CONFIDENTIAL ADVANCE INFORMATION Rev. 1.7

September 16, 2014

Sabre

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FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM

DSD/PCM

Interface

Jitter

Reduction

OVERSAMPLING FILTER

Fast/Slow roll-off (PCM)

50/60/70kHz (DSD)

De-emphasis (PCM)

Volume Control

Soft Mute

Zero Detect

CONTROL INTERFACE

POWER SUPPLY

DAC

(8x)

Dynamic

Matching

(8x)

VREF

DATA[8:1]

DATA_CLK

MCLK

DAC[8:1]

DACB[8:1]

AVCC

AGND

SPDIF

Receiver

SPDIF in

DPLL

DSD/PCM

Interface

Jitter

Reduction

OVERSAMPLING FILTER

Fast/Slow roll-off (PCM)

50/60/70kHz (DSD)

De-emphasis (PCM)

Volume Control

Soft Mute

Zero Detect

CONTROL INTERFACE

POWER SUPPLY

DAC

(8x)

DAC

(8x)

Dynamic

Matching

(8x)

VREF

DATA[8:1]

DATA_CLK

MCLK

DAC[8:1]

DACB[8:1]

AVCC

AGND

SPDIF

Receiver

SPDIF in

DPLL

Reference

ES9018

APPLICATION DIAGRAM

FL

FR

C

SL

SR

LFE

BL

BR

Audio

DSP

Blu-Ray Player

Universal DVD/DVD-Audio/

SACD Player

Home Theater Receiver

ES9018

Sabre

64-LQFP

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