VPC 3205C,
VPC 3215C
Video Processor Family
Edition Oct. 19, 1998
6251-457-2PD
PRELIMINARY DATA SHEET
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Contents
Page Section Title
4 1. Introduction
4 1.1. System Architecture
4 1.2. Video Processor Family
5 1.3. VPC Applications
6 2. Functional Description
6 2.1. Analog Front-End
6 2.1.1. Input Selector
6 2.1.2. Clamping
6 2.1.3. Automatic Gain Control
6 2.1.4. Analog-to-Digital Converters
6 2.1.5. Digitally Controlled Clock Oscillator
6 2.1.6. Analog Video Output
7 2.2. Adaptive Comb Filter
7 2.3. Color Decoder
8 2.3.1. IF-Compensation
8 2.3.2. Demodulator
8 2.3.3. Chrominance Filter
9 2.3.4. Frequency Demodulator
9 2.3.5. Burst Detection
9 2.3.6. Color Killer Operation
9 2.3.7. PAL Compensation/1-H Comb Filter
10 2.3.8. Luminance Notch Filter
10 2.3.9. Skew Filtering
11 2.4. Horizontal Scaler
11 2.5. Blackline Detector
11 2.6. Control and Data Output Signals
11 2.6.1. Line-Locked Clock Generation
12 2.6.2. Sync Signals
12 2.6.3. DIGIT3000 Output Format
12 2.6.4. Line-Locked 4:2:2 Output Format
12 2.6.5. Line-Locked 4:1:1 Output Format
12 2.6.6. Output Code Levels
12 2.6.7. Output Signal Levels
12 2.6.8. Test Pattern Generator
13 2.6.9. Priority Bus Codec
13 2.7. PAL+ Support
13 2.7.1. Output Signals for PAL+/Color+ Support
15 2.8. Video Sync Processing
17 3. Serial Interface
17 3.1. I2C-Bus Interface
17 3.2. Control and Status Registers
29 3.2.1. Calculation of Vertical and East-West Deflection Coefficients
29 3.2.2. Scaler Adjustment
Contents, continued
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31 4. Specifications
31 4.1. Outline Dimensions
31 4.2. Pin Connections and Short Descriptions
33 4.3. Pin Descriptions (pin numbers for PLCC68 package)
35 4.4. Pin Configuration
36 4.5. Pin Circuits
37 4.6. Electrical Characteristics
37 4.6.1. Absolute Maximum Ratings
37 4.6.2. Recommended Operating Conditions
38 4.6.3. Recommended Crystal Characteristics
39 4.6.4. Characteristics
39 4.6.4.1. Characteristics, 5 MHz Clock Output
39 4.6.4.2. Characteristics, 20 MHz Clock Input/Output, External Clock Input (XTAL1)
39 4.6.4.3. Characteristics, Reset Input, Test Input
40 4.6.4.4. Characteristics, Priority, FPDAT Input/Output
40 4.6.4.5. Characteristics, VGAV Input
41 4.6.4.6. Characteristics, I2C Bus Interface
41 4.6.4.7. Characteristics, Analog Video Inputs
41 4.6.4.8. Characteristics, Analog Front-End and ADCs
43 4.6.4.9. Characteristics, Output Pin Specification
44 4.6.4.10. Characteristics, Input Pin Specification
45 4.6.4.11. Characteristics, Clock Output Specification
46 5. Application Circuit
47 5.1. VGA mode with VPC3215C
48 6. Data Sheet History
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Video Processor Family
Release Note: Revision bars indicate significant
changes to the previous edition.
1. Introduction
The VPC 32x5 is a high-quality, single-chip video
front-end, which is targeted for 4:3 and 16:9, 50/60 and
100/120 Hz TV sets. It can be combined with other
members of the DIGIT3000 IC family (such as CIP
3250A, DDP 3300A, TPU 3040) and/or it can be used
with 3rd-party products.
The main features of the VPC 32x5 are
all-digital video processing
high-performance adaptive 4H comb filter Y/C sepa-
rator with adjustable vertical peaking
multi-standard color decoder PAL/NTSC/SECAM
including all substandards
4 composite, 1 S-VHS input, 1 composite output
integrated high-quality A/D converters and associ-
ated clamp and AGC circuits
multi-standard sync processing
linear horizontal scaling (0.25 ... 4), as well as
non-linear horizontal scaling ‘panorama vision’
PAL+ preprocessing (VPC 3215)
line-locked clock, data and sync output (VPC 3215)
display/deflection control (VPC 3205)
submicron CMOS technology
–I
2C-Bus Interface
one 20.25 MHz crystal, few external components
68-pin PLCC package
1.1. System Architecture
Fig. 1–1 shows the block diagram of the video proces-
sor.
1.2. Video Processor Family
The VPC video processor family supports 15/32 kHz
systems and is available with different comb filter
options. The 50 Hz/single scan versions provide con-
trolling for the display and the vertical/east west deflec-
tion of DDP 3300A. The 100 Hz/double scan versions
have a line-locked clock output interface and the
PAL+ preprocessing option. Table 1–1 gives an over-
view of the VPC video processor family.
Fig. 1–1: VPC 32x5C block diagram
Table 1–1: VPC Processor Family
Features 50 Hz/
single scan 100 Hz/
double scan
4H comb filter VPC 3205C VPC 3215C
2H comb filter VPC 3200A VPC 3210A
no comb filter VPC 3201A VPC 3211A
V1
Adaptive
Combfilter
V2/Y
C
V3
V4
CVBS
Out
Output
Formatter
Horizontal
Scaler
Panorama
mode
NTSC
PAL
SECAM
Color
Decoder
2*ADC,
8 bit
Front-End
I2C
I2C
20.25
MHz
Clock Gen.
DCO
Sync Processing
line-locked clock synthesis
YUV
clock
H/V
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1.3. VPC Applications
Fig. 12 depicts several VPC applications. Since the
VPC functions as a video front-end, it must be comple-
mented with additional functionality to form a complete
TV set.
The DDP 33x0 contains the video b ack-end with video
postprocessing (contrast, peaking, DTI,...), H/V-deflec-
tion, RGB insertion (SCART, Text, PIP,...) and tube
control (cutoff, white drive, beam current limiter). It
generates a beam scan velocity modulation output
from th e digital YCrCb and RG B signals. Note that this
signal is not generated from the external analog RGB
inputs.
The CIP 3250A provides a high quality analog RGB
interface with character insertion capability. This allows
appropriate processing of external sources, such as
MPEG2 set-top boxes in transparent (4:2:2) quality.
Furthermore, it translates RGB/Fastblank signals to
the common digital video bus and makes those signals
available for 100 Hz upconversion or double scan pro-
cessing. In some European countries (Italy), this fea-
ture is mandatory.
The IP indicates memory based image processing,
such as scan rate conversion, vertical processing
(Zoom), or PAL+ reconstruction.
Examples:
Europe: 15 kHz/50 Hz 32 kHz/100 Hz interlaced
US: 15 kHz/60 Hz 32 kHz/60 Hz non-interlaced
Note that the VPC supports memory based applica-
tions through line-locked clocks, syncs, and data. CIP
may run either with the native DIGIT3000 clock but
also with a line-locked clock system.
Fig. 12: VPC 32xx applications
a) 15 kHz application Eur ope
b) double scan application (US, Japan)
c) 100 Hz application (Europe) with RGB inputs
a)
b)
c)
RGB
H/V
RGB
RGB
Defl.
H/V
H/V
Defl.
Defl.
DDP
3310B
DDP
3310B
DDP
3300A
IP
IP
VPC
321x
CIP
3250A
VPC
321x
CVBS
RGB
CVBS
CVBS
RGB
VPC
320x
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2. Functional Description
2.1. Analog Front-End
This block provides the analog interfaces to all video
inputs and mainly carries out analog-to digital conver-
sion for the following digital video processing. A block
diagram is given in Fig. 21.
Most of the functional blocks in the front-end are digi-
tally controlled (clamping, AGC, and clock-DCO). The
control loops are closed by the Fast Processor (FP)
embedded in the decoder.
2.1.1. Input Selector
Up to five analog inputs can be connected. Four inputs
are for input of composite video or S-VHS luma signal.
These in puts are clamped to the sync back p orch and a re
amplified by a variable gain amplifier. One input is for
connection of S-VHS carrier-chrominance signal. This
input is internally biased an d has a fix ed gain amplif ier.
2.1.2. Clamping
The composite video input signals are AC coupled to
the IC. The clamp ing volta ge is sto red on the coupling
capaci tors and is generate d by digitally controlled cur -
rent sources. The clamping level is the back porch of
the video signal. S-VHS chroma is also AC coupled.
The input pin is internally biased to the center of the
ADC input range.
2.1.3. Automatic Gain Control
A digitally working automatic gain control adjusts the
magnitude of the selected baseband by +6/4.5 dB in
64 logarithmic steps to the optimal range of the ADC.
The gain of the video input stage including the ADC is
213 steps/V with the AGC set to 0 dB.
2.1.4. Analog-to-Digital Converters
Two ADCs are provided to digitize the input signals.
Each converter runs with 20.25 MHz and has 8 bit res-
olution. An integrated bandgap circuit generates the
required reference voltages for the converters. The
two ADCs are of a 2-stage subranging type.
2.1.5. Digitally Controlled Clock Oscillator
The clock generation is also a par t of the analog front
end. The crystal oscillator is controlled digitally by the
contr ol proces so r; the c lo ck f re que nc y can be ad j us t ed
within ±150 ppm.
2.1.6. Analog Video Output
The input signal of the Luma ADC is available at the
analog v ideo ou tput pin . The sig nal at th is pi n must be
buffered by a source follower. The output voltage is
2 V, thus the signal can be used to drive a 75 line.
The magnitude is adjusted with an AGC in 8 steps
together with the main AGC.
Fig. 21: Analog front-end
VIN3
VIN2
VIN1
CIN
VIN4
bias ADC
ADC
gain
clamp
input
frequency
reference
generation
DVCO
±150
ppm
AGC
+6/4.5 dB
di gital CVBS or Luma
digital Chroma
system cl oc ks
20.25 MHz
Analog Video
Output
CVBS/Y
CVBS/Y
CVBS/Y
CVBS/Y
Chroma
mux
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2.2. Adaptive Comb Filter
The 4H adaptive comb filter is used for high-quality
luminance/chrominance separation for PAL or NTSC
compos ite video s ignals. The c omb filter i mproves the
luminance resolution (bandwidth) and reduces interfer-
ences like cross-luminance and cross-color. The adap-
tive algori thm eliminat es most of the men tioned erro rs
without introducing new artifacts or noise.
A block diagram of the comb filter is shown in Fig. 22.
The fil ter uses four line delays to process the i nfor ma-
tion of three video lines. To have a fixed phase rela-
tionship of the color subcarrier in the three channels,
the system clock (20.25 MHz) is fractionally locked to
the color subcarrier. This allows the processing of all
color s tandar ds an d substa ndard s using a si ngle crys-
tal frequency.
The CVBS signal in the three channels is filtered at the
subcarrier frequency by a set of bandpass/notch fil-
ters. The output of the three channels is used by the
adaption logic to select the weighting that is used to
reconstruct the luminance/chrominance signal from
the 4 bandpass/notch filter signals. By using soft mix-
ing of the 4 signals switching artifacts of the adaption
algorithm are completely suppressed.
