AD73322
–32–
REV. B
Interfacing to an Electret Microphone
Figure 34 details an interface for an electret microphone which
may be used in some voice applications. Electret microphones
typically feature a FET amplifier whose output is accessed on
the same lead which supplies power to the microphone, there-
fore this output signal must be capacitively coupled to remove
the power supply (dc) component. In this circuit the AD73322
input channel is being used in single-ended mode where the
internal inverting amplifier provides suitable gain to scale the
input signal relative to the ADC’s full-scale input range. The
buffered internal reference level at REFOUT is used via an
external buffer to provide power to the electret microphone.
This provides a quiet, stable supply for the microphone. If this
is not a concern, then the microphone can be powered from the
system power supply.
CONTINUOUS
TIME
LOW-PASS
FILTER
VREF
VFBN1
VINN1
VINP1
VFBP1
VOUTP1
VOUTN1
REFCAP
REFOUT
AD73322
VREF
+6/–15dB
PGA
REFERENCE
0/38dB
PGA
GAIN
1
C1
R2
R1
C2
RB
RA
+5V
ELECTRET
PROBE
10 F
CREFCAP
Figure 34. Electret Microphone Interface Circuit
Analog Output
The AD73322’s differential analog output (VOUT) is produced
by an on-chip differential amplifier. The differential output can
be ac-coupled or dc-coupled directly to a load which can be a
headset or the input of an external amplifier (the specified mini-
mum resistive load on the output section is 150
.) It is possible
to connect the outputs in either a differential or a single-ended
configuration but please note that the effective maximum output
voltage swing (peak to peak) is halved in the case of single-
ended connection. Figure 35 shows a simple circuit providing a
differential output with ac coupling. The capacitors in this cir-
cuit (COUT) are optional; if used, their value can be chosen as
follows:
C
fR
OUT
C
LOAD
=
1
2
π
where fC = desired cutoff frequency.
VFBN1
GAIN
1
VREF
VINN1
VINP1
VFBP1
VOUTP1
VOUTN1
REFCAP
REFOUT
REFERENCE
AD73322
CREFCAP
RLOAD
COUT
+6/–15dB
PGA
CONTINUOUS
TIME
LOW-PASS
FILTER
Figure 35. Example Circuit for Differential Output
Figure 36 shows an example circuit for providing a single-ended
output with ac coupling. The capacitor of this circuit (COUT) is
not optional if dc current drain is to be avoided.
VFBN1
GAIN
1
VREF
VINN1
VINP1
VFBP1
VOUTP1
VOUTN1
REFCAP
REFOUT
REFERENCE
AD73322
RLOAD
COUT
0.1 F
+6/–15dB
PGA
CONTINUOUS
TIME
LOW-PASS
FILTER
Figure 36. Example Circuit for Single-Ended Output
Differential to Single-Ended Output
In some applications it may be desireable to convert the full
differential output of the decoder channel to a single-ended
signal. The circuit of Figure 37 shows a scheme for doing this.
VFBN1
GAIN
1
VREF
VINN1
VINP1
VFBP1
VOUTP1
VOUTN1
REFCAP
REFOUT
REFERENCE
AD73322
VREF
0/38dB
PGA
RLOAD
R I
R F
0.1 F
+6/–15dB
PGA
CONTINUOUS
TIME
LOW-PASS
FILTER
Figure 37. Example Circuit for Differential to Single-
Ended Output Conversion