ISD4004 Series
Table 1:
External Clock Input Clocking
Table
ROW ADDRESS CLOCK (RAC)
This is a n ope n dra in output pin tha t provide s a sig-
na l with a 200 m s pe riod a t the 8 KHz sa mpling fre -
que nc y. (This re pre sents a single row of memory
a nd the re a re 2400 rows of me m ory in the ISD4004
series devices.) This signa l sta ys HIGH for 175 m s
a nd sta ys LOW for 25 m s whe n it re a c he s the e nd
of a row.
Part Number
Sample Rate Required Clock
ISD4004-08M
ISD4004-10M
ISD4004-12M
ISD4004-16M
8.0 KHz
6.4 KHz
5.3 KHz
4.0 KHz
1024 KHz
819.2 KHz
682.7 KHz
512 KHz
The se re c om m e nde d c loc k ra te s should not be
va ried beca use the a ntia lia sing a nd smoothing filters
a re fixe d. Thus, a lia sing proble ms c a n oc c ur if the
sa m ple ra te diffe rs from the one re c om m e nde d.
The duty c yc le on the input c loc k is not c ritic a l, a s
the c loc k is imm e dia te ly divide d by two inte rna lly.
If the XCLK is no t use d , this inp ut sho uld b e
c o nne c te d to g ro und .
The RAC pin sta ys HIGH for 109.38 mse c a nd sta ys
LOW for 15.63 mse c in Me ssa ge Cue ing mode
(se e pa ge 5 for a m ore de ta ile d de sc ription of
Me ssa ge Cue ing). Re fe r to the AC Pa ra m e te rs ta -
ble for RAC tim ing inform a tion on othe r sa mple
ra te produc ts.
AUTOMUTE™ FEATURE (AM CAP)
This pin is used in c ontrolling the AutoMute fe a ture .
The AutoMute fe a ture a tte nua te s the signa l whe n
it drops be low a n inte rna lly se t thre shold. This he lps
to e lim ina te noise (with 6 dB of a tte nua tion) whe n
the re is no signa l (i.e ., during pe riods of sile nc e ). A
1 mF c a pa c itor to ground should be c onne c te d to
the AM CAP pin. This c a pa c itor be c om e s a pa rt of
a n inte rna l pe a k de te c tor whic h se nse s the signa l
a m plitude (pe a k). This pe a k le ve l is c om pa re d to
a n inte rna lly se t thre shold to de te rm ine the Auto-
Mute trip point. For la rge signa ls the AutoMute a t-
te nua tion is se t to 0 dB while 6 dB of a tte nua tion
oc c urs for sile nc e . The 1 mF c a pa c itor a lso a ffe c ts
the ra te a t whic h the AutoMute fe a ture c ha nge s
with the signa l a m plitude (or the a tta c k tim e ). The
Autom ute fe a ture c a n be disa ble d by c onne c ting
Whe n a re c ord c om m a nd is first initia te d, the RAC
pin re m a ins HIGH for a n e xtra T
pe riod. This is
RACLO
due to the ne e d to loa d sa m ple a nd hold c irc uits
inte rna l to the de vic e . This pin c a n be used for
messa ge ma na gement techniques.
EXTERNAL CLOCK INPUT (XCLK)
The e xte rna l c loc k input for the ISD4004 produc ts
ha s a n inte rna l pull-down de vic e . The se produc ts
a re c onfigure d a t the fa c tory with a n inte rna l sa m -
pling c loc k fre que nc y c e nte re d to ± 1 pe rc e nt of
spe c ific a tion. The fre que nc y is the n m a inta ine d to
a va ria tion ove r the e ntire c om m e rc ia l te m pe ra -
ture a nd ope ra ting volta ge ra nge s a s de fine d by
the m inimum /ma xim um lim its in the a pplic a ble
AC Pa ra m e te rs ta ble . The inte rna l c loc k ha s a tol-
e ra nc e , over the extended tempera ture, industria l
tempera ture a nd volta ge ra nge s a s de fine d by the
m inim um /m a xim um lim its in the a pplic a ble AC
Pa ra m e te rs ta ble . A re gula te d powe r supply is
re c om m e nde d for industria l te m pe ra ture ra nge
pa rts. If gre a te r pre c ision is re quire d, the de vic e
ca n be c locked through the XCLK pin in Ta ble 1.
the AM CAP pin to V
.
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