The comb filter uses the middle line as reference,
therefore, the comb filter delay is two lines. If the comb
filter is switched off, the delay lines are used to pass
the luma/chroma signals from the A/D converters to
the luma/chroma outputs. Thus, the processing delay
is always two lines.
In order to obtain the best-suited picture quality , the
user has the possibility to influence the behaviour of
the adaption algorithm going from moderate combing
to strong combing. Therfore, the following three para-
meters may be adjusted:
HDG ( horizontal difference gain )
VDG ( vertical difference gain )
DDR ( diagonal dot reducer )
HDG ty pically d efines the c omb str ength on h orizontal
edges. It determines the amount of the remaining
cross- luminance and the shar pness on edges re spec-
tively. As HDG increases, the comb strength, e. g.
cross luminance reduction and sharpness, increases.
VDG ty picall y deter mines the comb filter b ehaviour on
vertical edges. As VDG increases, the comb strength,
e. g. the amount of hanging dots, decreases.
After selecting the combfilter performance in horizontal
and vertical direction, the diagonal picture perfor-
mance m ay fur t her be o pti mized by adjustin g DDR. As
DDR increases, the dot crawl on diagonal colored
edges is reduced.
To enhance the vertical resolution of the the picture,
the VPC 32x5 provides a vertical peaking circuitry. The
filter gain is adjustable between 0 +6 dB and a coring
filter suppresses small amplitudes to reduce noise arti-
facts. In relatio n to the c omb fi lter, this ver ti cal peaking
wide ly con tr ibutes to an opt ima l two-dim ensio nal reso -
lution hom oge nei ty.
2.3. Color Decoder
In this block, the standard luma/chroma separation
and multi-standard color demodulation is carried out.
The color demodulation uses an asynchronous clock,
thus allowing a unified architecture for all color stan-
dards.
A block diagram of the color decoder is shown in Fig.
24. The luma as well as the chroma processing, is
shown here. The color decoder also provides several
special modes, e.g. wide band chrom a format whi ch is
intended for S-VHS wide bandwidth chroma. Also, fil-
ter se ttings ar e available for processi ng a PAL+ helper
signal.
If the adaptive comb filter is used for luma chroma
separation, the color decoder uses the S-VHS mode
processing. The output of the color decoder is YCrCb
in a 4:2:2 format.
Fig. 22: Block diagram of the adaptive comb filter (PAL mode)
2H Delay Line
2H Delay Line
CVBS Input
Chroma Input
Bandpass
Bandpass/
Luma / Chroma Mixers
Luma Outpu t
Chroma Output
Filter
Notch Filter
Bandpass
Filter
Adaption Log ic
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2.3.1. IF-Compensation
With off-air or mistuned reception, any attenuation at
higher frequencies or asymmetry around the color sub-
carrier is compensated. Four different settings of the
IF-compensation are possible (see Fig. 23):
flat (no compensation)
6 dB/octave
12 dB/octave
10 dB/MHz
The last setting gives a very large boost to high fre-
quencies. It is provided for SECAM signals that are
decoded using a SAW filter specified originally for the
PAL standa rd .
Fig. 23: Frequency response of chroma IF-com-
pensation
2.3.2. Demodulator
The entire signal (which might still contain luma) is
quadrature-mixed to the baseband. The mixing fre-
quency is equal to the subcarrier for PAL and NTSC,
thus ach ieving the chroma dem odu lati on . For SECAM,
the mixing frequency is 4.286 MHz giving the quadra-
ture baseband components of the FM modulated
chroma. After the mixer, a lowpass filter selects the
chroma components; a downsampling stage converts
the color difference signals to a multiplexed half rate
data stream.
The su bcarr ier freque ncy in th e demodula tor is gene r-
ated by direct digital synthesis; therefore, substan-
dards such as PAL 3.58 or NTSC 4.43 can also be
demodulated.
2.3.3. Chrominance Filter
The demodulation is followed by a lowpass filter for the
color difference signals for PAL/NTSC. SECAM re-
quires a mod ified lowpas s func tion wi th bel l-filter cha r-
acteristic. At the output of the lowpass filter, all luma
information is eliminated.
The lowpass filters are calculated in time multiplex for
the two color signals. Three bandwidth settings (nar-
row, normal, broad) are available for each standard
(see Fig. 25). For PAL/NTSC, a wide band chroma fil-
ter can be selected. This filter is intended for high
bandwidth chroma signals, e.g. a nonstandard wide
bandwidth S-VHS signal.
Fig. 24: Color decoder
ColorPLL/ColorACC
1 H Delay
MUXMUX
CrossSwitch
Notch
Filter
Luma / CVBS Luma
Chroma
MIXER Lowpass Filter
Phase/Freq
Demodulator
ACC
Chroma
IF Compensation
DC-Reject
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Fig. 25: Frequency response of chroma filters
2.3.4. Frequency Demodulator
The frequency demodulator for demodulating the SE-
CAM si gnal is implemented as a CORDIC -struc ture. It
calculat es the phase and magnitud e of the quadrature
components by coordinate rotation.
The phase output of the CORDIC processor is differ-
entiated to obtain the demodulated frequency. After
the deemphasis filter, the Dr and Db signals are scaled
to standard CrCb amplitudes and fed to the cross-
over-switch.
2.3.5. Burst Detection
In the PAL/NTSC-system the burst is the reference for
the color signal. The phase and magnitude outputs of
the CORDIC are gated with the color key and used for
controlling the phase-lock-loop (APC) of the demodula-
tor and the automatic color cont rol (ACC) in PAL/NTSC .
The ACC has a control range of +30 ... 6 dB.
For SECAM decoding, the frequency of the burst is
measur ed. Thu s, the cu rrent c hroma c arr ier freque ncy
can be identified and is used to control the SECAM
processing. The burst measurements also control the
color killer operation; they can be used for automatic
standard detection as well.
2.3.6. Color Killer Operation
The color killer uses the burst-phase/burst-frequency
measur em ent to id enti fy a PAL/NTSC or S ECA M c olo r
signal . For PAL/NTSC, the co lor is switched off (kil led)
as long as the color subcarrier PLL is not locked. For
SECAM, the killer is controlled by the toggle of the
burst frequency. The burst amplitude measurement is
used to switch-off the color if the burst amplitude is
below a programmable threshold. Thus, color will be
killed for very noisy signals. The color amplitude killer
has a programmable hysteresis.
2.3.7. PAL Compensation/1-H Comb Filter
The col or decoder us es one fully in tegrated delay line.
Only active video is stored.
The delay line application depends on the color stan-
dard:
NTSC: 1-H comb filter or color compensation
PAL: colo r com pensation
SECAM: crossover-switch
In th e N TS C c om p en sa t ed m od e, F ig . 26 c), the color
signal is averaged for two adjacent lines. Thus,
cross- color disto r tion and chrom a noise is reduc ed. In
the N TSC 1-H comb filter m ode, Fig . 26 d), the delay
line is in the composite signal path, thus allowing
reduction of cross-color components, as well as
cross-luminance. The loss of vertical resolution in the
lumina nce chan nel is com pensated by add ing the ver-
tical de tail sign al with r emoved color information . If the
4H adaptive comb filter is used, the 1-H NTSC comb
filter has to be deselected.
PAL/NTSC
SECAM
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Fig. 26: NTSC color decoding options
Fig. 27: PAL color decoding options
Fig. 28: SECAM color decoding
2.3.8. Luminance Notch Filter
If a composite video signal is applied, the color infor-
mation is suppressed by a programmable notch filter.
The position of the filter center frequency dep ends on
the subcarrier frequency for PAL/NTSC. For SECAM,
the notch is directly controlled by the chroma carrier
frequency. This considerably reduces the cross-lumi-
nance. Th e frequenc y responses for all three sys tems
are shown in Fig. 29.
Fig. 29: Frequency responses of the luma
notch filte r for PAL, NTSC, SECAM
2.3.9. Skew Filtering
The sy stem cl ock is free- runn ing and not locked to th e
TV line frequency. Therefore, the ADC sampling pat-
tern is not orthogonal. The decoded YCrCb sign al s ar e
converted to an orthogonal sampling raster by the
skew filters, which are part of the scaler block.
The skew filters are controlled by a skew parameter
and allow the application of a group delay to the input
signals without introducing waveform or frequency
response distortion.
The am ount of phas e shift of th is filter is c ontrolled by
the hor izontal PLL1. The ac curacy of the fil ters is 1/32
clocks for luminance and 1/4 clocks for chroma. Thus
the 4:2:2 YCrCb data is in an orthogonal pixel format
even in the case of no nstandard input s ignals such as
VCR.
chroma
Notch
filter
8
Chroma
Process.
CVBS Y
1 H
Delay
8
CVBS
Chroma
Process.
Notch
filter Y
8
Chroma
Process.
Luma Y
8C C
r b
C C
r b
C C
r b
Notch
filter
1 H
Delay
8
Chroma
Process.
CVBS Y
C C
r b
d) comb filter
c) compensated
a) conventional b) S-VHS
Chroma
Notch
filter
1 H
Delay
8
Chroma
Process.
CVBS Y
8
Chroma
Process.
Luma Y
81 H
Delay
C C
r b
C C
r b
a) conv enti ona l
b) S-VHS
MUX
Notch
filter
1 H
Delay
8
Chroma
Process.
CVBS Y
C C
r b
dB
MHz
10
024 68 10
0
10
20
30
40
dB
MHz
10
024 68 10
0
10
20
30
40
PAL/NTSC notch filter
SECAM notch filter
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2.4. Horizontal Scaler
The 4:2:2 YCr Cb signal from the co lor decoder is pro-
cessed by the horizontal scaler. The scaler block
allows a linear or nonlinear horizontal scaling of the
input video signal in the range of 0.25 to 4. Nonlinear
scaling, also called panorama vision, provides a
geometrical distortion of the input picture. It is used to
fit a picture with 4:3 format on a 16:9 screen by stretch-
ing the picture geometry at the borders. Also, the
inverse effect can be produced by the scaler. A sum-
mary of scaler modes is given in Table 21.
The scaler contains a programmable decimation filter,
a 1-li ne FIFO memor y, and a programmable inter pola-
tion filter. The scaler input filter is also used for pixel
skew correction, see 2.3.9. The decimator/interpolator
str uct ure al lows op tim al us e of the F IFO m emo ry. The
controlling of the scaler is done by the internal Fast
Processor.
2.5. Blackline Detector
In ca se of a letterbox for mat input v ideo, e.g. Cinema-
scope, PAL+ etc., black areas at the upper and lower
part of the picture are visib le . It is suitable to remove or
reduce these areas by a vertical zoom and/or shift
operation.
The VPC 32xx supports this feature by a letterbox
detector. The circuitry detects black video lines by
measuring the signal amplitude during active video.
For every field the number of black lines at the upper
and lower par t of the picture ar e measured, co mpared
to the previous measurement and the minima are
stored in the I2C-register BLKLIN. To adjust the picture
amplitude, the external controller reads this register,
calcu lates the ver tical scali ng coefficient and transfers
the new settings, e.g. vertical sawtooth parameters,
horizontal scaling coefficient etc., to the VPC.
