
1998 Jun 23
5
Philips Semiconductors
Product specification
I
2
C-bus programmable modulator for
negative video modulation and FM sound
TDA8722
PINNING
SYMBOL PIN
DESCRIPTION
AUDIO
SOSCA
SOSCB
UOSCB
OGND
UOSCA
AMP
CP
XTAL
DGND
V
DDD
SCL
SDA
P0
RFB
RFA
ADJUST
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
audio input
sound oscillator A
sound oscillator B
UHF oscillator B
RF oscillator ground
UHF oscillator A
tuning amplifier output
charge pump output
crystal oscillator
digital ground
digital supply voltage
serial clock input (I
2
C-bus)
serial data input (I
2
C-bus)
NPN open-collector output Port
asymmetrical RF output B
asymmetrical RF output A
modulation depth and picture-to-sound
distance adjustment pin
analog ground
video input
analog supply voltage
AGND
VIDEO
V
DDA
18
19
20
Fig.2 Pin configuration.
handbook, halfpage
TDA8722
MBE394
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
CP
DGND
XTAL
SCL
SDA
AMP
P0
UOSCA
RFB
OGND
RFA
UOSCB
ADJUST
SOSCB
AGND
SOSCA
VIDEO
AUDIO
VDDD
VDDA
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
The TDA8722 is a programmable modulator which can be
divided into two main blocks:
A modulator for negative video modulation and
FM sound TV standards
A programmable PLL frequency synthesizer.
The video part of the modulator consists of a clamping
circuit which sets the internal reference voltage to the
bottom of the synchronizing pulse, followed by a white clip
which avoids over modulation in case the video signal is
too strong. Typically, the IC starts to clip the video signal
when the voltage at the video input (pin 19) is
>560 mV (p-p) while the normal voltage at the video input
is 500 mV (p-p). This clipping function ensures that the
video modulation depth is not too high. The modulation
depth is adjusted in the application between at least
65 and 90% by changing the resistor value between pin 17
and ground (R17). The value can change between 47 k
and infinite (R17 removed); see Fig.10.
The video part also contains a test pattern signal generator
to simplify the adjustment of the receiving channel of the
TV set to the required channel of the modulator. The
pattern consists of a synchronization pulse and two
vertical white bars on screen (see Fig.3).
The audio part of the modulator contains an FM sound
modulator. The frequency of the sound subcarrier is set in
the application by external components (C3, L3 and R3).
The difference between the video carrier level and the
sound subcarrier level is adjusted in the application by
changing the value of the capacitor between pin 17 and
ground (C17). The value can change between
0 and 47 pF. The distance between the video carrier and
the sound subcarrier can be adjusted between at least
10 and
18 dB (see Fig.11).