APPLICATIONS INFORMATION CODEC CONNECTION The ICS‐40638 output can be connected to a dedicated codec microphone input (see Figure 8) or to a high input impedance gain stage. A 0.1 µF ceramic capacitor placed close to the ICS‐40638 supply pin is used for testing and is recommended to adequately decouple the microphone from noise on the power supply. A dc blocking capacitor is required at the output of the microphone. This capacitor creates a high‐pass filter with a corner frequency at fC = 1/(2π × C × R) where R is the input impedance of the codec. A minimum value of 2.2 μF is recommended in Figure 8 for codecs, which may have a very low input impedance at some PGA gain settings. Figure 8. ICS‐40638 Connected to a Differential‐Input Codec Page 8 of 14 Document Number: DS‐000281 Revision: 1.1