Letterbox signals containing logos on the left or right
side of the black areas are processed as black lines,
while subtitles, inserted in the black areas, are pro-
cessed as non-black lines. Therefore the subtitles are
visible on the screen. To suppress the subtitles, the
vertical zoom coefficient is calculated by selecting the
larger number of black lines only. Dark video scenes
with a low contrast level compared to the letterbox
area are indicated by the BLKPIC bit.
2.6. Control and Data Output Signals
The VPC 32xx supports two output modes: In
DIGIT3000 mode, the output interfaces run at the main
syste m clock, in line-locked mode, the VPC generates
an asynchronous line-locked clock that is used for the
output interfaces.
2.6.1. Line-Locked Clock Generation
An on-chip rate multiplier will be used to synthesize
any desired output clock frequency of 13.5/16/18 MHz.
A double clock frequency output is a vailable to support
100 Hz systems. The synthesizer is controlled by the
embedded RISC controller, which also controls all
front-end loops (clamp, AGC, PLL1, etc.). This allows
the ge neration of a line- locked outpu t clock regardles s
of the system clock (20.25 MHz) which is used for
comb filter operation and color decoding. The control
of scal ing and output c lock freq uency is kept indepen-
dent to allow aspect ratio conversion combined with
sample rate conversion. The line-locked clock circuity
gene rates con trol sign als, e.g. hor i zontal/ver tic al syn c,
active video output, it is also the interface from the
internal (20.25 MHz) clock to the external line-locked
clock sys tem.
If no line-locked clock is required, i.e. in the DIGIT3000
mode, the system runs at the 20.25 MHz main clock.
The horizontal timing reference in this mode is pro-
vided by the front-sync signal. In this case, the
line-locked clock block and all interfaces run from the
20.25 MHz main clock. The synchronization signals
from the line-locked clock block are still available, but
for every line the internal counters are reset with the
main-sync signal. A double clock signal is not available
in DIGIT 3000 mode.
Table 21: Scaler modes
Mode Scale
Factor Description
Compression
4:3 16:9 0.75
linear 4:3 source displayed on
a 16:9 tube,
with side panels
Panorama
4:3 16:9 non-
linear
compr
4:3 source displayed on
a 16:9 tube,
Borders distorted
Zoom
4:3 4:3 1.33
linear Letterbox source (PAL+)
displayed on a 4:3 tube,
vertical overscan with
cropping of side panels
Panorama
4:3 4:3 non-
linear
zoom
Letterbox source (PAL+)
displayed on a 4:3 tube,
vert ical overscan, bor-
ders distorted, no crop-
ping
20.25
13.5 MHz 0.66 sample rate conversion
to line-locked clock
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2.6.2. Sync Signals
The front end will provide a number of sync/control sig-
nals which are output with the output clock. The sync
signals are generated in the line-locked clock block.
Href : horizontal sync
AVO: active video out (programmable)
HC: horizontal clamp (programmable)
Vref : vertical sync
INTLC: interlace
HELPER: PAL+ helper lines
All horizontal signals are not qualified with field infor-
mation, i.e. the signals are present on all lines. The
horizontal timing is shown in Fig. 210. Details of the
horizontal/vertical timing are given in Fig. 214.
2.6.3. DIGIT3000 Output Format
The picture bus format between all DIGIT3000 ICs is
4:2:2 YCrCb with 20.25 MHz samples/s. Only active
video i s transferred, sy nchronized by the syst em main
sync signal (MSY) which indicates the start of valid
data for each scan line and which initializes the color
multiplex. The video data is orthogonally sampled
YCrCb, the output format is given in Table 22. The
number of active samples per line i s 1080 for all st an-
dards (525 and 625).
The output can be switched to 4:1:1 mode with the out-
put format according to Table 23.
Via the M SY line, serial d ata is transferred which con-
tains information about the main picture such as cur-
rent line number, odd/even field etc.). It is generated
by the deflection circuitry and represents the or thogo-
nal timebase for the entire system.
2.6.4. Line-Locked 4:2:2 Output Format
In line-locked mode, the VPC 32xx will produce the
industry standard pixel stream for YCrCb data . The d if-
ference to DIGIT30 00 native mode is onl y the number
of active samples, which of course, depends on the
chosen scalin g factor. Thus, Table 22 is valid for both
4:2:2 modes.
2.6.5. Line-Locked 4:1:1 Output Format
The orthogonal 4:1:1 output f ormat is compatible to the
industry standard. The YCrCb samples are skew-cor-
rected and in terpola t ed to an orthog ona l sa mpl in g ras-
ter (see Table 23).
note: C*xY (x = pixel number and y = bit number)
2.6.6. Output Code Levels
Output Code Levels correspond to ITU-R code levels:
Y = 16...240
Black Level = 16
CrCb = 128±112
An overview over the output code levels is given in
Table 24.
2.6.7. Output Signal Levels
All data and sync lines operate at TTL compliant lev-
els. With an opt ional exter nal 3.3 V supply for the out-
put pins, reduced voltage swings can be obtained.
2.6.8. Test Pattern Generator
The YCrCb outputs can be switched to a test mode
where YCrCb data are generated digitally in the
VPC32xx. Test patterns include luma/chroma ramps,
flat field, and a pseudo color bar.
Table 22: Orthogonal 4:2:2 output format
Luma Y1Y2Y3Y4
Chroma Cb1 Cr1 Cb3 Cr3
Table 23: 4:1:1 Orthogonal output format
Luma
Chroma Y1Y2Y3Y4
C3, C7
C2, C6
C1, C5
C0, C4
Cb17
Cb16
Cr17
Cr16
Cb15
Cb14
Cr15
Cr14
Cb13
Cb12
Cr13
Cr12
Cb11
Cb10
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2.6.9. Priority Bus Codec
The V PC d ata ou tp uts are co nt roll ed b y the priority bus
interface. This interface allows a maximum of 8 signa l
sources to be connected on a common video YCrCb
bus. The 3-bit priority bus signal controls the arbitra-
tion and source switching of the video sources on a
pixel-by-pixel basis. The priority bus makes features
possible, such as
real time digital PIP insertion
Teletext/Mixed-mode picture insertion.
In general, each source has its own YCrCb bus
request. This bus request may either be software or
hardware co ntrolled , i.e. a fast blank signal. Data c olli-
sion on the bus is avoided by a bus arbiter that pro-
vides the individual bus grant in accordance to the
user defined source priority.
Each master sends a bus request using his individual
priority ID onto the bus and immediately reads back
the bus state . Only in case of a positive arbitration, e.g.
the master reads back his own priority ID, the bus is
granted to the master.
2.7. PAL+ Support
For PAL+ , the V PC 3 21x provide s ba sic hel per pr epr o-
cessing:
A/D conversion (shared with the existing ADCs)
mixing with subcarrier frequency
lowpass filter 2.5 MHz
gain control by chroma ACC
delay compensation to composite video path
helper window (line# identification)
output at the luma output port
Help er signa ls ar e pro cessed l ike the main vi deo lu ma
signals, i.e. they are subject to scaling, sample rate
conversion and orthogonalization if activated. The
adaptive comb filter processing is switched off for the
helper lines.
It is expected that fur ther helpe r processing (e.g. non-
linear expansion, matched filter) is performed outside
the VPC.
2.7.1. Output Signals for PAL+/Color+ Support
For a PAL+/Color+ signal, the 625 line PAL image con-
tains a 16/9 core picture of 431 lines which is in stan-
dard PAL format. The upper and lower 72 lines contain
the PAL+ helper sign al, and line 23 contains signalling
information for the PAL+ transmission.
For PAL+ mode, the Y signal of the core picture, which
is during lines 60274 and 37 2586, is replac ed by the
orthogonal composite video input signal. In order to fit
the sign al to the 8-bit port width, the ADC signal am pli-
tudes are used. During the helper window, which is in
lines 2459, 275310, 336371, 58 7622, the demodu-
lated helper is signal processed by the horizontal scaler
and the output circuitry. It is available at the luma output
port. The processing in the helper reference lines 23
and 623 is different for the wide screen signaling part
and the black reference and helper burst signals. The
code levels are given in detail in Table 24, the output
signal f or the helper ref erence line is shown in Fig. 211.
Table 24: Output signal code levels for PAL/PAL+ signal
Output Signal Luma Outputs Y[7:0] Chroma Outputs C[7:0]
Output Format Black/Zero
Level Amplitude Output Format Amplitude
Standard YCrCb
(100% Chroma binary 16 224 offset binary 128±112
signed ±112
CVBS, CrCb binary 64 149 (luma) offset binary 128±112
signed ±112
Demodulated
Helper signed 0 ±109 ––
Helper WSS binary 68 149 (WSS:106) ––
Helper b lack level,
Ref. Burst offset binary 128 19 (128109) ––
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Fig. 210: Horizontal timing for line-locked mode
Fig. 211: PAL+ helper reference line output signal
131
16
line length (programmable)0
line length/2
horizontal pixel counter
horizontal sync (HS)
horizontal clamp (HC)
newline (internal signal)
active video out (AVO)
vertical sync (VS), field 1
vertical sync (VS), field 2
field 1
field 2
start / stop programmable
start of video output (programmable)
start / stop programmable
174
68
255
Helper Burst
(demodulated)
WSS Signal
19
128
binary format
255
signed format
0
black level
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2.8. Video Sync Processing
Fig. 212 shows a block diagram of the front-e nd sync
processing. To extract the sync information from the
video signal, a linear phase lowpass filter eliminates all
noise and video contents above 1 MHz. The sync is
separated by a slicer; the sync phase is measured. A
variable window can be selected to improve the noise
immunity of the slicer. The phase comparator mea-
sures the f alling edge of sync, as well as the integrated
sync pul se.
The sync phase error is filtered by a phase-locked loop
that is computed by the FP. All timing in the front-end is
derived from a counter that is part of this PLL, and it
thus counts synchronously to the video signal.
A separate hardware block measures the signal back
porch and also allows gathering the maximum/mini-
mum of the video signal. This information is processed
by the FP and used for gain control and clamping.
For ver tical sync separation, the sliced video signal is
integrated. The FP uses the integrator value to derive
vertical sync and field information.
The information extracted by the video sync process-
ing is multiplexed onto the hardware front sync signal
(FSY) and is distributed to the rest of the video pro-
cessing system. The format of the front sync signal is
given in Fig. 213.
The data for the vertical deflection, the sawtooth, and
the East-West correction signal is calculated by the
VPC 32xx. The data is buffered in a FIFO and trans-
ferred to the back-end IC DDP 3300 A by a single wire
interface.
Frequency and phase characteristics of the analog
video signal are derived from PLL1. The results are fed
to the sca ler un it for data interpolati on an d orth ogo nal -
ization and to the clock synthesizer for line-locked
clock generation. Horizontal and vertical syncs are
latched with the line-locked clock.
Fig. 212: Sync separation block diagram
Fig. 213: Front sync format
phase
comparator
&
lowpass counter
frontend
timing
front sync
lowpass
1 MHz
&
syncslicer
horizontal
sync
separation
vertical
sync
separation FIFO
Sawtooth
video
input
skew
front
sync
generator
vertical
serial
data
vertical
sawtooth
E/W
Parabola
Calculation
clamping, colorkey, FIFO_wri te
PLL1
clamp &
signal
meas.
vblank
field
clock
synthesizer
syncs clock
H/V syncs
F1
input
analog
video
FSY
F1
F0
skew skew
LSB not
used FV
MSB
(not in scale) F0 reserved
0 = field 1
1 = field 2
F: field #
0 = off
1 = on
V: vertical sync
Parity
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Fig. 214: Vertical timing of VPC 32x5 shown in reference to input video.
