
2000 Jun 14
9
Philips Semiconductors
Preliminary specification
Digital audio broadcast channel decoder
SAA3500H
9
INTERFACE DESCRIPTION
9.1
Input interface
The input interface can be used in 3 different modes, depending on the bypass (BYP) and IQ Select (IQS) pins. Digital
input data should be in two’s complement format (optionally: offset binary) and synchronized with the ADCLK output
signal. Input data are read on the rising edge of ADCLK.
Table 1
Input modes
In case of baseband input the IQ select signal shall indicate whether the current sample is either I or Q data (INP[9:0]).
Digital IF input is, typically, at a frequency of 2048 kHz. It is possible to apply sub-sampling on a N
×
8.192
±
2.048 MHz
(N = 1, 2, 3,...,19) IF signal, but care should be taken with the jitter of the crystal clock, which is proportional to N.
To use the on-chip null detector, pins FSI and FSO shall simply be connected to each other.
When using an external null detector, the FSI input shall indicate the position of the null symbol in the baseband signal
(FSI = LOW). The negative edge may have a maximum delay of 512 samples with respect to an ideal null detector. The
delay compensation can be set via the I
2
C/L3 interface (register ATCWinControl). The FSI input provides edge jitter
suppression of up to 40 samples starting from the first negative edge. Once the SAA3500H is in symbol processing
mode, the FSI signal is ignored. During the null detection state, the Sync Lock Indicator (SLI) will be continuously LOW.
9.2
Memory interface
An external SRAM memory of either 128 or 256 kbytes is required to store the metrics from the data de-interleaver for
half (432 CUs) or full (864 CUs) decoding capacity, respectively. The upper address line A17 is available both true and
inverted (A17) to allow memory extension without an address decoder. 3.3 V RAMs should be used with either an 8 or
(2
×
) 4-bit data bus and an access time of
≤
80 ns. Input data are read on the rising edge of RD, output data shall be
latched on the rising edge of WR.
BYP
IQS
DESCRIPTION
0
1
1
clk
0
1
digital baseband input sampled at 2048 kHz and with I and Q data multiplexed
digital IF input sampled at 8192 kHz, internal I/Q demodulator
digital IF input sampled at 8192 kHz, internal I/Q demodulator with I and Q swapped
ADCLK
INP[9:0]
IQS
4096 kHz
10 bits
2048 kHz
Q0
I1
Q1
I2
Q2
Fig.3 Baseband input signals (BYP = LOW).
ADCLK
INP[9:0]
8192 kHz
10 bits
Fig.4 IF input signals [BYP = HIGH, IQS = LOW (no swap) or HIGH (swap)].