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Philips Semiconductors Product specification
Speech and handsfree IC TEA1098
HANDSFREE TRANSMIT AMPLIFIER (PINS HFTX AND LN)
The TEA1098 has an asymmetrical HFTX input, which is
mainly intended for use in combination with the TXOUT
output. The input impedance between HFTX and GND is
typically 20 kΩ. The voltage gain between
pins HFTX and LN is set to 34.7 dB. Without output
limitation, the input stage can accept signals of up to
95 mV (RMS) at 2% THD (room temperature). The HFTX
input is biased at a voltage of two diodes.
Automatic gain control is provided for line loss
compensation.
Receive channels (pins IR, RECO, GARX and QR)
RX AMPLIFIER (PINS IR AND RECO)
The receive amplifier has one input (IR) which is
referenced to the line. The input impedance between pins
IR and LN is typically 20 kΩ and the DC bias between
these pins is equal to the voltage of one diode. The gain
between pins IR(referenced to LN) and RECO is typically
29.7 dB. Without output limitation, the input stage can
accept signals of up to 50 mV (RMS) at 2% THD (room
temperature).
The receive amplifier has a rail-to-rail output (RECO),
which is designed for use with high ohmic (real) loads of
more than 5 kΩ. This output is biased at a voltage of two
diodes.
Automatic gain control is provided for line loss
compensation.
EARPIECE AMPLIFIER (PINS GARX AND QR)
The earpiece amplifier is an operational amplifier which
has an output (QR) and an inverting input (GARX).
Its input signal is fed by a decoupling capacitor from the
receive amplifier output (RECO) to two resistorswhich set
the required gain or attenuation from −3 to +15 dB
compared to the receive gain.
Two external capacitors C
GAR
(connected between GAR
and QR) and C
GARS
(connected between GAR and GND)
ensure stability. The C
GAR
capacitor provides a first-order
low-pass filter. The cut-off frequency corresponds to the
time constant C
GAR
× Re2. The relationship
C
GARS
≥ 10 × C
GAR
must be satisfied.
The earpiece amplifierhas arail-to-rail output(QR) biased
at a voltage of two diodes. It is designed for use with low
ohmic (real) loads of 150 Ω, or capacitive loads of 100 nF
in series with 100 Ω.
AGC (pin AGC)
The TEA1098 performsautomatic lineloss compensation,
which fits well with the true line attenuation. The automatic
gain control varies the gain of some transmit and receive
amplifiers in accordance with the DC line current.
The controlrange is6.45 dB for G
v(MIC-LN)
andG
v(IR-RECO),
and 6.8 dB for G
v(HFTX-LN)
, which corresponds
approximately to a line length of 5.5 km for a 0.5 mm
twisted-pair copper cable.
To enable this gain control, the pin AGC must be shorted
to pin LN. The start current forcompensation corresponds
to a line current of typically 23 mA and a stop current of
57 mA. The start current can be increased by connecting
an external resistor between pins AGC and LN. It can be
increased by up to 40 mA (using a resistor of typically
80 kΩ). The start and stop current will be maintained at a
ratio of 2.5. By leaving the AGC pin open, the gain control
is disabled and no line loss compensation occurs.
Handsfree application
Figure 7 shows a loop is formed by the sidetone network
in the line interface section, and by the acoustic coupling
between loudspeaker and microphone in the handsfree
section. A loop-gain of greater than 1 causes howl.
To prevent howl in full duplex applications, the loop-gain
must be set much lower than 1. This is achieved by the
duplex controller which detects the channel with the
‘largest’ signal and controls the gains of the microphone
and the loudspeaker amplifiers so that the sum of their
gains remains constant.
Thereforein the handsfreeapplication,thecircuit can have
three stable modes:
1. Transmit mode (Tx mode).
The microphone amplifieris atmaximum gain, andthe
loudspeaker amplifier is at minimum gain.
2. Receive mode (Rx mode).
The microphoneamplifier is at minimum gain, and the
loudspeaker amplifier is at maximum gain.
3. Idle mode.
The microphone amplifier and the loudspeaker
amplifier are both midway between maximum and
minimum gain.
The difference between the maximum and minimum gain
is called the switching range.