Signet type NE575 compander IC is intended primarily for use with battery power supplies of 3 to 7 V (max. 8 V). Itdraws a current of 3.5 mA at 3 V and 5 mA at 7 V. The compander
process (compression at the input, expansion at the output)
significantly improves the signal-to-noise ratio in a communications
link.
Universal Compander Circuit diagram
The IC contains two almost identical circuits, of which one (pins 1
to 9) is arranged as an expander. The other (pins 11 to 19) can be used
as expander, compressor or automatic load control (ALC), depending on
the externally connected circuit. For the compressor function, the
inverting output of the internal summing amplifier is brought out to pin
12.
This is not the case in the expander section, where a reference
voltage is available at pin 8. This pin is interlinked to pins 1 and 19
to enable the setting of the dc operating point of the op amps. The op
amp in the expander section, pins 1 through 3, serves as output buffer
in the compressor section, pins 17 through 19 as the input buffer. The
IC has a relatively high output sensitivity and is evidently intended
for processing small signals (microphone output level).
A signal of 100
mV, for instance, is amplified by 1 only. The present circuit caters to
larger input signals (line level); its maximum input level is 1.5 Vrms.
With a 1-V input into R13, a potential of about 500 mV exists between
compressor output R7 and expander input R5. The compression
characteristic is shown in Fig. 19-2 (b). The signal range is reduced by
about one half at the output, which is doubled in the expander. Thus,
the range after compression and expansion is the same again, but that is
not necessarily the case with the input and output level. The compander
can be arranged to provide a constant attenuation or amplification.
With the circuit values as shown in the diagram, the input and output
levels are the same.
The prototype had an overall gain of 0.5 dB when
the expander input was connected directly to the compressor output. To
allow acceptance of high input levels, R13, R14, and the compressor
input resistance form a 10:1 attenuator. At the expander input, R5 and
the expander input impedance of about 3 kfl form a potential divider. If
the compander is to be used with smaller signals, the attenuation can
be reduced as appropriate. If the input level lies below 100 mV, R5, R13
and R14 can be omitted. The compander covers the frequency range of 20
Hz to 20 kHz, the overall distortion is less than 1%, and the
signal-to-noise ratio is about 80 dB.
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