Philips sa571 DATASHEETS

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

SA571

Compandor

Product specification 1997 Aug 14
IC17 Data Handbook

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Philips Semiconductors Product specification

SA571Compandor

DESCRIPTION

The SA571 is a versatile low cost dual gain control circuit in which
either channel may be used as a dynamic range compressor or
expandor. Each channel has a full-wave rectifier to detect the
average value of the signal, a linerarized temperature-compensated
variable gain cell, and an operational amplifier.

The SA571 is well suited for use in cellular radio and radio
communications systems, modems, telephone, and satellite
broadcast/receive audio systems.

FEA TURES

•Complete compressor and expandor in one IChip

•T emperature compensated

•Greater than 110dB dynamic range

•Operates down to 6VDC

•System levels adjustable with external components

•Distortion may be trimmed out

•Dynamic noise reduction systems

•Voltage-controlled amplifier

PIN CONFIGURATION

D, and N Packages

GND

1
2
3
4
5
6

1

3

7
8

TOP VIEW

RECT CAP 1

RECT IN 1

AG CELL IN 1

INV. IN 1

RES. R

OUTPUT 1

THD TRIM 1

NOTE:

1. SOL - Released in Large SO Package Only.

Figure 1. Pin Configuration

APPLICATIONS

•Cellular radio

•High level limiter

•Low level expandor—noise gate

•Dynamic filters

•CD Player

1

16

RECT CAP 2

15

RECT IN 2

14

AG CELL IN 2

13

V

CC

12

INV. IN 2

11

RES. R3 2
OUTPUT 2

10

THD TRIM 2

9

SR00675

ORDERING INFORMATION

DESCRIPTION TEMPERATURE RANGE ORDER CODE DWG #

16-Pin Plastic Small Outline Large (SOL) -40 to +85°C SA571D SOT162-1
16-Pin Plastic Dual In-Line Package (DIP) -40 to +85°C SA571N SOT38-4

BLOCK DIAGRAM

∆G IN

RECT IN

R2 20k

R1 10k

THD TRIM

VARIABLE

RECTIFIER

GAIN

R3

RECT CAP

Figure 2. Block Diagram

R3 20k

R4 30k

INVERTER IN

V

REF

1.8V

–

OUTPUT

+

SR00676

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ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS

SYMBOL PARAMETER RATING UNITS

V

CC

T

A

P

D

AC ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS

VCC = +6V, TA = 25°C; unless otherwise stated.

SYMBOL PARAMETER TEST CONDITIONS SA571

V

CC

I

CC

I

OUT

SR Output slew rate ±.5 V/µs

NOTES:

1. Input to V

2. Measured at 0dBm, 1kHz.

3. Expandor AC input change from no signal to 0dBm.

4. Relative to value at T

5. Electrical characteristics for the SA571 only are specified over -40 to +85°C temperature range.

6. 0dBm = 775mV

Maximum operating voltage

571

18

Operating ambient temperature range

SA

-40 to +85

Power dissipation 400 mW

LIMITS

5

MIN TYP MAX

Supply voltage 6 18 V
Supply current No signal 3.2 4.8 mA
Output current capability ±20 mA

Gain cell distortion

2

Untrimmed

Trimmed

0.5

0.1

2.0 %

Resistor tolerance ±5 ±15 %
Internal reference voltage 1.65 1.8 1.95 V

2, 4

4

3

6

Untrimmed ±30 ±150 mV

1

20 60 µV

1kHz -1.5 0 +1.5 dBm

±0.1 dB

4

+2, -25 +20, -50 mV

+8, -0 %

Rectifier input,

= +6dBm, V1 = 0dB

V

- V

O

O

2

V2 = -30dBm, V1 = 0dB

+0.2
+0.2 -1, +1.5

Output DC shift
Expandor output noise No signal, 15Hz-20kHz
Unity gain level
Gain change
Reference drift
Resistor drift

Tracking error (measured relative to
value at unity gain) equals [V
(unity gain)] dB - V2dBm

Channel separation 60 dB

and V2 grounded.

