MT8885
Integrated DTMF Transceiver with Power
Down and Adaptive Micro Interface
Data Sheet
Features
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Central office quality DTMF transmitter/receiver
Single 5 Volt power supply
Adaptive micro interface enables compatibility
with Intel and Motorola processors
DTMF transmitter/receiver power-down via
register control or power-down pin
Adjustable guard time
Automatic tone burst mode
Call progress tone detection to -30 dBm
February 2004
Ordering Information
MT8885E
24 Pin Plastic DIP (300mil)
MT8885AN
24 Pin SSOP
MT8885AP
28 Pin PLCC
-40°C to +85°C
Description
The MT8885 is a monolithic DTMF transceiver with call
progress filter. It is fabricated in CMOS technology
offering low power consumption and high reliability.
The receiver section is based upon the industry
standard MT8870 DTMF receiver. The transmitter
utilizes a switched capacitor D/A converter for low
distortion, high accuracy DTMF signalling. Internal
counters provide a burst mode such that tone bursts
can be transmitted with precise timing. A call progress
filter can be selected allowing a microprocessor to
analyze call progress tones.
The MT8885 utilizes an adaptive micro interface, which
allows the device to be connected to a number of
popular microcontrollers with minimal external logic.
The MT8885 provides enhanced power-down features.
The transmitter and receiver may independently be
powered down via register control.
Applications
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Credit card systems
Paging systems
Repeater systems/mobile radio
Interconnect dialers
Pay phones
Remote monitor/Control systems
TONE
∑
D/A
Converters
Row and
Column
Counters
Transmit Data
Register
Status
Register
Data
Bus
Buffer
D0
D1
D2
D3
Tone Burst
Gating Cct.
IN+
IN-
GS
OSC1
OSC2
Oscillator
Circuit
Bias
Circuit
V
DD
V
Ref
V
SS
+
-
Dial
Tone
Filter
Control
Logic
Interrupt
Logic
IRQ/CP
High Group
Filter
Low Group
Filter
Control
Logic
Digital
Algorithm
and Code
Converter
Control
Register
A
Control
Register
B
I/O
Control
DS/RD
CS
R/W/WR
RS0
Steering
Logic
Receive Data
Register
PWDN
ESt
St/GT
Figure 1 - Functional Block Diagram
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MT8885
GS
NC
IN-
IN+
VDD
Data Sheet
24 PIN DIP/SSOP
Figure 2 - Pin Connections
Pin Description
Pin #
Name
24
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
28
1
2
4
6
7
8
9
IN+
IN-
GS
V
Ref
V
SS
OSC1
OSC2
Non-inverting
op-amp input.
Inverting
op-amp input.
Gain Select.
Gives access to output of front end differential amplifier for connection
of feedback resistor.
Reference Voltage
output (V
DD
/2).
Ground (0 V).
Oscillator
input. This pin can also be driven directly by an external clock.
Oscillator
output. A 3.579545 MHz crystal connected between OSC1 and OSC2
completes the internal oscillator circuit. Leave open circuit when OSC1 is driven
externally.
Output from internal DTMF transmitter.
Description
10
11
12
12
13
14
TONE
R/W(WR) (Motorola)
Read/Write
or (Intel)
Write
microprocessor input. CMOS compatible.
CS
Chip Select
input must be gated externally by either address strobe (AS), valid
memory address (VMA) or address latch enable (ALE) signal, depending on
processor used. See Figure 12. Must not be tied low. CMOS compatible.
Register Select
input. Refer to Table 3 for bit interpretation. CMOS compatible.
(Motorola)
Data Strobe
or (Intel)
Read
microprocessor input. Activity on this input is
only required when the device is being accessed. CMOS compatible.
Interrupt Request/Call Progress
(open drain) output. In interrupt mode, this output
goes low when a valid DTMF tone burst has been transmitted or received. In call
progress mode, this pin will output a rectangular signal representative of the input
signal applied at the input op-amp. The input signal must be within the bandwidth
limits of the call progress filter, see Figure 8.
13
14
15
15
17
18
RS0
DS
(RD)
IRQ/CP
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TONE
R/W/WR
CS
RS0
NC
DS/RD
IRQ/CP
IN+
IN-
GS
VRef
VSS
OSC1
OSC2
NC
NC
TONE
R/W/WR
CS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
24
23
22
21
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
VDD
St/GT
ESt
D3
D2
D1
D0
NC
PWDN
IRQ/CP
DS/RD
RS0
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
NC
VRef
VSS
OSC1
OSC2
NC
NC
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
4
3
2
1
28
27
26
•
25
24
23
22
21
20
19
ESt
NC
D3
D2
D1
D0
NC
PWDN
28 PIN PLCC
MT8885
Pin Description
Pin #
Name
24
16
28
19
PWDN
Description
Data Sheet
Power-Down
(input). Active High. Powers down the device and inhibits the oscillator.
IRQ and TONE output are high impedance. Data bus is held in tri-state. This pin has
no internal pulldown resistor. Therefore, must be tied to logic low when not used.
Microprocessor data bus. High impedance when CS = 1 or DS =0 (Motorola) or RD =
1 (Intel). TTL compatible.
Early Steering
output. Presents a logic high once the digital algorithm has detected
a valid tone pair (signal condition). Any momentary loss of signal condition will cause
ESt to return to a logic low.
Steering Input/Guard Time
output (bidirectional). A voltage greater than V
TSt
detected at St causes the device to register the detected tone pair and update the
output latch. A voltage less than V
TSt
frees the device to accept a new tone pair. The
GT output acts to reset the external steering time-constant; its state is a function of
ESt and the voltage on St.
Positive power supply (5 V typ.).
No Connection.
