CS44L10
6. APPLICATIONS
6.1 Grounding and Power Supply Decoupling
As with any switching converter, the CS44L10 re-
quires careful attention to power supply and
grounding arrangements to optimize performance.
Figures 3 and 4 show the recommended power ar-
rangement with VD, VA_HPx, and VL connected
to clean supplies. Decoupling capacitors should be
located as close to the device package as possible.
If desired, all supply pins may be connected to the
same supply, but a decoupling capacitor should still
be used on each supply pin.
6.2 Clock Modes
One of the characteristics of a PWM amplifier is
that the frequency content of out-of-band noise
generated by the modulator is dependent on the
PWM switching frequency. The systems designer
will specify the external filter based on this switch-
ing frequency. The obvious implementation in a
digital PWM system is to directly lock the PWM
switching rate to the incoming data sample rate.
However, this would require a tuneable filter to at-
tentuate the switching frequency across the range
of possible sample rates. To simplify the external
filter design and to accommodate sample rates
ranging from 8 kHz to 96 kHz the CS44L10 Con-
troller uses several clock modes that keep the PWM
switching frequency in a small range.
In control port mode, for operation at a particular
sample rate the user selects register settings (refer
to Section 4.9 and Tables 11 and 13) based on their
MCLK and MCLK/LRCK parameters. When us-
ing Stand-Alone mode, refer to Tables 12 and 14
for available clock modes.
6.3 De-Emphasis
The CS44L10 includes on-chip digital de-empha-
sis. Figure 6 shows the de-emphasis curve. The fre-
quency response of the de-emphasis curve will
scale proportionally with changes in sample rate,
Fs.
The de-emphasis feature is included to accommo-
date older audio recordings that utilize pre-empha-
sis equalization as a means of noise reduction.
6.4 PWM PopGuard Transient Control
The CS44L10 uses PopGuard® technology to min-
imize the effects of output transients during pow-
er-up and power-down. This technique minimizes
the audio transients commonly produced by sin-
gle-ended, single-supply converters when it is im-
plemented with external DC-blocking capacitors
connected in series with the audio outputs.
When the device is initially powered-up, the HP_x
outputs are clamped to GND. Following a delay
each output begins to increase the PWM duty cycle
toward the quiescent voltage point. By a speed set
by the RMP_SP bit, the HP_x outputs will later
reach the bias point (50% PWM duty cycle), and
audio output begins. This gradual voltage ramping
allows time for the external DC-blocking capacitor
to charge to the quiescent voltage, minimizing the
power-up transient.
To prevent transients at power-down, the device
must first enter its power-down state. When this oc-
curs, audio output ceases and the PWM duty cycle
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