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Philips Semiconductors
Preliminary specification
Audio processor for VHS hi-fi
TDA9615H
Power mute;
see Fig.12
Without countermeasures switching of the power supply
voltage (V
CC
; pin 35) or use of the built-in ‘passive
standby’ mode causes strong disturbances on the output
pins because of the rise or drop of the output’s DC
voltages. The TDA9615H includes three integrated mute
switches to block such disturbances and avoiding the need
of an external mute circuit. By connecting the power mute
switches behind the line and RFC output capacitors
pop-free line and RFC output signals are realized.
Power muting is active when control byte bit MUTE = 1.
Because this also is the POR default state, muting is
automatically activated when the power supply voltage is
switched on. The integrated mute switches (MUTEC,
MUTEL and MUTER; pins 13, 14 and 17) are closed,
forming a low impedance path to ground. Furthermore the
line and RFC outputs (RFCOUT, LINEL and LINER;
pins 12, 15 and 16) are current limited to 1 mA to achieve
good attenuation without the need for a series resistor
between output and mute switch. Although the decoder
outputs (DECL and DECR; pins 18 and 19) have no
integrated muting these are current limited also for use
with the integrated mute switches or to assist possible
external muting.
After the output DC voltage is settled the power mute
function can be deactivated by selecting MUTE = 0.
Now the mute switches are opened showing a high
impedance of 100 k
to ground and output current limiting
is deactivated. Note that the time needed for output DC
settling is proportional to the output capacitor value used;
with a 10
μ
F capacitor a safe mute time to use is 200 ms
(i.e. t
mute
= C
×
20000). Using such controlled muting very
good performance is achieved for power-up, power-down
and ‘passive standby’ mode switching.
At a sudden supply power loss however (e.g. mains power
plug pulled) there may be no time to activate the power
mute function via the I
2
C-bus. A power-down detector
however instantly activates the power mute function in
case the supply voltage falls below 7 V (auto-mute).
For proper muting supply voltage drop rate should not
exceed 1 V/10 ms.
Fig.12 Example of power mute control and auto-mute function.
(1) POR.
handbook, full pagewidth
MGK476
VCC
auto-mute
(VCC < 7 V)
bit MUTE
(
1
)
(
1
)
bit STBP
pins 13, 14 and 17
pins 12, 15 and 16
output signal
with power mute
tmute
tmute
tmute
tmute
tmute
auto-mute
power
off
active
operation
power
off
active
operation
power off
(standby)
active
operation
passive
standby