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Features
 Pin-compatible upgrade of TMC2242B
 User-selectable interpolate d.c. gain, 0 dB or -6 dB
 True unity d.c. gain in all “0 db” modes
 40 MSPS performance in equal-rate filter modes
 40 and 60 MSPS speed grades in all other modes
 User-selectable 2:1 decimation, 1:2 interpolation, and 
equal-rate filter modes, plus unfiltered bypass/delay mode
 Defeatable 
π
x/sin(
π
x) compensation filter
 Passband ripple <0.014 dB 
 Stopband rejection >56 dB
 Dedicated 12-bit two’s complement or unsigned input bus
 16-bit two’s complement or unsigned output bus with 
user-selectable rounding to 8 to 16 effective bits
 Programmable limiter prevents overflow or clips to 
CCIR601 levels
 New double-latency modes match Y channel data flow to 
slower-sampled C
B
 and C
R
 data flows
 New dual-channel interpolation and decimation for 
YUV422
Applications
 Digital-to-Analog Converter Prefiltering with optional
x/sinx correction
 1:2 interpolation
 Analog-to-Digital Converter Postfiltering
 2:1 decimation
 Low-ripple low-pass (0 to 0.2 f
s
) filter
Description
The TMC2242C, a linear-phase low-pass half-band digital 
filter with fixed coefficients, can be used to halve or double 
the sampling rate of a digital signal. When used as a decimat-
ing post-filter with a double-speed oversampling A/D con-
verter, it greatly reduces the cost and complexity of the 
required analog antialiasing pre-filters. When used as an 
interpolating pre-filter with a double-speed oversampling
D/A converter, it greatly reduces the complexity and cost of 
the necessary analog post-filter, particularly when its x/sin(x) 
correction filter is engaged.
The TMC2242C user selects the mode of operation (deci-
mate, interpolate, equal-rate, bypass, x/sin(x))and rounding. 
The part can accept 12-bit two’s complement or unsigned 
data at up to 60 MHz and can output saturated two’s comple-
ment or offset binary data rounded to from 8 to 16 bits. 
Within the speed grade I/O limit, the output sample rate may 
be 1/2, 1, or 2 times the input sample rate. Two-channel 
modes permit it to interpolate or to decimate two multi-
plexed data streams (such as video C
B
 and C
R
) jointly.
The filter response is flat to within 
(e.g. 5.75MHz at a 27MHz clock rate), with stopband attenu-
ation greater than 56dB above 0.29f
filters such as the TMC2242C always have linear phase 
response. Half-band response is -6 dB. 
±
0.014 dB up to 0.21f
s
s
. Symmetric-coefficient 
Fabricated on an advanced submicron CMOS process, the 
TMC2242C is available in a 44-lead PLCC package. Perfor-
mance is guaranteed from 0 to 70
range of 4.75 to 5.25V.
°
C and over a power supply 
Block Diagram
SI
11-0
TCO RND
OE
DEC
INT
SYNC
SO
15-0
SO
3-0
ROUND
LIMIT
X/SIN(X)
FILTER
FIR
FILT
ZERO
INSERT
DECIMATE
CONTROL
65-2242C-01
TMC2242C
Digital Half-Band Interpolating/Decimating Filter
12-bit In/16-bit Out, 60 MHz
Rev. 1.0.0