it is positive (see Figure 1 and
Table I). When this is done, an offset current equal to the
®
PCM67/69A
10
Use 400Hz High-Pass
Filter and 30kHz
Low-Pass Filter
Meter Settings
Distortion
Analyzer
Programmable
Gain Amp
0dB to 60dB
Low-Pass
Filter
40kHz 3rd-Order
GIC Type
Parallel-to-Serial
Conversion
DUT
(PCM67/69A)
(Shiba Soku Model
725 or Equivalent)
Binary
Counter
Digital Code
(EPROM)
I-to-V
Converter
OPA627
System Clock
Bit Clock
Word Clock
Timing
Logic
Sampling Rate = 44.1kHz x 8 (352.8kHz)
Output Frequency = 991Hz
FIGURE 12. PCM67/69A THD+N Production Test.
C10
1000pF
R5
2kΩ
+5V
11
10
12
9
13
8
R7
200Ω
A2
+C
6
100µF
7
6
+
16
5
17
4
18
3
19
2
20
1
15
R4
680Ω
C5
+
PCM67
or
PCM69A
+
14
Digital
In
C8
10µF
1000pF
R6
R3
680Ω
C4
+ C12
2200pF
C9
10µF
10µF
OUT R-ch
2.5V ± 1.2V
2kΩ
R8
200Ω
A1
R2
680Ω
R1
680Ω
VCC
(+5V)
+
+ C1
0.1µF
+ C3
100µF
OUT L-ch
2.5V ± 1.2V
C7
10µF
+ C11
2200pF
A1, A2; NJM2100 or LM833
+C
2
100µF
FIGURE 13. Single +5V Power Supply, with LPF, I/V Amp Application Circuit for Portable Digital Audio.
®
11
PCM67/69A
PCM67/69A
12
10pF
10pF
1MΩ
16.9344MHz
(192FS )
Interleaved
Digital
Input
+5V
DGND
4700pF
150Ω
AGND
4
14
100pF
1
DA 17
3
28
L/R 15
5
Yamaha
YM3623
2
BCO 12
+
6
0.1µF
4.7µF
6
7
+
4.7µF
φA 8
28
1
17.1kΩ
Digital Interface
Format Receiver
+
4.7µF
+5V
17
A4
14 4 8 10 16 21
5
6
1.5kΩ
1.5kΩ
1.5kΩ
14 LDATA
DOL 24
3.3µF
5
LIOUT 3
–15V
4
A3
8
1
4.7µF
+
4.7µF
2200pF
510Ω
+15V
2200pF
2
3
8
1µF
LVCOM 2
16
+5V
9
Burr-Brown
PCM67P/69AP
(Note: 16-Pin DIP)
13 WDCK
WCK 25
Burr-Brown
DF1700P
7
2200pF
11 BTCK
12 SYSCK
3.3µF
4
15
18-Bit D/A
Converter
10 RDATA
1
BCO 26
22
4.7µF
10µF
DOR 23
8X Interpolation
Digital Filter
3
+5V
+
®
2
3
–15V
4
A2
8
1
4.7µF
+
4.7µF
5kΩ
220pF
A1
A1 to A4 = Burr-Brown OPA2604AP
or NE5532 equivalent.
100kΩ
3.3µF
+15V
10µF
5
6
VOUT
Left
2.7kΩ
NOTE: Only left channel shown.
+
FIGURE 14. HiFi D/A Converter Unit Application with Digital Audio Interface Format.
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