No.8085-30/41
LA1776M
5-4. AM Low Region Cut Adjustment
The AM low frequency region frequency characteristics can be adjusted with capacitor C42, which is inserted
between pin 42 and ground. Since this capacitor is shared with the FM pilot detector, it is connected to ground.
To prevent incorrect operation of the pilot detector, C42 must have a value of 0.33 F or higher.
6. Noise Canceller Block
6-1. The noise canceller input (pin 30) has an input impedance of about 50 k
. The low band frequency
characteristics require care when determining the value for the coupling capacitor. Note that fC will be about 3
Hz in an application that uses a 1 F capacitor.
6-2. The noise detection sensitivity and the noise AGC are set with pins 8 and 9. Good settings can be acquired by
first setting the medium field strength (corresponding to an antenna input of about 50 dB) sensitivity with the
noise sensitivity setting pin (pin 8) and then setting the weak field (20 to 30 dB) with the AGC adjustment pin
(pin 9). Note that if the noise detection sensitivity is increased, the effect of the AGC will be improved, but that
inversely the weak field sensitivity will be decreased.
The problem of incorrect operation of the noise canceller for 10 kHz overmodulation occurs when an
overmodulated signal is input and the noise canceller responds to that signal even though it should not. The
cause of this is the IF detector output taking on the sort of waveform shown in the figure due to the band of the
IF ceramic filter as shown below. (150 kHz
× 1, 180 kHz (r) 2, f = 10 kHz, 180 kHz deviation) The noise
canceller responds to the whisker components generated by this overmodulation, resulting in distortion of the
audio output. (The whisker components due to the overmodulation are generated by the band of the ceramic
filter in the tuner.) This can be prevented as follows. The incorrect operation due to the overmodulation can be
eliminated by removing the whisker components due to the overmodulation as described above with the low-
pass filter consisting of a 1 k
resistor and 220 pF capacitor as shown in the figure. Note, however, that the FM
separation characteristics in the high band and the AM frequency characteristics will change.
AM detector
42
C42
1 k
10 k
1 k
To 31PIN
Pilot det
+
–
Detector Output – f [dB]
–20
–15
–10
–5
0
5
0.01
0.1
1
10
Modulation frequency [kHz]
O
u
tp
u
t
[d
B
]
C42 = 0.47u
C42 = 1u
H1 W1
2.5OU
–2.5OU
–19.00
s
981.00
s
IF audio output
f = 10 kHz, 180 kHz dev
31
30
IF output
Noise canceller input
1 k
1
F
2200 pF
+
–