CS6422 Cirrus Logic, Inc., CS6422 Datasheet - Page 36

• Manufacturer Part Number: CS6422
• Description: Evaluation board
• Manufacturer: Cirrus Logic, Inc.

Any signal greater than 30 dB below full-scale (a),
is scaled down to 30 dB (b). This signal is then
scaled up +30 dB (the reference level) to provide
the final output (c). Note that the combination of at-
tenuation and gain results in less than +30 dB total
gain being applied. If the input signal is below
30 dB below full-scale (d), no attenuation is added
and the full +30 dB of gain is applied to the signal
(e).
When the reference level is set to +0 dB, the AGC
is effectively disabled. Volume control is imple-
mented by digital attenuation in 3 dB steps from
this point on down. The maximum gain is +30 dB,
and the minimum is -12 dB in 3 dB steps. The low-
est gain setting (1111) mutes the signal path. The
signal scaling takes place in between the two can-
cellers, and so does not disturb the echo canceller
as changing gain in the echo path, for example at
the speaker driver, would (see Section 4.1.1.2,
“Adaptive Filter” for more details).
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(a) Input Signal
(d) Input Signal
Figure 11. How the AGC works (TVol = +30 dB)
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4.1.4
Echo cancellation is somewhat of a misnomer in
that echo is merely attenuated, not entirely can-
celled. Some residual echo still exists after the
summing node. This residual echo, though low in
amplitude, may be audible when the near-end talk-
er is not speaking. Suppression further attenuates
the echoed signal, preventing the far-end listener
from hearing echo.
The CS6422 employs supplementary echo suppres-
sion which adds attenuation on top of the cancella-
tion to remove the residual echo. For example, the
CS6422 will engage extra attenuation in the trans-
mit path whenever only the far-end talker is speak-
ing. However, if the near-end talker starts speaking,
this attenuation is removed and the system relies on
the near-end talker’s speech to mask the residual
echo.
Suppression
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