
ASAHI KASEI 
[AK4342] 
MS0506-E-02 
2006/07 
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OPERATION OVERVIEW
System Clock 
The external clocks required to operate the AK4342 are MCLK, BICK and LRCK. MCLK should be synchronized with 
LRCK but the phase is not critical. The MCLK is used to operate the digital interpolation filter, delta-sigma modulator, 
charge pump circuit and counter for transition time. The MCLK frequency is detected from the relation between MCLK 
and LRCK automatically. The Half speed, the Normal speed and the Double speed mode are selected with the DFS1-0 
pins (Table 1). The sampling frequency is selected with the FS3-0 bits. (Table 2) 
When the states of DFS1-0 bits change in the normal operation mode, the AK4342 should be reset by PDN pin or 
PMDAC bit. 
DFS1 bit 
DFS0 bit 
Mode 
0 
0 
Normal Speed
8 
~
 48kHz 
0 
1 
Double Speed
60 
~
 96kHz 
1 
0 
Half Speed 
8 
~
 24kHz 
1 
1 
Table 1. System Clock Example 
FS3 bit 
FS2 bit 
FS1 bit 
FS0 bit 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
1 
0 
0 
1 
0 
0 
0 
1 
1 
0 
1 
0 
0 
0 
1 
0 
1 
0 
1 
1 
0 
0 
1 
1 
1 
1 
0 
0 
0 
1 
0 
0 
1 
1 
0 
1 
0 
1 
0 
1 
1 
1 
1 
0 
0 
1 
1 
0 
1 
1 
1 
1 
0 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Table 2. Set up of Sampling Frequency 
For low sampling rates, DR and S/N degrade because of the out-of-band noise. DR and S/N are improved by setting the 
half speed mode (DFS1-0 bits = “10”) 
S/N (fs=8kHz, 20kLPF + A-weighted) 
Mode 
Lineout 
Normal Speed 
89dB 
Half Speed 
99dB 
Table 3. Relationship between Clock Mode and S/N of Lineout, Headphone and Aux-out 
External clocks (MCLK, BICK and LRCK) should always be present whenever the DAC, headphone amp, lineout amp or 
charge pump circuits is in normal operation mode (PMDAC bit = “1”, PMHP bit = “1”, PMLO bit = “1” or PMCP bit = 
“1”). If these clocks are not provided, the AK4342 is not operated normally, especially, DAC may draw excess current 
due to dynamic refresh of internal logic. If the external clocks are not present, the DAC, headphone amp, charge pump 
circuit and lineout amp should be in the power-down mode (PMDAC bit = PMHP bit = PMLO bit = PMCP bit = “0”). 
fs 
MCLK Frequency 
256/384/512/768fs 
128/192/256/384fs 
512/768fs 
Default 
Reserve 
Sampling Frequency 
44.1kHz 
32kHz 
48kHz 
(Reserve) 
88.2kHz 
64kHz 
96kHz 
(Reserve) 
22.05kHz 
16kHz 
24kHz 
(Reserve) 
11.025kHz 
8kHz 
12kHz 
(Reserve) 
Default 
Headphone 
87dB 
95dB 
Aux-out 
87dB 
95dB