Design of a linear voltage to frequency converter for digital audio applications

Abstract

Voltage to frequency converters are used in various types of analog to digital converters in suitable digital audio applications. One of the applications is the Audio Interface which has been considered. The Voltage to frequency converter (VFC) thus plays a major role in the analog to digital conversion. This paper proposes a low power VFC designed in 0.18 µm technology which in turn is used to design a low cost and a high-resolution analog to digital converter (ADC). The analog signal is given to the V-F converter and the VFC output is given to the frequency counter using a suitable link. This counter gives the digital output. The design is implemented in PSoC and the performance is analysed with the previous technologies. Parameters such as sensitivity, output frequency and power consumption are analysed. This V-F converter and ADC are used in the digital audio interface which is used for audio applications. With the proposed VFC and ADC, the interface produced a good SNR compared to the conventional audio interfaces.