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• 10-bit video decoder

• Adaptive comb filter

• Global broadcast audio decoder

• Stereo DACs

•I

2S input and output

• DTV and broadband support

• MPEG encoder and decoder interfaces

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PCl Audio/Video

Broadcast Decoder

CX23880/CX23881

Distinguishing Features

Single-Chip Solution Allows TV, Radio, Digital

TV and Broadband Data Capture Over the

PCI Bus

Conexant’s highly-flexible audio and video broadcast decoder

supports all analog broadcast video and audio formats in use

worldwide. This single-chip solution enables the host PC to

perform audio/video capture, video display, audio playback,

or storage and playback at a later time through software or

hardware audio/video codecs.

The CX23880/CX23881 is fully compatible with Conexant’s family

of digital channel demodulators for capture of (HDTV) High

Definition Television and Standard Definition Television (SDTV)

streams, as well as broadband data over terrestrial, satellite or

cable links. The CX23880 interfaces directly to the CX23490 HDTV

hardware decoder for offloading the CPU of high-level MPEG-2

decoding tasks.

A variety of third-party peripheral connectivity options are

supported by the CX23880/CX23881. Its General Purpose Input/

Output pins and CPU host port interface enable vendor-specific

board functionality and marketplace differentiation.

Functional Overview

The CX23880/CX23881 video and broadcast audio capture chip

is a mixed-signal monolithic ic enabling a new platform for video,

audio, and data communications in the PC. The CX23880/CX23881

chips are designed to offer higher integration, functionality and

are significantly more flexible and configurable than the previous

generation Fusion™ 878A.

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PCl Audio/Video

Broadcast Decoder

CX23880/CX23881

CX23880 Overview

The CX23880 is designed to offer global support

for all analog video broadcast standards in

addition to digital broadcasts via an external channel

demodulator. It is also designed to offload the CPU

of decoding tasks for High Level MPEG-2 (HDTV),

4:2:2 de-interlacing and progressive-scan DVD via

a dedicated ViP 2 Host Port interface to the CX23490

high-level MPEG-2 Decoder.

CX23881 Overview

The CX23881 is a 100% pin-compatible and software-

compatible subset of the CX23880. It is particularly

suited to the European marketplace and therefore

does not support BTSC-dBX and EIAJ audio as

broadcast in the U.S. and Japan. In addition, the ViP

host port is not supported on the CX23881 as there is

no requirement for supporting high-level MPEG-2

decoding for digital television applications. Main

Level MPEG-2 decoding for DVB broadcast applications

is supported via a dedicated MPEG port for streaming

of compressed data streams to the host for software-

based decompression.

Both the CX23880 and CX23881 support a general

purpose host port for connection to external CODECs

for compression of analog video/audio broadcasts

that can be stored on the host’s hard disk or played

back in software.

Analog Video Capture Overview

The CX23880/CX23881 integrates a 10-bit NTSC/

PAL/SECAM composite and s-video decoder, image

resizer/scaler, Direct Memory Access (DMA) controller

and Peripheral Component Interface (PCI) bus

master on a single device. The CX23880/CX23881

can place video data directly into host memory for

video capture applications and into a target video

display frame buffer for video overlay applications.

Feature

Video A/Ds

Y/C separation

Decoded video data output

Video data input

Broadcast audio

Audio input

Audio output

MPEG data streaming

Bi-directional streaming

data ports

Power supply

Fusion 878A

8-bit

Luma Notch and Chroma Comb

Via GPIO

BTSC Mono

Mono line level or I2S port

N/A

I2S port

N/A

CX23880

10-bit

Adaptive multi-line 2-D comb filter

8- or 10-bit ITU-R 656 4:2:2 output

8-bit ITU-R 656/VIP 2.0 pixel input

BTSC dbx, NICAM, A2, EIAJ, FM

Stereo I2S port

Stereo DACs, I2S port or PCI Bus

Dedicated 80 Mbps MPEG port

Intel/Motorola host port

and VIP 2.0 host master port

3.3/1.8V

CX23881

10-bit

Adaptive multi-line 2-D comb filter

8- or 10-bit ITU-R 656 4:2:2 output

8-bit ITU-R 656/VIP 2.0 pixel input

NICAM, A2, FM

Stereo I2S port

Stereo DACs, I2S port or PCI Bus

Dedicated 80 Mbps MPEG port

Intel/Motorola host port only

3.3/1.8V

CX23880 block diagram

As a PCI initiator, the CX23880/CX23881 can take control

of the PCI bus to stream data as soon as the bus is available,

thereby avoiding the need for on-board frame buffers.

