Improving AK4490 THD(+N) figures

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Besides the THD+N it could be interesting to see the THD, so without the noise.

Have you considered making the PCB compatible with the AK4493? It only requires a small additional effort.

I have not but I should check it, I did notice its existence a while ago.

I do have THD results as well. Here is a graph from the VREF=5V case, from the same run I posted before the THD+N. At 0 dBFS THD+N is pretty much dominated by THD as can be expected, below that noise contributes more.

I could maybe extract more numbers from there but the lowest values are somewhere in the -116..-118 dB ballpark (and again, I forgot to change % to dB..).

Jens, you got to the better side of -120 dB with your analyzer?

In fact, I did not check THD only numbers with large extra capacitors so this is something I should still check. Too many variables!
 

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Yes, at -20dBFS I typically get just below -120dB THD.

Perhaps you are limited by the AP analyzer? It looks like your results are limited by noise. I normally use a large FFT window (512k) to suppress the noise floor in order to see the harmonics.
 
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