GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Philips SAA3500H is a Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) channel decoder according to the ETSI specification ETS 300 401. The SAA3500H is a successor to the Philips FADIC and SIVIC chip set and provides an IF ADC, digital mixer, full DAB ensemble demodulation and decoding as well as time and frequency synchronization functions. Because of the full-speed Viterbi decoding capacity and a high-speed receiver data output interface, DAB data reception is not limited by the SAA3500H channel decoder.

FEATURES
• Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) full-capacity demodulator and decoder
• Supports DAB transmission modes I, II, III and IV
• Integrated Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) for IF input
• Digital mixer with on-chip digital Automatic Frequency Control (AFC) and Automatic Gain Control (AGC)
• Detectors for null symbol, DAB mode and transmitter identification
• On-chip or external synchronization algorithms and control loops
• On-chip timing PLL and DCXO
• Dynamic DAB multiplex reconfiguration supported
• Equal and unequal error protection for up to 64 sub-channels
• Fast information channel buffering
• Simple full capacity output
• Receiver data interface
• Serial output for three sub-channels
• I2C-bus or L3-bus control interface.

APPLICATIONS
• Mobile receivers (FM/DAB car radios)
• Personal Computer add-ons
• Test and measurement equipment
• Portable radios.