Video output signals are delayed by 3-h for comb filter version (VPC 32x5).
314 315 316 317313311 318 335 336310CCIR 319 320
1234623 5 6 23 24CCIR 78
field 1
field 2
>1 clk
> 1clk
Vertical Sync (VS)
Interlace (INTLC)
Active Video Output (AVO)
helper ref line 23, 623 (internal signal) signal matches output video
The following signals are identical for field1 / field2
helper lines 2359, 275310, 33637 1, 587623, signal matches output video
624 625
312
Interlace (INTLC)
Vertical Sync (VS)
Front-Sync (F SY)
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3. S erial Interface
3.1. I2C-Bus Interface
Communication between the VPC and the external
controller is done via I2C-bus. The VPC has an
I2C-bus slave interface and uses I2C clock synchroni-
zation to slow down the interface if required. The
I2C-bus interface uses one level of subaddress: one
I2C-bus address is used to address the IC and a sub-
address selects one of the internal registers. The
I2C-bus chip address is given below:
The registers of the VPC have 8 or 16-bit data size;
16-bit registers are accessed by reading/writing two
8-bit data words.
Figure 31 sh ows I2C-bus protocols for read and wr ite
operations of the interface; the read operation requires
an extra start condition and repetition of the chip
address with read command set.
3.2. Control and Status Re gisters
Table 31 gives defini tions of the VPC con trol an d sta-
tus registers. The number of bits indicated for each
register in the table is the number of bits imp lemented
in hardware, i.e. a 9-bit register must always be
accessed using two data bytes but the 7 MSB will be
dont care o n write operations and 0 on read opera-
tions. Write registers that can be read back are indi-
cated in Table 31.
Functions implemented by software in the on-chip con-
trol microprocessor (FP) are explained in Table 32.
A hardware reset initializes all control registers to 0.
The automatic chip initialization loads a selected set of
registers with the default values given in Table 31.
The register modes given in Table 31 are
w: write only register
w/r: write/read data register
r : read data from VPC
v: register is latched with vertical sync
The mnemonics used in the Intermetall VPC demo
software are given in the last column.
Fig. 31: I2C-bus protocols
A6 A5 A4 A3 A2 A1 A0 R/W
10001111/0
PS
1
0
SDA
SCL
S
S
1000 111
1000 111
WAck
AckW 0111 1100
0111 1100
Ack
Ack
S
1 or 2 byte Data
1000 111 R high byte Data
low byte Data
P
W
R
Ack
Nak
S
P
=
=
=
=
=
=
0
1
0
1
Start
Stop
Ack
Nak P
I2C write access
subaddress 7c
I2C read access
subaddress 7c
Ack
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Table 31: Control and status registers
I2C Sub-
address Number
of bits Mode Function Default Name
FP Interface
h35 8 r FP status
bit [0] write request
bit [1] read request
bit [2] b usy
FPSTA
h36 16 w bit[8:0] 9-bit FP read address
bit[11:9] reserved, set to zero FPRD
h37 16 w bit[8:0] 9-bit FP write address
bit[11:9] reserved, set to zero FPWR
h38 16 w/r bit[11:0] FP data register, reading/writing to this
register will autoincrement the FP read/
write address. Only 16 bit of data are
transferred per I2C telegram.
FPDAT
Black Line Detector
h12 16 w/r read only register, do not write to this register! After reading,
LOWLIN and UPLIN are reset to 127 to start a new measure-
ment.
bit[6:0] number of lower black lines
bit[7] always 0
bit[14:8] number of upper black lines
bit[15] 0/1 normal/black picture
BLKLIN
LOWLIN
UPLIN
BLKPIC
Pin Circuits
h1F 16 w/r SYNC pins (HS, HC, AVO, HELP, INTLC, VS):
bit[2:0] 0..7 output strength for SYNC Pins
(7 = tristate, 6 = weak ... 0 = strong)
bit[3] 0/1 pushpull/tristate f or AVO Pin
bit[4] 0/1 pushpull/tristate f or other SYNC Pins
bit[5] 0/1 synchronization/no synchronization with
horizontal HS for signals VS and INTLC
CLOCK pins (LLC1, LLC2):
bit[6] 0/1 pushpull/tristate for LLC1
bit[7] 0/1 pushpull/tristate for LLC2
DATA pins (LB[7:0], CB[7:0]):
bit[10:8] 0..7 output strength for DATA pins
(7 = tristate, 6 = weak ... 0 = strong)
bit[11] 0/1 tristate/pushpull for DATA pins
bit[12] 0/1 half- cy cle pul l-up(DI GI T3000)/pushpu ll for
LB, CB (LCC)
bit[13] reserved (set to 0)
bit[14:15] output strength for LLC1: (2,1,0,1)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
TRPAD
SNCSTR
AVODIS
SNCDIS
VASYSEL
LLC1DIS
LLC2DIS
DATSTR
DATEN
LCPUDIS
LLC1STR
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h20 8 w/r SYNC GENERATOR CONTROL:
bit[1:0] 00 AVO and active Y/C data at same time
01 AVO precedes Y/C data one clock cycle
10 AVO precedes Y/C data two clock cycles
11 AVO precedes Y/C data three clock cycles
bit[2] 0/1 positive/negative polarity for HS signal
bit[3] 0/1 positive/negative polarity for HC signal
bit[4] 0/1 positive/negative polarity for AVO signal
bit[5] 0/1 positiv e/negative polarity for VS signal
bit[6] 0/1 positive/negative polarity for HELP signal
bit[7] 0/1 positive/negative polarity for INTLC signal
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
SYNCMODE
AVOPRE
HSINV
HCINV
AVOINV
VSINV
HELPINV
INTLCINV
h30 8 w/r V-SYNC DELAY CONTROL:
bit[7:0] VS delay (8 LLC clock cycles per LSB) 0 VSDEL
VSDEL
Priority Bus
h23 8 w/r priority bus overwrite register
bit [7:0] 8 bit mask, bit[x] = 1 : overwrite priority x 0 PRIOVR
h24 8 w/r priority bus ID register and control
bit [2:0] 0..7 priority ID, 0 highest
bit [4:3] 0..3 pad driver strength, 0 (strong) to 3 (weak)
bit [5] 0/1 output mode: DIGIT3000/LLC
bit [6] 0/1 source for prio request: AVO/active always
bit [7] 0/1 disable/enable priority interface, if disabled
data pins are tristate !
0
0
0
0
0
PRIOMODE
PID
PRIOSTR
OMODE
PIDSRC
PIDE
Sync Generat or
h21 16 w/r L INE LENGTH:
bit[10:0] LINE LENGTH register
In LLC mode, this register defines the
cycle of the sync counter which generates
the SYNC pulses.
In LLC mode, the synccounter counts from
0 to LINE LENGTH, so this register has to
be set to number of pixels per line 1.
In DIGIT3000 mode, LINE LENGTH has to
be set to 1295 for correct adjustment of
vertical signals.
bit[15:11 ] reserved (set to 0)
1295 LINLEN
h26 16 w/r HC START:
bit[10:0] HC START defines the beginning of the
HC signal in respect to the value of the
sync counter.
bit[15:11 ] reserved (set to 0)
50 HCSTRT
h27 16 w/r HC STOP:
bit[10:0] HC STOP defines the end of the HC signal
in respect to the value of the sync counter.
bit[15:11 ] reserved (set to 0)
800 HCSTOP
I2C Sub-
address Number
of bits Mode Function Default Name
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h28 16 w/r AVO START:
bit[10:0] AVO STAR T defines the beginning of the
AVO signal
in respect to the value of the sync counter.
bit[11] reserved (set to 0)
bit[12] 0/1 vertical window disable/enable
bit[13] 0/1 vertical window 312/262 lines
bit[15:14]2..1 vertical window interlace offset
60 AVSTRT
VERWIN
h29 16 w/r AVO STOP:
bit[10:0] AVO STOP defines the end of the AVO
signal in respect to the value of the
sync counter.
bit[15:11] reserved for test picture generation
(set to 0 in normal operation)
bit[11] 0/1 disable/enable test pattern generator
bit[13:12] luma output mode:
00 Y = ramp (240 ... 17)
01 Y = 16
10 Y = 90
11 Y = 240
bit[14] 0/1 chroma output: 422/411 mode
bit[15] 0/1 chroma output: pseudo color bar/zero
if LMODE = 0
0
0
0
0
0
AVSTOP
COLBAREN
LMODE
M411
CMODE
h22 16 w/r NEWLINE:
bit[10:0] NEWLINE defines the readout start of the
next line inrespect to the value of the sync
counter. The value of this register must be
greater than 31 for correct operation and
should be identical to AVOSTART (recom-
mended). In case of 1H-bypass mode for
scaler block, NEWLINE has no function.
bit[12:11] reserved (set to 0)
bit[13] vertical free run mode enabled, the vertical
frequency is selected via VERWIN (h28)
bit[15:14] reserved (set to 0)
50
0
NEWLIN
FLW
I2C Sub-
address Number
of bits Mode Function Default Name
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Table 32: Control Registers of the Fast Processor
default v alues are initialized at reset
* indicates: register is initializ ed according to the current standard when SDT register is changed.
FP Sub-
address Function Default Name
Standard Selection
h20 S tan dar d se lec t:
bit[2:0] standard
0 PAL B,G,H,I (50 Hz) 4.433618
1 NTSC M (60 Hz) 3.579545
2 SECAM (50 Hz) 4.286
3 NTSC44 (60 Hz) 4.433618
4 PAL M (60 Hz) 3.5756 11
5 PAL N (50 Hz) 3.582056
6 PAL 60 (60 Hz) 4.4 336 18
7 NTSC COMB (60 Hz) 3.579545
bit[3] 0/1 MOD standard modifier
PAL modified to simple PAL
NTSC modified to compensated NTSC
SECAM modified to monochrome 625
NTSCC modified to monochrome 525
bit[4] 0/1 PAL+ mode off/on
bit[5] 0/1 4-H COMB mode
bit[6] 0/1 S-VHS mode:
The S-VHS/COMB bits allow the following modes:
00 composite input signal
01 comb filter active
10 S-VHS input signal
11 CVBS mode (composite input signal, no luma notch)
Option bits allow to suppress parts of the initialization; this can be
used for color standard search:
bit[7] no hpll setu p
bit[8] no ver t ic al setup
bit[9] no acc setu p
bit[10] 4-H comb filter setup only
bit[11] status bit, normally write 0. After the FP has switched to a
new standard, this bit is set to 1 to indicate operation
complete. Standard is automatically initialized when the
insel register is written.
0
0
0
0
0
0
SDT
PAL
NTSC
SECAM
NTSC44
PALM
PALN
PAL60
NTSCC
SDTMOD
PALPLUS
COMB
SVHS
SDTOPT
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h21 Input select: writing to this register will also initialize the standard
bit[1:0] luma selector
00 VIN3
01 VIN2
10 VIN1
11 VIN4
bit[2 ] chroma selector
0/1 VIN1/CIN
bit[4:3] IF compensation
00 off
01 6 dB/Okt
10 12 dB/ Okt
11 10 dB/MHz only for SECAM
bit[6:5] chroma ban dwid th selec tor
00 narrow
01 normal
10 broad
11 wide
bit[7] 0/1 adaptive/fixed SECAM notch filter
bit[8] 0/1 enable luma lowpass filter
bit[10:9] hpll speed
00 no change
01 terrestrial
10 vcr
11 mixed
bit[11] status bit, write 0, this bit is set to 1 to indicate
operation complete.
