TLV320AIC3101
SLAS520E –FEBRUARY 2007 –REVISED DECEMBER 2014
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11.3 Feature Description
11.3.1 Hardware Reset
The TLV320AIC3101 requires a hardware reset after power up for proper operation. After all power supplies are
at their specified values, the RESET pin must be driven low for at least 10 ns. If this reset sequence is not
performed, the TLV320AIC3101 may not respond properly to register reads/writes.
11.3.2 Digital Audio Data Serial Interface
Audio data is transferred between the host processor and the TLV320AIC3101 via the digital audio data serial
interface. The audio bus of the TLV320AIC3101 can be configured for left- or right-justified, I
2
S, DSP, or TDM
modes of operation, where communication with standard telephony PCM interfaces is supported within the TDM
mode. These modes are all MSB-first, with data width programmable as 16, 20, 24, or 32 bits. In addition, the
word clock (WCLK) and bit clock (BCLK) can be independently configured in either master or slave mode, for
flexible connectivity to a wide variety of processors.
The word clock (WCLK) is used to define the beginning of a frame, and may be programmed as either a pulse or
a square-wave signal. The frequency of this clock corresponds to the selected ADC and DAC sampling
frequencies.
The bit clock (BCLK) is used to clock in and out the digital audio data across the serial bus. When in master
mode, this signal can be programmed in two further modes: continuous transfer mode, and 256-clock mode. In
continuous transfer mode, only the minimal number of bit clocks needed to transfer the audio data are generated,
so in general the number of bit clocks per frame is two times the data width. For example, if data width is chosen
as 16 bits, then 32 bit clocks are generated per frame. If the bit clock signal in master mode is to be used by a
PLL in another device, it is recommended that the 16-bit or 32-bit data-width selections be used. These cases
result in a low-jitter bit clock signal being generated, having frequencies of 32 f
S
or 64 f
S
. In the cases of 20-bit
and 24-bt data width in master mode, the bit clocks generated in each frame are not all of equal period, due to
the device not having a clean 40-f
S
or 48-f
S
clock signal readily available. The average frequency of the bit clock
signal is still accurate in these cases (being 40 f
S
or 48 f
S
), but the resulting clock signal has higher jitter than in
the 16-bit and 32-bit cases.
In 256-clock mode, a constant 256 bit clocks per frame are generated, independent of the data width chosen.
The TLV320AIC3101 further includes programmability to place the DOUT line in the high-impedance state during
all bit clocks when valid data is not being sent. By combining this capability with the ability to program at what bit
clock in a frame the audio data begins, time-division multiplexing (TDM) can be accomplished, resulting in
multiple codecs able to use a single audio serial data bus.
When the digital audio data serial interface is powered down while configured in master mode, the pins
associated with the interface are put into a high-impedance state.
11.3.2.1 Right-Justified Mode
In right-justified mode, the LSB of the left channel is valid on the rising edge of the bit clock preceding the falling
edge of word clock. Similarly, the LSB of the right channel is valid on the rising edge of the bit clock preceding
the rising edge of the word clock.
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