This application note defines the system-level hardware for the asymmetrical digital-subscriber line (ADSL) central office analog front end (AFE) incorporating the Texas Instruments TLV320AD12 (AD12). The AFE design is intended to demonstrate the data-handling capabilities of the AD12 in a real system environment. This application notes uses a simple line-coupling network; the end user should consider enhancements for actual implementation.
The electromagnetic interference (EMI) rejection ratio, or EMIRR, describes the EMI immunity of operational amplifiers. An adverse effect that is common to many op amps is a change in the offset voltage as a result of RF signal rectification. An op amp that is more efficient at rejecting this change in offset as a result of EMI has a higher EMIRR and is quantified by a decibel value.