TSH512
PEA section: Pre-Emphasis
The amplitude regulated audio coming from the
ALC feeds the postive input of the Operational
Amplifier called PEA (Pre-Emphasis). The
pre-emphasis consist in a high-pass filter in order
to compensate the behavior of the FM transmis-
sion.
Figure 8 : Pre-Emphasis schematic
The generated frequency can be set from 400 kHz
to 11 MHz by external components. Refer to the
table 1 for the usual frequencies in Infrared audio.
The working frequency is:
fVCO = ------------------1--------------------
2 ⋅ π ⋅ (L ⋅ Ct)
Ct is the total capacity of CL, Cp, Cs and Cv.
Ct = 1/(1/Cc+1/CL) with Cc = Cp+1/(1/Cv+1/Cs)
It’s possible to use varicap diodes SMV1212 (Al-
pha Ind.) or ZC833 (Zetex).
Usual Infrared frequencies
RPEA1 and CPEA1 set the time constant of the
pre-emphasis as:
τ = RPEA1 . CPEA1
50 µs or 75µs time constant are generally used.
Choosing the gain of the PEA stage allows also to
set the right modulation level to the varicap diode.
The gain in the pass-band is:
GPEA = 1+ (RPEA2/RPEA1)
VCO section: Voltage Controlled Oscillator
Each TSH512’s transmitter has his own oscillator
to generate the carrier. The audio signal is applied
on the varicap diode to perform the Frequency
Modulation. Thanks to the VCO-BIAS voltage ref-
erence, the DC bias of the varicap is stabilized.
The high PSRR (Power Supply Rejection ratio) of
the VCO-BIAS insure good immunity with the
noise of the power supply.
Figure 9 : VCO schematic
IR frequency
1.6 MHz
1.7 MHz
2.3 MHz
2.8 MHz
applications
AM mono
FM mono
FM right channel
FM left channel or mono
The output level of the VCO can be reduced by
adding the resistor RVCO beetween pin 19 and
pin 20 or beetween pin 36 and pin 37 for TX1 and
TX2 respectively.
Output Buffer section
The output buffers are able to deliver a sinusoidal
signal with 1.5Vpp amplitude in a 1KΩ load. This
impedance is compatible with popular biasing cir-
cuitry of external transistor drivers of IR LEDs.
The VOX-MUTE logic signal can be used to con-
trol the external LED drivers. When the audio is
not present on the TX1 input, VOX-MUTE is at
’Low’ state, the TSH512’s internal buffers are mut-
ed, and external drivers can be switched off by
controlling their bias.
SBY pin: Standby for mono operation
A high state on the Standby pin (SBY) sets the
second transmitter TX2 in power-down. The SBY
pin is typically used when the TSH512 is used as a
mono transmitter (ie: infrared microphone trans-
mitter).
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