0
1
0
2
0
0
3
INSEL
VIS
CIS
IFC
CBW
FNTCH
LOWP
HPLLMD
h22 picture start position: This register sets the start point of active video
and can be used e.g. for panning. The setting is updated when sdt
register is updated or when the scaler mode register scmode is writ-
ten.
0SFIF
h23 luma/chroma delay adjust. The setting is updated when sdt register
is updated.
bit[5:0] reserved, set to zero
bit[11:6] luma delay in clocks, allowed range is +1 ... 7
0LDLY
h29 helper dela y register (PAL+ mode only)
bit[11:0] delay adjust for helper lines adjustable from
96...96, 1 step corresponds to 1/32 clock
0 HLP_DLY
h2f VGA mode select, pull-in range is limited to 2%
bit[1:0] 0 31.5 kHz
1 35.2 kHz
2/3 37.9 kHz
is set to 0 by FP if VGA = 0
bit[10] 0/1 disable/enable VGA mode
bit[11] status bit, write 0, this bit is set to 1 to indicate
operation complete.
0
0
VGA_C
VGAMODE
VGA
FP Sub-
address Function Default Name
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Comb Filter
h28 comb filter control register
bit[1:0] not ch filt er sel ect
00 flat frequency characteristic
01 min. peaked
10 med. peaked
11 max. pea ked
bit[3:2] diagonal dot reduction
00 min. reduction ... 11 max. reduction
bit[4:5] horizontal difference gain
00 min. gain ... 11 max. gain
bit[7:6] vertical difference gain
00 max. gain ... 11 min. gain
bit[11:8] vertical peaking gain
0 no vertical peaking... 15 max. v ertical peaking
he7
3
1
2
3
0
COMB_UC
NOSEL
DDR
HDG
VDG
VPK
h55 comb filter test register
bit[1:0] reserved, set ot 0
bit[2] 0/1 disable/enable vertical peaking DC rejection filter
bit[3] 0/1 disable/enable vertical peaking coring
bit[11:4] reserved, set to 0
0
0
CMB_TST
DCR
COR
Color Processing
h34 ACC multiplier value for PAL+ Helper Signal
b[10:0] eeemmmmmmmm m * 2e1280 ACCH
h36 ACC PAL+ Helper gain adjust, gain is ref erenced to PAL b urst,
allowed values from 256..1023
a value of zero allows manual adjust of Helper amplitude via ACCh
787 HLPGAIN
h39 amplitude killer level (0:killer disabled) 25 KILVL
h3a amplit ude ki ll er hysteresis 5 KILHY
h16c auto mati c hel per dis able for nonsta ndar d si gna ls
bit[11:0] 0 automatic function disabled
bit[1:0] 01 enable
bit[11:2] 1..50 number of fields to switch on helper signal
0HLPDIS
hdc NTSC tint angle, ±512 = ±π/4 0 TINT
Horizontal PLL
haa
hab
hac
h-pll gain setting, these registers are used to set the h-pll speed, pll
speed selection is done via the input selection register
DVCO
hf8 crystal oscillator center frequency adjust, 2048 ... 2047 720 DVCO
hf9 crystal oscillator center frequency adjustment value for line-lock
mode, true adjust value is DVCO ADJUST.
For factory crystal alignment, using standard video signal: disable
autolock mode, set DVCO = 0, set lock mode, read crystal offset
from ADJUST register and use negative value for initial center fre-
quency adjustment via DVCO.
read only ADJUST
FP Sub-
address Function Default Name
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hf7 crystal oscillator line-locked mode, lock command/status
write: 100 enab le lock
0 disable lock
read: 0 unlocked
>2047 locked
0XLCK
hb5 crystal oscillator line-locked mode, autolock feature. If autolock is
enabled, crystal oscillator locking is started automatically.
bit[11:0] threshold, 0:autolock off
400 AUTOLCK
FP Status Register
h12 general purpose control bits
bit[2:0] reserved, do not change
bit[3] vertical standard force
bit[8:4] reserved, do not change
bit[9] disable flywheel interlace
bit[11:10] reserved, do not change
to enable vertical free run mode set vfrc to 1 and dflw to 0
0
1
VFRC
DFLW
h13 standard recognition status
bit[0] 1 vertical lock
bit[1] 1 horizontally lock ed
bit[2] 1 no si gna l detec ted
bit[3] 1 color amplitude killer active
bit[4] 1 disable amplitude killer
bit[5] 1 col or ident killer active
bit[6] 1 disable ident killer
bit[7] 1 interlace detected
bit[8] 1 no vertical sync detection
bit[9] 1 spurious vertical sync detection
bit[12:10] reserved
ASR
h14 input noise level, available only for VPC 3215C read only NOISE
hcb number of lines per field, P/S: 312, N: 262 read only NLPF
h15 vertical field counter, incremented per field read only VCNT
h74 measured sync amplitude value, nominal: 768 (PAL), 732 (NTSC) read only SAMPL
h31 measured burst amplitude read only BAMPL
hf0 firmware version number
bit[7:0] internal revision number
bit[11:8] firmware release
read only
hf1 hardware version number
bit[5:0] internal hardware revision number
bit[11:6] hardw are id, VPC 32x5C = 01
read only
FP Sub-
address Function Default Name
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Scaler Control Register
h40 scaler mode register
bit[1:0] scaler mode
0 linear scaling mode
1 nonlinear scaling mode, panorama
2 nonlinear scaling mode, waterglass
3 reserved
bit[2] reserved, set to 0
bit[3] color mode select
0/1 4:2:2 mode / 4:1:1 mode
bit[4] scaler bypass
bit[5] reserved, set to 0
bit[6] luma output format
0 ITU-R luma output format (16240)
1 CVBS output format
bit[7] chroma output format
0/1 ITU-R (offset binary) / signed
bit[10:8] reserved, set to 0
bit[11] 0 scaler update command, when the registers are
updated the bit is set to 1
0SCMODE
PANO
S411
BYE
YOF
COF
h41 luma offset register
bit[6:0] luma offset 0..127
ITU-R output format: 57
CVBS output format: 4
this register is updated when the scaler mode register is written
57 YOFFS
h42 active video length for 1H-FIFO
bit[11:0] length in pixels
D3000 mode (1296/h)1080
LLC mode (864/h)720
this register is updated when the scaler mode register is written
1080 FFLIM
h43 scaler1 coefficient: This scaler compresses the signal.
For compression by a factor c, the value c*1024 is required.
bit[11:0] allowed values from 1024... 4095
This register is updated when the scaler mode register is written.
1024 SCINC1
h44 scaler2 coefficient: This scaler expands the signal.
For expansion by a factor c, the value 1/c*1024 is required.
bit[11:0] allowed values from 256..1024
This register is updated when the scaler mode register is written.
1024 SCINC2
h45 scaler1/2 nonlinear scaling coefficient
This register is updated when the scaler mode register is written. 0SCINC
h47
h4b scaler1 windo w controls, see table
5 12-bit registers for control of the nonlinear scaling
This register is updated when the scaler mode register is written.
0 SCW1_0 4
h4c
h50 scaler2 windo w controls, see table
5 12-bit registers for control of the nonlinear scaling
This register is updated when the scaler mode register is written.
0 SCW2_0 4
FP Sub-
address Function Default Name
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LLC Control Register
h60 horizontal offset
bit[11:0] offset between FSY and HS 0 LLC_OFFSET
h65 vertical freeze start
freeze llc pll for llc_start < line number < llc_stop
bit[11:0] allowed values from 156...+156
10 LLC_START
h66 vertical freeze stop
freeze llc pll for llc_start < line number < llc_stop
bit[11:0] allowed values from 156...+156
4 LLC_STOP
h69
h6a 20 bit llc cloc k center frequency
13.5 MHz 174763 = h’02AAAB
16 MHz 135927 = hFDED08
18 MHz 174763 = h02AAAB
42 = h02A
2731 = hAABLLC_CLOCKH
LLC_CLOCKL
h61 pll freque nc y li mit er, 8%
13.5 MHz 54
16 MHz 48
18 MHz 54
54 LLC_DFLIMIT
h6d llc clock generator control word
bit[4:0] hardware registe r shadow
llc_clkc = 513.5 MHz
llc_clkc = 316 MHz
llc_clkc = 318 MHz
bit[10:5] reserved
bit[11] 0/1 enable/disable llc pll
2053 LLC_CLKC
FP Sub-
address Function Default Name
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Table 33: Control Registers of the Fast Processor that are used for the control of DDP 3300A
this function is only available in the 50 Hz version (VPC 320x)
default v alues are initialized at reset
* indicates: register is initializ ed according to the current standard when SDT register is changed
FP Sub-
address Function Default Name
FP Display Control Register
h130 White Drive Red (0...1023) 700 WDR 1)
h131 White Drive Green (0...1023) 700 WDG 1)
h132 White Drive Blue (0...1023) 700 WDB 1)
h139 Internal Brightness, Picture (0 ..511), the center value is 256, the r ange
allows for both increas e and re ducti on of br i ght ness. 256 IBR
h13c Internal Brightness, measurement (0...511), the center value is 256,
the brightness for measurement can be set to measure at higher cutoff
current. The measurement brightness is independent of the drive val-
ues.
256 IBRM
h13a Analog Brightness for external RGB (0...511), the center value is 256,
the range allows for both increase and reduction of brightness. 256 ABR
h13b Analog Contrast for external RGB (0...511) 350 ACT
1) The white drive values will become active only after writing the blue value WDB, latching of new values is indi-
cated by setting the MSB of WDB.
FP Display Control Register, BCL
h144 BCL threshold current, 0...2047 (max ADC output ~1152) 1000 BCLTHR
h142 BCL time constant 0...15 13 ... 1700 msec 15 BCLTM
h143 BCL loop gain. 0..15 0 BCLG
h145 BCL minimum contrast 0 ...1023 307 BCLMIN
h105 Test register for BCL/EHT comp. function, register value:
0 normal operation
1 stop ADC offset compensation
x>1 use x in place of input from Measurement ADC
0BCLTST
FP Display Control Register, Deflection
h103 interlace offset, 2048 ...2047
This value is added to the SAWTOOTH output during one field. 0INTLC
h102 discharge sample count for deflection retrace,
SAWTOOTH DAC output impedance is reduced for DSCC lines after
vert ical retrace.
7DSCC
h11f vertical discharge value,
SAWTOOTH output value during discharge operation, typically same
as A0 init value for sawtooth.
