TB7100 Installation and Operation Manual Functional Description 25
© Tait Electronics Limited December 2005
Calibration
The following items within the receiver path are calibrated in the Factory:
■ front-end tuning
■ AGC
■ noise squelch
■ RSSI (received signal strength indication)
Information on the calibration of these items is given in the on-line help 
facility of the calibration application.
3.1.3 Audio Processing and Signalling
Audio Processing Raw demodulated data from the receiver is processed within the DSP. The 
sample rate at this point is 48kHz with signal bandwidth limited only by the 
IF filtering. Scaling (dependent on the bandwidth of the RF channel) is then 
applied to normalise the signal level for the remaining audio processing. 
The sample rate is decimated to 8kHz and bandpass audio filtering (0.3 to 
3kHz) is applied. The base station takes the audio from the receiver mode 
at Tap R4 by default; this point has no de-emphasis. This tap point can be 
changed if required, for example, for trunking applications.
Data and Signalling 
Decoders
The data and signalling decoders obtain their signals from various points 
within the audio processing chain. The point used depends on the 
bandwidth of the decoders and whether de-emphasis is required. Several 
decoders may be active simultaneously.
Side Tones Side tones are summed in at the end of the audio-processing chain. 
These are tones that provide some form of alert or give the user confidence 
an action has been performed. The confidence tones may be generated in 
the receiver. The side-tone level is a fixed proportion (in the order of 
–10dB) relative to full scale in the receive path. By default, all audible 
indicators are turned off.
CODEC The combined audio and side-tone signal is converted to analog form by a 
16-bit DAC with integral anti-alias filtering. This is followed by a 
programmable-gain amplifier with a range of 45dB in 1.5dB steps. 
The amplifier performs muting. The DAC is part of the same CODEC 
device (AD6521).
Output to Speakers The output of the CODEC is fed to an audio power amplifier and to the 
UI board via a buffer amplifier. The output configuration of the audio 
power amplifier is balanced and drives an internal speaker. The power 
delivered to the speaker is limited by its impedance. The speaker has 16Ω 
impedance.