
GRAYCHIP,INC.
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FEBRUARY 18, 1998
GC1012A DIGITAL TUNER CHIP
DATA SHEET REV 0.0
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION ....................................................................................................1
KEY FEATURES................................................................................................................................... 1
BLOCK DIAGRAM................................................................................................................................. 2
CONTROL INTERFACE........................................................................................................................ 2
DIGITAL OSCILLATOR......................................................................................................................... 3
MIXER................................................................................................................................................... 4
PROGRAMMABLE LOW PASS FILTER............................................................................................... 4
GAIN...................................................................................................................................................... 5
OUTPUT FORMATTING....................................................................................................................... 6
POWER DOWN AND KEEPALIVE MODES......................................................................................... 6
THE ONE SHOT PULSE GENERATOR............................................................................................... 6
DIAGNOSTICS...................................................................................................................................... 7
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
1.10
1.11
2.0
PIN DESCRIPTIONS ...................................................................................................................8
3.0
CONTROL REGISTERS............................................................................................................10
FREQUENCY WORD REGISTERS.................................................................................................... 11
SYNC MODE REGISTER ................................................................................................................... 12
FILTER MODE REGISTER................................................................................................................. 13
GAIN CONTROL REGISTERS ........................................................................................................... 14
OUTPUT MODE REGISTER............................................................................................................... 15
OUTPUT STATUS REGISTER........................................................................................................... 16
ONE SHOT ADDRESS ....................................................................................................................... 17
CHECKSUM REGISTER..................................................................................................................... 17
I AND Q OUTPUT REGISTERS.......................................................................................................... 17
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.9
4.0
SPECIFICATIONS.....................................................................................................................18
ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS...................................................................................................... 18
RECOMMENDED OPERATING CONDITIONS.................................................................................. 18
THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS ........................................................................................................ 18
DC CHARACTERISTICS .................................................................................................................... 19
AC CHARACTERISTICS..................................................................................................................... 20
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
5.0
APPLICATION NOTES..............................................................................................................21
POWER AND GROUND CONNECTIONS.......................................................................................... 21
STATIC SENSITIVE DEVICE.............................................................................................................. 21
80 MHZ OPERATION.......................................................................................................................... 21
REDUCED VOLTAGE OPERATION................................................................................................... 21
SYNCHRONIZING MULTIPLE GC1012A CHIPS............................................................................... 22
PROCESSING COMPLEX DATA ....................................................................................................... 22
EXAMPLE RECEIVER ARCHITECTURE........................................................................................... 23
LATENCY THROUGH THE GC1012A................................................................................................ 24
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8