INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
DATA SH EET
TDA1387T
Stereo Continuous Calibration DAC
(CC-DAC)
Preliminary specification
Supersedes data of September 1994
File under Integrated Circuits, IC01
1995 Dec 11
Philips Semiconductors Preliminary specification
Stereo Continuous Calibration DAC (CC-DAC) TDA1387T
FEATURES
• Low power consumption
• Low total harmonic distortion
• Wide dynamic range (16-bit resolution)
• Continuous Calibration (CC) concept
• Single 3 to 5.5 V supply rail
• Output and bias current are proportional to the supply
voltage
• Fast settling time enables 2, 4 and 8 times
oversampling (serial input) or double-speed operation at
4 times oversampling
• Internal bias current ensures maximum dynamic range
• Wide operating temperature range (−40 to + 85 °C)
• I2S-bus input format (time multiplex, two’s complement,
TTL)
• No zero-crossing distortion
• Large DC output voltage compliance
• Contained in small outline package.
ORDERING INFORMATION
APPLICATIONS
• Portable digital audio equipment.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The TDA1387T is a member of a generation of
digital-to-analog converters which incorporates the
innovative technique of Continuous Calibration. The
largest bit currents are repeatedly generated from one
single reference current. This duplication is based upon an
internal charge storage principle and has an accuracy
which is insensitive to ageing, temperature and process
variations.
The TDA1387T is fabricated in a 1.0 µm CMOS process
and features an extremely low power dissipation, small
package size and easy application. The intrinsic high
coarse current accuracy combined with the implemented
symmetrical offset decoding method preclude
zero-crossing distortion and ensure high quality audio
reproduction. The CC-DAC is eminently suitable for use in
portable digital audio equipment.
TYPE NUMBER
NAME DESCRIPTION VERSION
TDA1387T SO8 plastic small outline package; 8 leads; body width 3.9 mm. SOT96-1
PACKAGE
1995 Dec 11 2
Philips Semiconductors Preliminary specification
Stereo Continuous Calibration DAC (CC-DAC) TDA1387T
QUICK REFERENCE DATA
SYMBOL PARAMETER CONDITIONS MIN. TYP. MAX. UNIT
V
DD
I
DD
I
FS
(THD + N)/S total harmonic distortion
S/N signal-to-noise ratio at
t
cs
BR input bit rate (pin 3) −− 18.4 Mbits/s
f
clk
TC
FS
T
amb
P
tot
supply voltage 3.0 5.0 5.5 V
supply current VDD= 5 V at code 0000H − 5.5 6.5 mA
full scale output current VDD= 5 V 0.86 1.0 1.14 mA
V
=3V − 0.6 − mA
DD
at 0 dB signal level −−88 −78 dB
plus noise-to-signal ratio
at 0 dB signal level − 0.004 0.012 %
at −60 dB signal level −−33 −24 dB
at −60 dB signal level − 2.2 6 %
at −60 dB; A-weighted −−35 − dB
at −60 dB; A-weighted − 1.7 − %
A-weighted at code 0000H 86 98 − dB
bipolar zero
current settling time to
− 0.2 −µs
±1 LSB
clock frequency −− 18.4 MHz
full scale temperature
−±400 × 10
−6
−
coefficient at pins 6 and 8
operating ambient
−40 − +85 °C
temperature
total power dissipation VDD= 5 V at code 0000H − 27.5 36 mW
= 3 V at code 0000H − 10 − mW
V
DD
1995 Dec 11 3
Philips Semiconductors Preliminary specification
Stereo Continuous Calibration DAC (CC-DAC) TDA1387T
BLOCK DIAGRAM
Fig.1 Block diagram.
1995 Dec 11 4
Philips Semiconductors Preliminary specification
Stereo Continuous Calibration DAC (CC-DAC) TDA1387T
PINNING
SYMBOL PIN DESCRIPTION
BCK 1 bit clock input
WS 2 word selection input
DATA 3 data input
GND 4 ground
V
DD
I
OL
REF 7 reference decoupling
I
OR
5 supply voltage input
6 left channel output
Fig.2 Pin configuration.
8 right channel output
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
The basic operation of the continuous calibration DAC is
illustrated in Fig.3 which shows the calibration and
operation cycle. During calibration of the MOS current
source (Fig.3a) transistor M1 is connected as a diode by
applying a reference current. The voltage Vgs on the
intrinsic gate-source capacitance Cgs of M1 is then
determined by the transistor characteristics. After the drain
current has been calibrated to the reference value I
ref
, the
switch S1 is opened and S2 is switched to the other
position (Fig.3b). The gate-to-source voltage Vgs of M1 is
not changed because the charge on Cgs is preserved.
Therefore, the drain current of M1 will still be equal to I
and this exact duplication of I
is now available at the
ref
ref
OUT terminal.
In the TDA1387T, 32 current sources and one spare
current source are continuously calibrated (see Fig.1). The
spare current source is included to allow continuous
converter operation. The output of one calibrated source is
connected to an 11-bit binary current divider which
consists of 2048 transistors. A symmetrical offset
decoding principle is incorporated and arranges the bit
switching such that the zero-crossing is performed by
switching only the LSB currents.
The TDA1387T (CC-DAC) accepts serial input data format
of 16-bit word length. Left and right data words are time
multiplexed. The input data format is shown in
Figs 4 and 5.
With a HIGH level on the WS input, data is placed in the
right input register, with a LOW level on the WS input, data
is placed in the left input register. The data in the input
registers are simultaneously latched to the output registers
which control the bit switches. An internal bias current I
bias
is added to the full scale output current IFS in order to
achieve maximum dynamic range at the outputs of OP1
and OP2.
The signal current IFS and the bias current I
are both
bias
proportional to the supply voltage VDD, and have a fixed
mutual relation A
(where A
bias
bias=Ibias/IFS
).
It is preferred that the non-inverting input of operational
amplifiers OP1 and OP2 is tied to ground to achieve a
maximum dynamic range over the supply voltage range.
A decoupling capacitor C4 is recommended for enhancing
the supply voltage ripple rejection of the DAC. It has no
significant effect on the noise performance.
1995 Dec 11 5