
[AK4345] 
1. Grounding and Power Supply Decoupling 
The AK4345 requires careful attention for power supply and grounding arrangements. VDD is usually supplied from the 
analog supply in the system. System analog ground and digital ground should be connected together near to where the 
supplies are brought onto the printed circuit board. Decoupling capacitors should be as near to the AK4345 as possible, 
with the small value ceramic capacitor being the closest. 
2. Voltage Reference 
The differential Voltage between VDD and VSS sets the analog output range. VCOM is used as a common voltage of the 
analog signal. VCOM pin is a signal ground of this chip. An electrolytic capacitor about 4.7
μ
F should be attached 
between VCOM pin and VSS. No load current may be drawn from VCOM pin. Especially, the ceramic capacitor should 
be connected to this pin as near as possible. 
3. Analog Outputs 
The analog outputs are single-ended and centered around the VCOM voltage (0.5 
×
 VDD). The output signal range is 
typically 2.8Vpp (typ@VDD=3.3V). The internal switched-capacitor filter and continuous-time filter attenuate the noise 
generated by the delta-sigma modulator beyond the audio passband. The output voltage is a positive full scale for 
7FFFFFH (@24bit) and a negative full scale for 800000H (@24bit). The ideal output is VCOM voltage (0.5 
×
 VDD) for 
000000H (@24bit). 
DC offsets on analog outputs are eliminated by AC coupling since analog outputs have DC offsets of VCOM + a few mV. 
Figure 24 shows an example of the external LPF with 2.8Vpp (1Vrms) output. 
LOUT / ROUT 
10u 
220 
1nF 
AK4345 
22k
2.8Vpp (1Vrms) 
Analog
Out 
fc=723.4kHz, g=-0.013dB at 40kHz
Figure 24. External 1
st
 order LPF Circuit Example 
MS0635-E-00 
2007/06 
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