1365 DSCV
h10b EHT (electronic high tension) compensation coefficient, 0...511 0 EHT
h10a EHT time constant. 0 ..15 3.2 ...410 msec 15 EHTTM
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Control registers, continued
FP Sub-
address Function Default Name
FP Display Control Register
FP Display Control Register, Vertical Sawtooth
h110 DC offset of SAWTOOTH output
This offset is independent of EHT compensation. 0OFS
h11b accu0 init value 1365 A0
h11c accu1 init value 900 A1
h11d accu2 init value 0 A2
h11e accu3 init value 0 A3
FP Display Control Register, East-West Parabola
h12b accu0 init value 1121 A0
h12c accu1 init value 219 A1
h12d accu2 init value 479 A2
h12e accu3 init value 1416 A3
h12f accu4 init value 1052 A4
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3.2.1. Calculation of Vertical and East-West
Deflection Coefficients
In Table 34 the formula for the calculation of the
deflection initialization parameters from the polynomi-
nal coefficients a,b,c,d,e is given for the vertical and
East-West deflection. Let the polynomial be
The initialization values for the accumulators a0..a3 for
vertical deflection and a0..a4 for East-West deflection
are 12- bit values. The coe ffici ents that s hould be us ed
to calculate the initialization values for different field
frequencies are given below, the values must be
scaled b y 128, i.e. the value for a0 of the 50 Hz vertical
deflectio n is
3.2.2. Scaler Adjustment
In case of linear scaling, most of the scaler registers
need not be set. Only the scaler mode, active video
length, a nd th e fixed scaler inc rements (scinc 1/scin c2 )
must be written.
The adjustment of the scaler for nonlinear scaling
modes should use the parameters given in table 35.
An example for panorama vi si on mode with 13.5 MHz
line-locked clock is depicted in Fig. 32. The figure
shows the scaling o f the input s ignal and th e var iation
of the scaling factor during the active video line. The
scaling factor starts below 1, i.e. for the borders the
video data is expanded by sca ler 2. The scaling fa ctor
becomes one and compression scaling is done by
scale r 1. When the pictu re center is re ached, the scal-
ing factor is held constant. At the second border the
scaler increment is inverted and the scaling factor
change s back symmetr ically. The pictur e indicates the
function of the scaler increments and the scaler win-
dow parameters. The correct adjustment requires that
pixel counts for the respective windows are always in
number of output samples of scaler 1 or 2.
Table 34: Tables for the Calculation of Initialization values for Vertical Sawtooth and East-West Parabola
P = a + b(x – 0.5) + c(x – 0.5) 2 + d(x – 0.5)3 + e(x – 0.5)4
a0 = (a · 128 b · 1365.3 + c · 682.7 d · 682.7) ÷ 128
Vertical Deflection 50 Hz
abcd
a0 128 1365.3 +682.7 682.7
a1 899.6 904.3 +1363.4
a2 296.4 898.4
a3 585.9
Vertical Deflection 60 Hz
abcd
a0 128 1365.3 +682.7 682.7
a1 1083.5 1090.2 +1645.5
a2 429.9 1305.8
a3 1023.5
East-West Deflection 50 Hz
ab c d e
a0 128 341.3 1365.3 85.3 341.3
a1 111.9 899.6 84.8 454.5
a2 586.8 111.1 898.3
a3 72.1 1171.7
a4 756.5
East-West Deflection 60 Hz
ab c d e
a0 128 341.3 1365.3 85.3 341.3
a1 134.6 1083.5 102.2 548.4
a2 849.3 161.2 1305.5
a3 125.6 2046.6
a4 1584.8
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Fig. 32: Scaler operation for panorama mode at 13.5 MHz
border center border input signal
video signal
output signal
compression
ratio
1
expansion
(scaler2)
compression
(scaler1)
23401
scaler window
cutpoints
compression
(scaler1)
scinc2
scinc1
expansion
(scaler2)
scinc
Table 35: Set-up values for nonlinear scaler modes
Mode DIGIT3000 (20.25 MHz) LLC (13.5 MHz)
Register
waterglass
border 35% panorama
border 30% waterglass
border 35% panorama
border 30%
center 3/4 center 5/6 center 4/3 center 6/5 center 3/4 center 5/6 center 4/3 center 6/5
scinc1 1643 1427 1024 1024 2464 2125 1024 1024
scinc2 1024 1024 376 611 1024 1024 573 914
scinc 90 56 85 56 202 124 190 126
fflim 945 985 921 983 719 719 681 715
scw1 0 110 115 83 94 104 111 29 13
scw1 1 156 166 147 153 104 111 115 117
scw1 2 317 327 314 339 256 249 226 241
scw1 3 363 378 378 398 256 249 312 345
scw1 4 473 493 461 492 360 360 341 358
scw2 0 110 115 122 118 104 111 38 14
scw2 1 156 166 186 177 104 111 124 118
scw2 2 384 374 354 363 256 249 236 242
scw2 3 430 425 418 422 256 249 322 346
scw2 4 540 540 540 540 360 360 360 360
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4. Specifications
4.1. Outline Dimensions
Fig. 41: 68-Pin Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier Package
(PLCC68)
Weight approximately 4.8 g
Dimensions in mm
4.2. Pin Connections and Short Descriptions
NC = not connected
LV = if not used, leave vacant
X = obligatory; connect as described in circuit diagram
x 45 °1.1
25.125 0.125±
0.22 0.07±
1.2 x 45°
16 x 1.27 = 20.32
0.1±0.1±
24.22 0.1±
2
4327
26
10
9
619
44
60
1
0.48
0.711
1.9
4.05 0.1
4.75±0.15
1.27 0.1±
2
15
9
1.27 0.1±
16 x 1.27 = 20.32
0.1±0.1±
24.22 0.1±
0.9
23.4
SPGS7004-3/5E
25.125 0.125±
1.6
Pin No.
PLCC
68-pin
Pin Name Type Connection
(if not used)Sho rt Descri ption
1GND
FSUPPLY X Ground, Analog Front-End
2GND
FSUPPLY X Ground, Analog Front-End
3 CLK5 OUT LV CCU 5 MHz Clock Output
4V
STBY SUPPLY X Standby Supply Voltage
5 XTAL2 OUT X Analog Crystal Out put
6 XTAL1 IN X Analog Cr y sta l Input
7GND
FSUPPLY X Ground, Analog Front-End
9GND
PSUPPLY X Ground, Output Pad Circuitry
10 INTLC OUT LV Interlace Output
12 VS OUT LV Vert ical Sy nc Puls e
13 FSY OUT LV Front Sync Pulse
14 MSY/HS IN/OUT LV Main Sync/Horizontal Sync Pulse
15 HELP ER OUT LV Helpe r Lin e Output
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16 HC IN/OUT LV Horizontal Clamp Pulse
17 AVO OUT LV Active Video Output
18 LLC2 OUT LV Double Output Clock
19 LLC1 IN/OUT LV Output Clock
20 Y7 OUT GNDPPicture Bus Luma (MSB)
21 Y6 OUT GNDPPicture Bus Luma
22 Y5 OUT GNDPPicture Bus Luma
23 Y4 OUT GNDPPicture Bus Luma
24 Y3 OUT GNDPPicture Bus Luma
25 Y2 OUT GNDPPicture Bus Luma
26 GNDPX Ground, Output Pad Circuitry
28 Y1 OUT GNDPPicture Bus Luma
29 Y0 OUT GNDPPicture Bus Luma (LSB)
30 CLK20 IN/OUT LV Main Clock Output 20.25 MHz
31 VSUPD SUPPLY X Supply Voltage, Digital Circuitry
34 GNDDSUPPLY X Ground, Digital Circuitry
35 GNDPSUPPLY X Ground, Output Pad Circuitry
36 VSUPP SUPPLY X Supply Voltage, Output Pad Supply
38 C7 OUT GNDPPicture Bus Chroma (MSB)
39 C6 OUT GNDPPicture Bus Chroma
40 C5 OUT GNDPPicture Bus Chroma
41 C4 OUT GNDPPicture Bus Chroma
42 C3 OUT GNDPPicture Bus Chroma
43 C2 OUT GNDPPicture Bus Chroma
46 C1 OUT GNDPPicture Bus Chroma
47 C0 OUT GNDPPicture Bus Chroma (LSB)
48 PR0 IN/OUT LV Picture Bus Priority (LSB)
49 PR1 IN/OUT LV Picture Bus Priority
50 PR2 IN/OUT LV Picture Bus Priority (MSB)
51 GNDPSUPPLY X Ground, Output Pad Circuitry
52 VGAV IN GNDPVGAV Input
Pin No.
PLCC
68-pin
Pin Name Type Connection
(if not used)Short Description
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*) chroma selector must be set to 1 (CIN chroma select)
4.3. Pin Descriptions
(pin numbers for PLCC68 package)
Pin 1 Ground, Analog Front-End GNDF
Pin 2 Ground, Analog Front-End GNDF
Pin 3 CCU 5 MHz Clock Output CLK5 (Fig. 411)
This pin provides a clock frequency for the TV micro-
controller, e.g. a CCU 3000 controller. It is also used
by the DDP 3300A display controller as a standby
clock.
Pin 4 Standby Suppl y Vo lta ge VSTDBY
In standby mode, only the clock oscillator is active,
GNDF should be ground reference. Please activate
RESQ before powering-up other supplies
Pins 6 and 5 XTAL1 Crystal Input and XTAL2 Crystal
Output (Fig. 48)
These pins are connected to an 20.25 MHz crystal
oscillator which is digitally tuned by integrated shunt
capac itances. The CLK20 and CLK5 clock signal s are
derived from this oscillator. An external clock can be
fed into XTAL1. In this case, clock frequency adjust-
ment must be switched off.
Pin 7 Ground, Analog Front-End GNDF
Pin 9 Ground, Output Pad Circuitry GNDP
Pin 10 Interlace Output, INTLC (Fig. 44)
This pin supplies the interlace information, 0 indicates
first field, 1 indicates second field.
53 FPDAT IN/OUT LV Front-End/Back-End Data
54 RESQ IN X Reset Input, Active Low
55 SDA IN/OUT X I2C Bus Data
56 SCL IN/OUT X I2C Bus Clock
57 TEST IN GNDDTest Pin, connect to GNDD
58 VIN4 IN VRT Video 4 Analog Input
59 GNDFSUPPLY X Ground, Analog Front-End
60 VIN3 IN VRT Video 3 Analog Input
61 VIN2 IN VRT Video 2 Analog Input
62 VIN1 IN VRT* Video 1 Analog Input
63 CIN IN LV* Chroma/Video 4 Analog Input
64 VOUT OUT LV Analog Vi deo Outpu t
65 ASGF X Anal og Shi el d GNDF
66 VSUPF SUPPLY X Supply Voltage, Analog Front-End
67 ISGND SUPPLY X Signal Ground for Analog Input, connect to
GNDF
68 VRT OUTPUT X Reference Voltage Top, Analog
8, 11
27, 32
33, 37
44, 45
NC LV OR GNDDNot connected
Pin No.
PLCC
68-pin
Pin Name Type Connection
(if not used)Sho rt Descri ption
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Pin 12 Vertical Sync Pulse, VS (Fig. 44)
This pin supplies the vertical sync signal.
Pin 13 Front Sync Pulse, FSY (Fig. 44)
This pin supplies the front sync information.
Pin 14 Main Sync/Horizontal Sync Pulse MSY/HS
(Fig. 44)
This p in supp lies th e hor izontal s ync puls e infor matio n
in li ne -l ock ed mo de. In D IG I T3 0 00 mo de, thi s pin is the
main sync input .
Pin 15 Helper Line Output, Helper (Fig. 44)
This signal indicates a helper line in PAL+ mode.
Pin 16 Horizontal Clamp Pulse, HC (Fig. 44)
This signal can be used to clamp an external video sig-
nal, that is synchronou s to the input signal . The timing
is programmable.
