Cirrus Logic CS6422 - Manual (Page 46)

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Adaptive Filter
A digital FIR filter that adjusts its coefficients to match a transfer function, such as the echo path
between the speaker and microphone. The adaptive filter is able to compensate for different and
changing conditions, such as someone moving in the room.
Echo Path
The acoustic echo path describes the acoustic coupling between the speaker and the microphone. It
describes both the magnitude and delay characteristics of the echoed signal. It is affected by the
speaker, microphone, phone housing, room, objects in the room, movement, and the talker. The
network echo path is comprised of the transfer function between NO and NI.
Path Change
A change in the transfer function that describes the Echo Path. Changes in the acoustic echo path are
most commonly due to motion in the room or gain changes at an external speaker. Network echo path
is most easily changed by picking up an extension or hanging up the phone.
AGC
The CS6422 implements a peak-limiting Automatic Gain Control to allow a greater dynamic range
without clipping the signal. See Section 4.1.3, “AGC” for details on how it works.
Doubletalk
The condition occurring when both Near End and Far End talkers are speaking simultaneously.
ERLE
Echo Return-Loss Enhancement is the amount of attenuation of echo signal an echo canceller provides
(not counting Suppression) as measured in dB. ERLE is a measure of the echo canceller's
performance. The larger the value for ERLE, the better the echo cancellation.
Coverage Time
The CS6422 echo canceller has 508 taps and it can sample an analog signal at an 8 kHz rate.
512 x 1/8 kHz = 63.5 ms. Sound travels through air at a rate of around 1 ft/ms. Thus the echo canceller
can be used in a room with walls 32 feet away, discounting multiple reflections. But remember that at
this distance, most of the echo has been attenuated due to the physical separation. The majority of the
acoustic coupling comes from the first arrival, or directly from the speaker to the microphone. The first
signal is by far the strongest.
Convergence Time
A high quality echo canceller is continuously modifying its internal model of the echo path characteristics
(See Section 4.1.1.2, “Adaptive Filter”). When the model is complete, the echo canceller will be able to
cancel echo to the extent of its rated capabilities. Convergence time is the duration it takes the echo
canceller to train itself, from cleared coefficients, and switch to full-duplex operation, in the presence of
speech.
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