1

= 25°C.

A

.

RMS

VDC

°C

UNITS

dB

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CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION

The SA571 compandor building blocks, as shown in the block
diagram, are a full-wave rectifier, a variable gain cell, an operational
amplifier and a bias system. The arrangement of these blocks in the
IC result in a circuit which can perform well with few external
components, yet can be adapted to many diverse applications.

The full-wave rectifier rectifies the input current which flows from the
rectifier input, to an internal summing node which is biased at V
The rectified current is averaged on an external filter capacitor tied
to the C

terminal, and the average value of the input current

RECT

controls the gain of the variable gain cell. The gain will thus be
proportional to the average value of the input signal for
capacitively-coupled voltage inputs as shown in the following
equation. Note that for capacitively-coupled inputs there is no offset
voltage capable of producing a gain error. The only error will come
from the bias current of the rectifier (supplied internally) which is
less than 0.1µA.

|V

G 

 V

IN

R

REF

1

|avg

or

|V

|avg

G 

IN

R

1

The speed with which gain changes to follow changes in input signal
levels is determined by the rectifier filter capacitor. A small capacitor
will yield rapid response but will not fully filter low frequency signals.
Any ripple on the gain control signal will modulate the signal passing
through the variable gain cell. In an expander or compressor
application, this would lead to third harmonic distortion, so there is a
trade-off to be made between fast attack and decay times and
distortion. For step changes in amplitude, the change in gain with
time is shown by this equation.

G(t)  (G
 G

final

 G

initial

)e t

final

;   10k x C

RECT

The variable gain cell is a current-in, current-out device with the ratio
I

controlled by the rectifier. IIN is the current which flows from

OUT/IIN

the ∆G input to an internal summing node biased at V

REF

following equation applies for capacitively-coupled inputs. The
output current, I

V

IN



I

IN

, is fed to the summing node of the op amp.

 V

R

OUT

REF

2



V

IN

R

2

A compensation scheme built into the ∆G cell compensates for
temperature and cancels out odd harmonic distortion. The only
distortion which remains is even harmonics, and they exist only
because of internal offset voltages. The THD trim terminal provides
a means for nulling the internal offsets for low distortion operation.

The operational amplifier (which is internally compensated) has the
non-inverting input tied to V

, and the inverting input connected to

REF

the ∆G cell output as well as brought out externally. A resistor, R
brought out from the summing node and allows compressor or
expander gain to be determined only by internal components.

The output stage is capable of ±20mA output current. This allows a
+13dBm (3.5V

) output into a 300Ω load which, with a series

RMS

resistor and proper transformer, can result in +13dBm with a 600 Ω
output impedance.

A bandgap reference provides the reference voltage for all summing
nodes, a regulated supply voltage for the rectifier and ∆G cell, and a

. The

REF

3

, is

bias current for the ∆G cell. The low tempco of this type of reference
provides very stable biasing over a wide temperature range.

The typical performance characteristics illustration shows the basic
input-output transfer curve for basic compressor or expander
circuits.

+20

.

+10

0

–10

–20

–30

–40

–50

–60

–70

–80

COMPRESSOR INPUT LEVEL OR EXPANDOR OUTPUT LEVEL (dBm)

–40 –30 –20 –10 0 +10

COMPRESSOR OUTPUT LEVEL

EXPANDOR INPUT LEVEL (dBm)

OR

SR00677

Figure 3. Basic Input-Output Transfer Curve

TYPICAL TEST CIRCUIT

VCC = 15V

5.12

8.2k

10µF

20k

30k

V

REF

8.9

200pF

6.11

7.10

V

O

SR00678

0.1µF

13

2.2µF

3.14

2.15

2.2

20k

10k

V

1

V

2

∆G

4 1.16

2.2

Figure 4. Typical Test Circuit

INTRODUCTION

Much interest has been expressed in high performance electronic
gain control circuits. For non-critical applications, an integrated
circuit operational transconductance amplifier can be used, but
when high-performance is required, one has to resort to complex
discrete circuitry with many expensive, well-matched components.

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