Pin 17 Active Video Output, AVO (Fig. 44)
This pin indicates the active video output data. The
signal is clocked with the LLC1 clock.
Pin 18 Double Output Clock, LLC2 (Fig. 46)
Pin 19 Output Clock, LLC1 (Fig. 46)
This is the clock reference for the luma, chroma, and
status outputs.
Pin 26 Ground, Output Pad Circuitry GNDP
Pins 20 to 25,28,29 Luma Outputs Y0 Y7 (Fig. 44)
These output pins car ry the digital luminance data. The
data are clock ed with the LLC1 cloc k.
Pin 30 Main Clock Output CLK20 (Fig. 45)
This is the 20.25 MHz main clock output.
Pin 31 Supply Voltage, Digital Circuitry VSUPD
Pin 34 Ground, Digital Circuitry GNDD
Pin 35 Ground, Output Pad Circuitry GNDP
Pin 36 Suppl y Vo lta ge, Out put Pad Supply VSUPP
Pins 38 to 43,46,47 Chroma Outputs C0C7 (Fig. 44)
These o utputs c arr y the digi tal CrCb ch romin ance dat a.
The data are clocked with the LL1 clock. The data are
sampled at half the clock rate and multiplexed. The
CrCb multiplex is reset f or each TV line.
Pins 48 to 50 Picture Bus Priority PR0PR2 (Fig. 46)
The Picture Bus Priority lines carry the digital priority
selection signals. The priority interface allows digital
switching of up to 8 sources to the back-end processor.
Switching for different sources is prioritized and can be
on a per pixel basis.
Pin 51 Ground, Output Pad Circuitry GNDP
Pin 52 V GAV-Input. (Fig. 43)
This pin is connected to the v ertical sync signal of a V GA
signal.
Pin 53 Front-End/Back-End Data FPDAT (Fig. 46)
This pin interfaces to the DDP 3300A back-end pro-
cessor. The information for the deflection drives and
for the white dri ve contr ol, i. e. the beam c urre nt l imiter,
is transmitted by this pin.
Pin 54 Reset Input RESQ (Fig. 43)
A low lev el on this pin resets the VPC 32xx.
Pin 55 I2C Bus Data SDA (Fig. 413)
This pin connects to the I2C bus data line.
Pin 56 I2C Bus Clock SCL (Fig. 43)
This pin connects to the I2C bus clock line.
Pin 57 Test Input TEST (Fig. 43)
This pin enables f actory test modes. For normal opera-
tion, it must be connected to ground.
Pin 59 Ground, Analog Front-End GNDF
Pins 62,61,60,58 Video Input 14 (Fig. 412)
These are the anal og vide o inputs. A CVBS or S-VH S
luma signal is converted using the luma (Video 1) AD
conver ter. The VIN1 input can also be sw itched to th e
chroma (Video 2) ADC. The input signal must be
AC-coupled.
Pin 63 Chroma Input CIN (Fig. 410)
This pin is connected to the S-VHS chroma signal. A
resistive divider is used to bias the input signal to the
middle of the converter input range. CIN can only be
connec ted to the chr oma (Vide o 2) A/D conver ter. The
signal must be AC- coupled.
Pin 64 Analog Video Output, VOUT (Fig. 47)
The analog video signal that is selected for the main
(luma, CVBS) A DC is outp ut at thi s pin. A n emit ter fol-
lower is required at this pin.
Pin 65 Ground, Analog Shield Front-End GNDF
Pin 66 Supply Voltage, Analog Front-End VSUPF
(Fig. 49)
Pin 67 Signal GND for Analog Input ISGND (Fig. 4
11) This is the high quality ground reference for the
video input sign als.
Pin 68 Reference Voltage Top VRT (Fig. 49)
Via this pin, the reference v oltage f or the A/D conv erters
is d ecoup led . T he pin is c onn ect ed w ith 10 µF/4 7 nF to
the Signal Ground Pin.
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4.4. Pin Configuration
Fig. 42: 68-pin PLCC package
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
60
59
58
57
56
55
54
53
52
51
50
49
48
47
46
45
27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 6867666564636261
26 44
VPC 32x5C
INTLC
NC
VS
FSY
MSY/HS
HELPER
HC
AVO
LLC2
LLC1
Y7
Y6
Y5
Y4
Y3
Y2
VIN3
GNDF
VIN4
TEST
SCL
SDA
RESQ
FPDAT
VGAV
GNDP
PR2
PR1
PR0
C0
C1
NC
NC
GNDF
XTAL1
XTAL2
VSTBY
CLK5
GNDF
GNDF
GNDP
VRT
ISGND
VSUPF
ASGF
VOUT
CIN
VIN1
VIN2
Y1
Y0
CLK20
VSUPD
NC
NC
GNDD
NC
VSUPP
NC
C7
C6
C5
C4
C3
C2
GNDP
GNDP NC
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4.5. Pin Circuits
Fig. 43: Input pins RESQ, TEST, VGAV
Fig. 44: Output pins C0C7, Y0Y7, FSY,
HC, AVO, HELPER, VS, INTLC, HS, LLC1, LLC2
Fig. 45: Output pin CLK20
Fig. 46: Input/Ou tput pins PR0PR2, FPDAT
Fig. 47: Output pin VOUT
Fig. 48: Input/Output Pins XTAL1, XTAL2
Fig. 49: Pins VRT, ISGND
Fig. 410: Chroma input CIN
Fig. 411: Output pin CLK5
Fig. 412: Input pins VIN1VIN4
Fig. 413: Pins SDA, SCL
VSUPD
GNDD
GNDP
P
N
VSUPP
P
N
VSUPD
GNDD
VSUPD
P
N
P
N
VSUPD
N
P
NGNDD
VSUPF
GNDF
P
N
VOUT
Vins
VREF
+
GNDF
VSTBY
P
N
P
NfECLK
0.5M
VSUPF
P
ISGND
VRT
Vref ADC Reference
+
GNDF
VSUPF
To ADC
GNDF
P
N
VSTBY
GNDF
VSUPF
To ADC
GNDD
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4.6. Electrical Characteristics
4.6.1. Absolute Maximum Ratings
Stresses beyond those listed in the Absolute Maximum Ratings may c aus e permane nt dam age to the device. This
is a s tress rat ing only. Fu nctional operation o f th e device at these or any other cond itions b eyond th ose indi cated in
the Recom mended Opera ting Conditions /Characteristi cs of this spe cification is n ot implied. Exposure to absolute
maximum ratings conditions f or extended periods may affect device reliability.
4.6.2. Recommended Operating Conditions
Symbol Parameter Pin No. Min. Max. Unit
TAAmbient Operating Temperature 065°C
TSStorage Temperature ––40 125 °C
VSUP Supply Voltage, all Supply Inputs ––0.3 6 V
VIInput Voltage, all Inputs ––0.3 VSUP+0.3 V
VOOutput Voltage, all Outputs ––0.3 VSUP+0.3 V
Symbol Parameter Pin Name Min. Typ. Max. Unit
TAAmbient Operating Temperature 065 °C
VSUP Supply Voltages, all Supply Pins 4.75 5.0 5.25 V
VSUPP Supply Volt., Output Pad Supply VSUPP 3.15 5.25 V
fXTAL Clock Frequency XTAL1/2 20.25 MHz
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4.6.3. Recommended Crystal Characteristics
Symbol Parameter Min. Typ. Max. Unit
TAOperating Ambient Temperature 0 65 °C
fPParallel Resonance Frequency
with Load Capac ita nce CL = 13 pF 20.250000 MHz
fP/fPAccuracy of Adjustment ––±20 ppm
fP/fPFrequency Temperature Drift ––±30 ppm
RRSeries Resistance ––25
C0Shunt Capacitance 3 7pF
C1Motional Capacitance 20 30 fF
Load Capacitance Recommendation
CLext External Load Capacitance 1) from
pins to Ground
(pin names: Xtal1 Xtal2)
3.3 pF
DCO Characteristics 2,3)
CICLoadmin Effective Load Capacitance @ min.
DCOPosition, Code 0,
package: 68PLCC
34.35.5pF
CICLoadrng Effective Load Capacitance Range,
DCO Codes from 0..255 11 12.7 15 pF
1) Remarks on defining the External Load Capacitance:
External c apacitors at each crystal pin to groun d are required . They are nece ssary to tune the e ffective lo ad capaci tance of th e
PCBs to the required load capacitance CL of the crystal. The higher the capacitors, the lower the clock frequency results. The
nominal free running frequency should match fp MHz. Due to different layouts of customer PCBs the matching capacitor size
should be determined in the application. The suggested value is a figure based on experience with various PCB layouts.
Tuning condition: Code DVCO Register=720
2) Remarks on Pulling Range of DCO:
The pulling range of the DCO is a function of the used crystal and effective load capacitance of the IC (CICLoad +CLoadBoard).
