Digital Audio Application Notes

The following application notes are provided for your information. These application notes are provided courtesy of the Engineering Department at Benchmark Media Systems, Inc. While the notes have been checked and are believed to be accurate, no warranties are made to their accuracy, either expressed or implied.

#1	Jitter by John Siau, Director of Engineering and Allen Burdick, President Answers to these questions: 1) How and where to measure jitter, and how to eliminate it? 2) How does sample clock jitter relate to interface jitter measured at the AES/EBU or SMPTE output connectors? 3) How can we measure 9 picoseconds of jitter? 4) Why does sample clock jitter have to be so low?
#2	Electrical SPDIF Output From an Optical Output by Allen Burdick, President This application note shows how to modify a CD or DVD player for an Electrical SPDIF output from the optical SPDIF output.
#3	Word Length Reduction by John Siau, Director of Engineering A broad look at the word length reductions systems incorporated in the AD2404-96 family of converters.
#4	How to run long lines with 110-ohm I/O by John Siau, Director of Engineering A simple, low cost way to "go the distance".