AD7837/AD7847
ANALOG PANNING CIRCUIT
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In audio applications it is often necessary to digitally “pan” or
split a single signal source into a two-channel signal while main-
taining the total power delivered to both channels constant. This
may be done very simply by feeding the signal into the VREF
input of both DACs. The digital codes are chosen such that the
code applied to DAC B is the two's complement of that applied
to DAC A. In this way the signal may be panned between both
channels as the digital code is changed. The total power varia-
tion with this arrangement is 3 dB.
For applications which require more precise power control the
circuit shown in Figure 18 may be used. This circuit requires
the AD7837/AD7847, an AD712 dual op amp and eight equal
value resistors.
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512
1024
1536
2048
2560
3072
3584
4095
DIGITAL INPUT CODE N
A
Again both channels are driven with two's complementary data.
The maximum power variation using this circuit is only 0.5 dBs.
Figure 19. Power Variation for Circuit in Figure 9
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APPLYING THE AD7837/AD7847
General Ground Management
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AC or transient voltages between the analog and digital grounds
i.e., between AGNDA/AGNDB and DGND can cause noise
injection into the analog output. The best method of ensuring
that both AGNDs and DGND are equal is to connect them
together at the AD7837/AD7847 on the circuit board. In more
complex systems where the AGND and DGND intertie is on the
backplane, it is recommended that two diodes be connected in
inverse parallel between the AGND and DGND pins (1N914 or
equivalent).
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REFA
AD712
AD7837/
AD7847
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OUTA
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V
OUTB
IN
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AD712
REFB
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R
Power Supply Decoupling
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V
OUTB
OUTA
In order to minimize noise it is recommended that the VDD and
the VSS lines on the AD7837/AD7847 be decoupled to DGND
using a 10 µF in parallel with a 0.1 µF ceramic capacitor.
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A
Figure 18. Analog Panning Circuit
Operation with Reduced Power Supply Voltages
The AD7837/AD7847 is specified for operation with VDD/VSS
15 V 5%. The part may be operated down to VDD/VSS
10 V without significant linearity degradation. See typical
performance graphs. The output amplifier however requires
approximately 3 V of headroom so the VREF input should not
approach within 3 V of either power supply voltages in order to
maintain accuracy.
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The voltage output expressions for the two channels are as
follows:
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NA
212 + N
VOUTA = –VIN
VOUT B = –VIN
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NB
212 + N
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MICROPROCESSOR INTERFACING–AD7847
Figures 20 to 22 show interfaces between the AD7847 and three
popular 16-bit microprocessor systems, the 8086, MC68000 and
the TMS320C10. In all interfaces, the AD7847 is memory-
mapped with a separate memory address for each DAC latch.
where NA = DAC A input code in decimal (1 ≤ NA ≤ 4095)
and NB = DAC B input code in decimal (1 ≤ NB ≤ 4095)
with NB = 2s complement of NA.
The two's complement relationship between NA and NB causes
NB to increase as NA decreases and vice versa.
AD7847–8086 Interface
Figure 20 shows an interface between the AD7847 and the 8086
microprocessor. A single MOV instruction loads the 12-bit word
into the selected DAC latch and the output responds on the ris-
ing edge of WR.
Hence NA + NB = 4096.
With NA = 2048, then NB = 2048 also; this gives the balanced
condition where the power is split equally between both chan-
nels. The total power variation as the signal is fully panned from
Channel B to Channel A is shown in Figure 19.
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