TDA7405_04 STMICROELECTRONICS [STMicroelectronics], TDA7405_04 Datasheet - Page 34

• Manufacturer Part Number: TDA7405_04
• Description: EQUALIZER CARRADIO SIGNAL PROCESSOR
• Manufacturer: STMICROELECTRONICS [STMicroelectronics]

TDA7405
Figure 34. Highcut characteristics
11 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION OF THE NOISEBLANKER
In the automotive environment the MPX-signal as well as the AM-signal is disturbed by spikes produced by the
ignition and other radiating sources like the wiper-motor. The aim of the noiseblanker part is to cancel the audi-
ble influence of the spikes. Therefore the output of the stereodecoder is held at the actual voltage for a time
between 22 and 38µs in FM (370 and 645µs in AM-mode). The blockdiagram of the noiseblanker is given in
Figure 34.
Figure 35. Block diagram of the noiseblanker
In a first stage the spikes must be detected but to avoid a wrong triggering on high frequency (white) noise a
complex trigger control is implemented. Behind the triggerstage a pulse former generates the "blanking"-pulse.
11.1 Trigger Path FM
The incoming MPX signal is highpass-filtered, amplified and rectified. This second order highpass-filter has a
corner-frequency of 140kHz. The rectified signal, RECT, is integrated (lowpass filtered) to generate a signal
called PEAK. The DC-charge/discharge behaviour can be adjusted as well as the transient behaviour(MP-dis-
charge control). Also noise with a frequency 140kHz increases the PEAK voltage. The PEAK voltage is fed to
a threshold generator, which adds to the PEAK-voltage a DC-dependent threshold VTH. Both signals, RECT
and PEAK+VTH are fed to a comparator which triggers a re-triggerable monoflop. The monoflop's output acti-
vates the sample-and-hold circuits in the signalpath for the selected duration
11.2 Noise Controlled Threshold Adjustment (NCT)
There are mainly two independent possibilities for programming the trigger threshold:
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1. the low threshold in 8 steps (bits D
2. and the noise adjusted threshold in 4 steps (bits D
1
to D
3
of the noiseblanker-byte I)
4
and D
5
of the noiseblanker-byte I, see Figure 22).