18-21
22
21-24
26
D0-D3
ESt
23
27
St/GT
24
8, 9
17
28
3, 5,
10,11
16, 20,
25
V
DD
NC
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Functional Description
The MT8885 Integrated DTMF Transceiver consists of a high performance DTMF receiver with an internal gain
setting amplifier and a DTMF generator, which employs a burst counter to synthesize precise tone bursts and
pauses. A call progress mode can be selected so that frequencies within the specified passband can be detected.
The adaptive micro interface allows various microcontrollers to access the MT8885 internal registers.
1.1
Power-Down
The MT8885 provides enhanced power-down functionality to facilitate minimization of supply current consumption.
DTMF transmitter and receiver circuit blocks may be independently powered down via register control. When
asserted, the RxEN control bit powers down all analog and digital circuitry associated solely with the DTMF and
Call Progress receiver. The TOUT control bit is used to disable the transmitter and put all circuitry associated only
with the DTMF transmitter in power-down mode. With the TOUT control bit asserted, the TONE output pin is held in
a high impedance (floating) state. When both power-down control bits are asserted, circuits utilized by both the
DTMF transmitter and receiver are also powered down. This power-down control disables the crystal oscillators,
and the VRef generator. In addition, the IRQ, TONE output and DATA pins are held in a high impedance state.
Finally, the whole device is put in a power-down state when the PWDN pin is asserted.
1.2
Input Configuration
The input arrangement of the MT8885 provides a differential-input operational amplifier as well as a bias source
(V
Ref
), which is used to bias the inputs at V
DD
/2. Provision is made for connection of a feedback resistor to the op-
amp output (GS) for gain adjustment. In a single-ended configuration, the input pins are connected as shown in
Figure 3.
Figure 4 shows the necessary connections for a differential input configuration.
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1.3
Receiver Section
Data Sheet
Separation of the low and high group tones is achieved by applying the DTMF signal to the inputs of two sixth-order
switched capacitor bandpass filters, the bandwidths of which correspond to the low and high group frequencies
(see Table 1). The filters also incorporate notches at 350 Hz and 440 Hz for exceptional dial tone rejection. Each
filter output is followed by a single order switched capacitor filter section, which smooths the signals prior to limiting.
Limiting is performed by high-gain comparators which are provided with hysteresis to prevent detection of
unwanted low-level signals. The outputs of the comparators provide full rail logic swings at the frequencies of the
incoming DTMF signals.
MT8885
IN+
IN-
C
R
IN
R
F
VOLTAGE GAIN
(A
V
) = R
F
/ R
IN
GS
V
Ref
Figure 3 - Single-Ended Input Configuration
MT8885
C1
R1
IN+
IN-
C2
R4
R5
GS
R3
R2
V
Ref
DIFFERENTIAL INPUT AMPLIFIER
C1 = C2 = 10 nF
R1 = R4 = R5 = 100 kΩ
R2 = 60 kΩ, R3 = 37.5 kΩ
R3 = (R2R5)/(R2 + R5)
VOLTAGE GAIN
INPUT IMPEDANCE
(A
V
diff) - R5/R1
(Z diff) = 2 R1
2
+ (1/ωC)
2
IN
Figure 4 - Differential Input Configuration
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F
LOW
697
697
697
770
770
770
852
852
852
941
941
941
697
770
852
F
HIGH
1209
1336
1477
1209
1336
1477
1209
1336
1477
1336
1209
1477
1633
1633
1633
Digit
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
*
#
A
B
C
D
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
D
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
D
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
D
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
Data Sheet
941
1633
D
0
0
0
0
Table 1 - Functional Encode/Decode Table
0= LOGIC LOW, 1= LOGIC HIGH
Following the filter section is a decoder employing digital counting techniques to determine the frequencies of the
incoming tones and to verify that they correspond to standard DTMF frequencies. A complex averaging algorithm
protects against tone simulation by extraneous signals such as voice while providing tolerance to small frequency
deviations and variations. This averaging algorithm has been developed to ensure an optimum combination of
immunity to talk-off and tolerance to the presence of interfering frequencies (third tones) and noise. When the
detector recognizes the presence of two valid tones (this is referred to as the “signal condition” in some industry
specifications) the “Early Steering” (ESt) output will go to an active state. Any subsequent loss of signal condition
will cause ESt to assume an inactive state.
1.4
Steering Circuit
Before registration of a decoded tone pair, the receiver checks for a valid signal duration (referred to as character
recognition condition). This check is performed by an external RC time constant driven by ESt. A logic high on ESt
causes v
c
(see Figure 5) to rise as the capacitor discharges. Provided that the signal condition is maintained (ESt
remains high) for the validation period (t
GTP
), v
c
reaches the threshold (V
TSt
) of the steering logic to register the tone
pair, latching its corresponding 4-bit code (see Table 1) into the Receive Data Register. At this point the GT output is
activated and drives v
c
to V
DD
. GT continues to drive high as long as ESt remains high. Finally, after a short delay to
allow the output latch to settle, the delayed steering output flag goes high, signalling that a received tone pair has
been registered. The status of the delayed steering flag can be monitored by checking the appropriate bit in the
status register. If Interrupt mode has been selected, the IRQ/CP pin will pull low when the delayed steering flag is
active.
The contents of the output latch are updated on an active delayed steering transition. This data is presented to the
four bit bidirectional data bus when the Receive Data Register is read. The steering circuit works in reverse to
validate the interdigit pause between signals. Thus, as well as rejecting signals too short to be considered valid, the
receiver will tolerate signal interruptions (drop out) too short to be considered a valid pause. This facility, together
with the capability of selecting the steering time constants externally, allows the designer to tailor performance to
meet a wide variety of system requirements.
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