MT8870D/MT8870D-1 : ISO -CMOS Integrated DTMF Receiver

MT8870D/MT8870D-1 : ISO -CMOS Integrated DTMF Receiver

The MT8870D/MT8870D-1 is a complete DTMF receiver integrating both the bandsplit filter and digital decoder functions. The filter section uses switched capacitor techniques for high and low group filters; the decoder uses digital counting techniques to detect and decode all 16 DTMF tone-pairs into a 4-bit code.

 

Features

  • Complete DTMF Receiver
  • Low power consumption
  • Internal gain setting amplifier
  • Adjustable guard time
  • Central office quality
  • Power-down mode
  • Inhibit mode
  • Backward compatible with MT8870C/MT8870C-1

Applications

  • Receiver system for British Telecom (BT) or CEPT Spec (MT8870D-1)
  • Paging systems
  • Repeater systems/mobile radio
  • Credit card systems
  • Remote control
  • Personal computers
  • Telephone answering machine

 

Decoder Section

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 (see “Steering Circuit”).