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Bridging the Digital www.akm.com AKM Semiconductor - Dedicated to your Success When you choose AKM to power your designs, you get much more than the best mixed-signal technology on the market today. You get a commitment that your design will succeed and the support to ensure that this happens. AKM products feature high-performance, cutting-edge integration and a sterling reputation for quality and reliability. Our rigorous design and QA processes ensure that every part you receive will meet or exceed specification. AKM prides itself in delivering the extra service and support that ensures your success. Customers are invited to use our audio lab for troubleshooting or testing or can send products to our Application Engineers and request test reports. We’re here to help. If you are overwhelmed and overworked and don’t have time to design an audio block, give us a ring and we’ll put a circuit together for you and we’ll make sure that it meets your performance and price goals. At AKM, our goal is your success! Here’s what our customers have to say: AKM: Quality and Performance One of the reasons for AKM’s incredible performance, quality and innovation is our 500,000 square-foot semiconductor production facility in Nobeoka, Japan. Our ISO9001-2000-certified operation is one of the world’s most advanced mixed signal fabrication and assembly lines. In addition to our corporate fab, we also have close relationships with many of the worlds leading semiconductor foundries, insuring capacity and availability of parts around the world. Looking ahead, AKM will continue to expand audio and mixed-signal horizons by providing products that deliver the best performance for the money. We continue to support and build products for emerging audio standards as well as improving performance for our existing market products. “AKM has continued to provide the best support I have experienced in my 14+ years of designing products. AKM’s efforts have allowed us to rapidly design and debug four products in the last year, and several others that are scheduled for production. AKM’s unparalleled support and excellent products helps us to keep our OEM customer’s products on time and on target. Thank you for taking time to review our product selection and for choosing AKM. We’re here to help you succeed. Although this publication is focused primarily on audio and video, AKM also designs and markets product lines for the telecommunications, networking, wireless and data storage markets. Among these products are TCXO analog controllers, analog front end chips for CD, CD-RW and DVD drives and wireless phone ICs. Visit www.akm.com for more details. “AKM has taken our prototypes and performed vigorous tests that have helped us to achieve Dolby Laboratory and DTS approvals much faster, while also helping to improve our products. In fact, the last report from AKM for an 8-channel Dolby Digital processor using AKM’s AK4529 was over 130 pages with excellent details. Designing with AKM products is a pleasure, and the performance and price of these parts are excellent. We will continue to design with AKM products wherever we can.” Wayne Boyle, President/CEO ILAB America Inc. Page 2 Bridging the analog and digital worlds. TM While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this document, AKM is not responsible for any errors or misprints contained herein. Please refer to the appropriate AKM datasheet for exact chip specifications. All specifications and features subject to change without notice. Copyright 2003, AKM Semiconductor Inc. All rights reserved.
and Analog Worlds Table of Contents 10 Steps to Better Audio .................................. 4 ADC .............................................................. 6 DAC .............................................................. 8 iDAC (integrated DACs) ................................. 10 CODEC ....................................................... 12 iCODEC (integrated codecs) .......................... 14 S/PDIF ......................................................... 16 SRC ............................................................. 18 DSP ............................................................. 19 Class-D ........................................................ 20 DACs+EEPROMs .......................................... 21 Video ........................................................... 22 Accessing AKM On the web - http://www.akm.com icinfo@akm.com - access to the entire AKM Applications team. If you have questions or need help with an AKM part, send an e-mail to this address and get a response within minutes. sales@akm.com - if you need help with purchasing parts or if you wish to receive a price quote, send an e-mail to this address and a North American sales representative will come to your aid. 408-436-8580 - AKM USA’s Corporate Headquarters 1-888-AKM-SEMI - toll free number AKM Semiconductor, Inc. 2001 Gateway Place, Suite 650W San Jose, CA 95110 Page 3
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