wm8918 Wolfson Microelectronics plc, wm8918 Datasheet - Page 48

• Manufacturer Part Number: wm8918
• Description: Ultra Low Power Dac For Portable Audio Applications
• Manufacturer: Wolfson Microelectronics plc

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Table 16 DRC Attack and Decay Rates
Note:
For detailed information about DRC attack and decay rates, please see Wolfson application note
WAN0247.
ANTI-CLIP CONTROL
The DRC includes an Anti-Clip feature to avoid signal clipping when the input amplitude rises very
quickly. This feature uses a feed-forward technique for early detection of a rising signal level. Signal
clipping is avoided by dynamically increasing the gain attack rate when required. The Anti-Clip
feature is enabled using the DRC_ANTICLIP bit.
Note that the feed-forward processing increases the latency in the input signal path. For low-latency
applications (e.g. telephony), it may be desirable to reduce the delay, although this will also reduce
the effectiveness of the anti-clip feature. The latency is determined by the DRC_FF_DELAY bit. If
necessary, the latency can be minimised by disabling the anti-clip feature altogether.
The DRC Anti-Clip control bits are described in Table 17.
Table 17 DRC Anti-Clip Control
Note that the Anti-Clip feature operates entirely in the digital domain. It cannot be used to prevent
signal clipping in the analogue domain nor in the source signal. Analogue clipping can only be
prevented by reducing the analogue signal gain or by adjusting the source signal.
R40 (28h)
DRC Control 0
REGISTER
REGISTER
ADDRESS
ADDRESS
BIT
11:8
BIT
5
1
DRC_FF_DELAY
DRC_ANTICLIP
DRC_DCY [3:0]
LABEL
LABEL
DEFAULT
DEFAULT
0010
1
1
Gain decay rate (seconds/6dB)
0000 = 186ms
0001 = 372ms
0010 = 743ms (default)
0011 = 1.49s
0100 = 2.97s
0101 = 5.94s
0110 = 11.89s
0111 = 23.78s
1000 = 47.56s
1001-1111 = Reserved
Feed-forward delay for anti-clip
feature
0 = 5 samples
1 = 9 samples
Time delay can be calculated as
5/f
rate.
Anti-clip enable
0 = disabled
1 = enabled
s
or 9/ f
PD, Rev 4.0, September 2010
s
DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTION
, where f
s
is the sample
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