In FIG. 1, the amplifier circuits 12_1 and 12_2, the mixer circuit 13, the analog-digital converter circuit 14, the digital effector 15, the digital interface 16, the digital-analog converter circuit 18, the mixer circuit 19, and the amplifier circuits 20_1 and 20_2 are shown as an audio codec 10. The audio codec 10 includes the mixer circuit 19 serving as a semiconductor device.
Although the two microphones 11_1 and 11_2 are shown in FIG. 1 as an example, three or more microphones may be provided. The number of the amplifier circuits 12_1 and 12_2 can be determined in accordance with the number of the microphones 11_1 and 11_2.
The mixer circuit 13 is a circuit for synthesizing analog audio data output from the microphones 11_1 and 11_2 through the amplifier circuits 121 and 12_2. The analog-digital converter circuit 14 is a circuit for converting the synthesized analog audio data into digital audio data.
The digital effector 15 is a circuit for processing the digital audio data output from the analog-digital converter circuit 14 in accordance with the control set by the external control circuit 17 through the digital interface 16.