The resulting frequency fL with an effective load capacitance of CLeff = C ICLoad + CLoadBoard is :
1 + 0.5 * [ C1 / (C0 + CL) ]
fL = fP * _______________________
1 + 0.5 * [ C1 / (C0 + CLeff) ]
3) Remarks on DCO codes
The DCO hardware regi ster has 8 bits, the fp control register uses a range of 2048...2047
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4.6.4. Characteristics
at TA = 0 to 65 °C, VSUPD/F = 4.75 to 5.25 V, VSUPP = 3.15 to 3.5V f = 20.25 MHz for min./max. values
at TC = 60 °C, VSUPD/F = 5 V, Vsupp = 3.15V f = 20.25 MHz for typical values
4.6.4.1. Characteristics, 5 MHz Clock Output
4.6.4.2. Characteristics, 20 MHz Clock Input/Output, External Cloc k Input (XTAL1)
4.6.4.3. Characteristics, Reset Input, Test Input
Symbol Parameter Pin N a me Min. Typ. Max. Unit
PTOT Total Power Dissipation ––1.15 1.5 W
IVSUPA Current Consumption VSUPF 40 mA
IVSUPD Current Consumption VSUPD 160 mA
IVSUPP Current Consumption VSUPP 40 mA
IVSTDBY Current Consumption VSTDBY 1mA
IL Input / Output Leakage Current All I/O Pins 1 1 µA
Symbol Parameter Pi n N a m e Min. Typ. Max. Unit Test Conditions
VOL Output Low Voltage CLK5 ––0.4 V IOL = 0.4 mA
VOH Output High Voltage 4.0 V
STDBY VIOL = 0.9 mA
tOT Output Transition Time 50 ns CLOAD = 30 pF
Symbol Parameter Pi n N a m e Min. Typ. Max. Unit Test Conditions
VDCAV DC Average CLK20 VSUP/2
0.3 VSUP/2 VSUP/2
+ 0.3 VC
LOAD = 30 pF
VPP VOUT Peak to Peak 1.3 1.6 VC
LOAD = 30 pF
tOT Output Transition Time ––18 ns CLOAD = 30 pF
VIT Input Trigger Level 2.1 2.5 2.9 V only for test purposes
VICloc k Input Voltage XTAL1 1.3 ––VPP capacitive coupling used,
XTAL2 open
Symbol Parameter Pi n N a m e Min. Typ. Max. Unit Test Conditions
VIL Input Low Voltage RESQ
TEST ––1.5 V
VIH Input High Voltage 3.0 ––V
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4.6.4.4. Characteristics, Priority, FPDAT Input/Output
Fig. 414: Priority, FPDAT input/output
4.6.4.5. Characteristics, VGAV Input
Symbol Parameter Pin Name Min. Typ. Max. Unit Tes t C o n ditions
VOL Output Low Voltage PR[2:0]
FPDAT ––0.5 V IOL = 14.4 mA, strength 0
IOL = 10.8 mA, strength 1
IOL = 7.2 mA, strength 2
IOL = 3.6 mA, strength 3
note: FPDAT strength = 2
VOH Output High Voltage 1.8 2.0 2.5 V IOL = 10 µA
CLOAD = 70 pF
tOH Output Hold Time 6 ––ns
tODL Output Delay Time ––35 ns CLOAD = 70 pF
IL = 14.4 mA
strength = 3
IPL Output Pull-up Current PR[2:0]
FPDAT 1.2 1.5 1.5 mA VOL = 0 V
VIL Input Low Voltage ––0.8 V
VIH Input High Voltage 1.5 ––V
tIS Input Setup Time 7 ––ns
tIH Input Hold Time 5 ––ns
VIH
20.25 MHz Clock
VIL
VOHTRI
VOL
tODL
tOH
tOH
tIS tIH
Priority Bus
Output
Priority Bus
Input
Symbol Parameter Pin Name Min. Typ. Max. Unit Tes t C o n ditions
VIL Input Low Voltage VGAV ––0.8 V
VIH Input High Voltage 2.0 ––V
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4.6.4.6. Characteristics, I2C Bus Interface
4.6.4.7. Characteristics, Analog Video Inputs
4.6.4.8. Characteristics, Analog Front-End and ADCs
Symbol Parameter Pi n N a m e Min. Typ. Max. Unit Test Conditions
VIL Input Low Voltage SDA, SCL ––1.5 V
VIH Input High Voltage 3.0 ––V
VOL Output Low Voltage ––0.4
0.6 V
VIl = 3 mA
Il = 6 mA
VIH Input Capacitance ––5pF
tFSignal Fall Time ––300 ns CL = 400 pF
tRSignal Rise Time ––300 ns CL = 400 pF
fSCL Clock Frequency SCL 0 400 kHz
tLOW Low Period of SCL 1.3 ––µs
tHIGH High Period of SCL 0.6 ––µs
tSU Data Data Set Up Time to SCL high SDA 100 ––ns
tHD Data DATA Hold Time to SCL low 0 0.9 µs
Symbol Parameter Pi n N a m e Min. Typ. Max. Unit Test Conditions
VVIN Analog Input Voltage VIN1, VIN2
VIN3, VI N 4
CIN
03.5 V
CCP Input Coupling Capacitor
Video Inputs VIN1, VIN2
VIN3, VI N 4 680 nF
CCP Input Coupling Capacitor
Chroma Input CIN 1nF
Symbol Parameter Pi n N a m e Min. Typ. Max. Unit Test Conditions
VVRT Reference Voltage Top VR T 2.5 2.6 2.8 V 10 µF /10 nF, 1 G Probe
Luma Pa th
RVIN Input Resistance VIN1
VIN2
VIN3
VIN4
1––MCode ClampDAC=0
CVIN Input Capacitance 5pF
VVIN Full Scale Input Voltage VIN1
VIN2
VIN3
VIN4
1.8 2.0 2.2 VPP min. AGC Gain
VVIN Full Scale Input Voltage 0.5 0.6 0.7 VPP max. AGC Gain
AGC AGC step width 0.166 dB 6-B it Resolution= 64 Steps
fsig=1MHz,
2 dBr of max. AGCGain
DNLAGC AGC Differential Non-Linearity ––±0.5 LSB
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VVINCL Input Clamping Level, CVBS VIN1
VIN2
VIN3
VIN4
1.0 V Binary Level = 64 LSB
min. AGC Gain
QCL Clamping DAC Resolution 16 15 steps 5 Bit IDAC, bipolar
VVIN=1.5 V
ICLLSB Input Clamping Current per step 0.7 1.0 1.3 µA
DNLICL Clamping DAC Differential Non-
Linearity ––±0.5 LSB
Chroma Path
RCIN Input Resistance
SVHS Chroma CIN
VIN1 1.4 2.0 2.6 k
VCIN Full Scale Input Vol tage,
Chroma 1.08 1.2 1.32 VPP
VCINDC Input Bias Level,
SVHS Chroma 1.5 V
Binary Code for Open
Chroma Input 128 ––
Dynamic Characteristics for all Video-Paths (Luma + Chroma)
BW Bandwith VIN1
VIN2
VIN3
VIN4
810MHz 2 dBr input signal level
XTALK Crosstalk, any Two Video Inputs ––56 dB 1 MHz, 2 dBr signal level
THD Total Harmonic Distortion 50 dB 1 MHz, 5 harmonics,
2 dBr signal level
SINAD Signal to Noise and Distortion
Ratio 45 dB 1 MHz, all outputs,
2 dBr signal level
INL Integral Non-Linearity ––±1 LSB Code Density,
DC-ramp
DNL Differential Non-Linearity ––±0.8 LSB
DG Differential Gain ––±3% 12 dBr, 4.4 MHz signal on
DC-ramp
DP Differential Phase ––1.5 deg
Analog Video Output
VOUT Output Voltage Out:
VOUT
In:
VIN1
VIN2
VIN3
VIN4
1.7 2.0 2.3 VPP VIN = 1 VPP
, AGC= 0 dB
AGCVOUT AGC step width, VOUT 1.333 dB 3 Bit Resolution=7 Steps
3 MSBs of main AGC
DNLAGC AGC Diff erential Non-Linearity ––±0.5 LSB
VOUTDC DC-level 1V clamped to Back porch
BW VOUT Bandwidth 8 10 MHz Input: 2 dBr of main ADC
range, CL10 pF
THD VOUT Total Harmonic Distortion –––40 dB Input: 2 dBr of main ADC
range, CL10 pF
1 MHz, 5 Harmonics
CLVOUT Load Capacitance VOUT ––10 pF
ILVOUT Output Current ––±0.1 mA
Symbol Parameter Pin Name Min. Typ. Max. Unit Tes t C o n ditions
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4.6.4.9. Characteristics, Output Pin Specification
Output Specification for SYNC, CONTROL, and DATA Pins:
Y[7:0], C[7:0], AVO, HS, HC, HELPER, INTLC, VS, FSY
NOTE 1: CLOAD depends on the selected driver strength which is I2C-programmable.
Fig. 415: Sync, control, and data outputs
Symbol Parameter Pi n N a m e Min. Typ. Max. Unit Test Conditions
VOL Output Low Voltage ––0.4 V see table below
VOH Output High Voltage 2.4 ––V see table below
tOH Output Hold Time 6––ns
tOD Output Delay Time ––35 ns NOTE 1
Table 41: Driver strength
Strength VSUPP = 5 V
Load VSUPP = 3.3 V
Load
000 < 100 pF < 50 pF
001 < 55 pF < 28 pF
010 < 37 pF < 20 pF
011 < 28 pF < 14 pF
100 < 23 pF < 12 pF
101 < 18 pF < 10 pF
110 < 14 pF < 8 pF
111 pins tristate
CLK20
20.25 MHz
in case of DIGIT3000 mode
LLC1
13.5 MHz
in case of LLC Mode
Output
2.0 V
tR, tF 5 ns
0.8 V
VOH
VOL
Data valid
tOD
tOH
Data valid
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4.6.4.10. Characterist ics, Input Pin Specification
Input Specification for SYNC, CONTROL, and DATA Pin: MSY (DIGIT3000 mode only)
Fig. 416: Sync, control, and data inputs
Symbol Parameter Pin Name Min. Typ. Max. Unit Tes t C o n ditions
VIL Input Low Voltage ––0.8 V
VIH Input High Voltage 1.5 ––V
tIS Input Setup Time 7––ns
tIH Input Hold Time 5––ns
CLK20
20.25 MHz
in case of DIGIT3000 Mode
LLC1
13.5 MHz
in case of LLC Mode
Input
Input Data valid
tIH
tIS
Data valid
tIH
tIS
VIH
VIL
2.0 V
tR, tF 5ns
0.8 V
VIH
VIL
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4.6.4.11. Characteris tics, Clo ck Outp ut Specif icatio n
Line-Locked Clock Pins: LLC1, LLC2
Fig. 417: Line-locked clock output pins
Symbol Parameter Pi n N a m e Min. Typ. Max. Unit Test Conditions
CL Load capacitance ––50 pF
13.5 MHz Line Locked Clock
1/T13 LLC1 Clock Frequency 12.5 14.5 MHz
tWL13 LLC1 Clock Low Time 26 ––ns CL = 30 pF
tWH13 LLC1 Clock High Time 26 ––ns CL = 30 pF
1/T27 LLC2 Clock Frequency 25 29 MHz
tWL27 LLC2 Clock Low Time 10 ––ns CL = 30 pF
tWH27 LLC2 Clock High Time 10 ––ns CL = 30 pF
16 MHz Line Loc ked Clock
1/T13 LLC1 Clock Frequency 14.8 17.2 MHz
18 MHz Line Loc ked Clock
1/T13 LLC1 Clock Frequency 16.6 19.4 MHz
common ti mings all modes
tSK Clock Skew 04ns
tR, tFCl ock Rise/Fall Time ––5nsC
L = 30 pF
VIL Input Low Voltage ––0.8 V
VIH Input High Voltage 2.0 ––V
VOL Output Low Voltage ––0.4 V IL = 2 mA
VOH Output High Voltage 2.4 ––VI
H = 2 mA
(13.5 MHz ±7%)
(27 MHz ±7%)
LLC2
LLC1
VIL
VIH
VIL
VIH
tSK
tWL13
tWH13
T13
tRtF
T27
tWL27
tWH27
tSK
tRtF
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5. Application Circuit
VPC 32x5C
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5.1. VGA mode with VPC3215C
In 100 Hz TV applications it can be desirab le to display
a VGA-signal on the TV. In this case a VGA-graphic
card de li vers the H, V a nd RGB si gna ls. Th es e sign al s
can be feed "directly" to the backend signal process-
ing. The VPC can generate a stable line locked clock
for the 100 Hz syst em in relation to the VG A sync sig-
nals.
While the V-sync is connected to the VGAV pin
direc tly, the H- sy nc ha s to be pulse -sha ped and ampli-
tude adjusted until it is connected to one of the video
input pins of the VPC. The recommended circuitry to
filter the H sync is given in the figure below.
Fig. 51: Application circuit for horizontal VGA-input
680 nF
Video Input VPC
H 31kHz 270
47pF
540
1N4148
BC848B
100
1k
+5V analog
1N4148
2k
GND analog GND analog
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6. Data Sheet History
1. Preliminary data sheet: VPC 3205C, VPC 3215C
Video Processor Family, Aug. 15, 1997
6251-457-1PD. First release of the preliminary data
sheet.
2. Preliminary data sheet: VPC 3205C, VPC 3215C
Video Processor Family, Oct. 19, 1998,
6251-457-2PD. Second release of the preliminary data
sheet. Major changes:
Fig. 41: Outline Dimensions for PLCC68 changed.
Additional information contained in Supplement
No.3 / 6251-457-3PDS, Edition May 25 1998 has
been included.