The CX23880/CX23881 contains a pixel data First In, First Out

(FIFO) to decouple the high-speed PCI bus from the continuous

video data stream. The video data input may be scaled, color

translated, and burst-transferred to a target location on a field

basis. This allows for simultaneous preview of one field and

capture of the other field. Alternatively, the CX23880/CX23881

is able to capture or preview both fields simultaneously.

The fields may be interlaced into memory or sent to

separate field buffers.

Video Input

Analog video signals are input to the CX23880/CX23881 via

a four-input multiplexer. The multiplexer can select between

four composite source inputs or between three composite and

a single s-video input source. When an s-video source is input

to the CX23880/CX23881, the luma component is fed through

the input analog multiplexer, and the chroma component

feeds directly into the C-input pin. An Automatic Gain Control

(AGC) circuit enables the CX23880/CX23881 to compensate

for non-standard amplitudes in the analog signal input.

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Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) Engine

The CX23880/CX23881 enables separate destinations for

the odd and even video fields, each controlled by a pixel

RISC instruction list. This instruction list is created by the

CX23880/CX23881 device driver and may be run in the

on-chip memory or host memory. The instructions control

the transfer of pixels to target memory locations on a byte

resolution basis. Complex clipping can be accomplished by

the instruction list, blocking the generation of PCI bus cycles

for pixels that are not to be seen on the display.

The DMA channels can be programmed on a field basis to

deliver the video data in packed or planar format. In packed

mode, YCrCb data is stored in a single continuous block of

memory. In planar mode, the YCrCb data is separated into

three streams which are burst to different target memory

blocks. Having the video data in planar format is useful for

applications where data compression is accomplished via

software and the CPU.

UltraLock™

The CX23880/CX23881 employs a proprietary technique

known as UltraLock to lock on to the incoming analog video

signal. It consistently generates the required number of

pixels per line from an analog source in which line length

can vary by as much as a few microseconds. UltraLock’s

digital locking circuitry enables the CX23880/CX23881 to

lock onto video signals quickly and accurately, regardless

of their source. The technique is completely digital, so

UltraLock can recognize unstable signals caused by

VCR head switches or any other deviation and can adapt

the locking mechanism to accommodate the source.

UltraLock uses nonlinear techniques that are difficult,

if not impossible, to implement in genlock systems.

Unlike linear techniques, it adapts the locking mechanism

automatically.

Vertical Blanking Interval (VBI) Data Capture

The CX23880/CX23881 provides a flexible solution for

capturing and decoding disparate VBI data types such as

closed-caption data, teletext, vertical internal time and

control (VITC) codes, HTML data, or multicast data. The

CX23880/CX23881 can operate in a VBI line output mode,

in which the VBI data is only captured from selected lines.

This mode of operation enables concurrent capture of VBI

lines containing ancillary data and normal video image

data. In addition, the CX23880/CX23881 supports a VBI

frame output mode in which every line in the video frame

is treated as if it were a VBI line. This mode of operation is

designed for use with still-frame capture and processing

applications, where sophisticated image decoding can be

performed in the software domain.

Macrovision®Detector

With the advent of more powerful CPUs that enable

software-based video compression, low-cost hardware

MPEG encoders, cheap and rewritable storage media, and

pervasive broadband communications, original content

protection is paramount. To this end, the CX23880/CX23881

fully implements Macrovision 7.01 detection. When an end-

user attempts to connect a digital video disk (DVD) player,

a digital satellite/cable decoder’s composite, or s-video out-

puts to the input of a CX23880/ CX23881-based PCI card,

Macrovision pulses and signals are detected, and appropriate

flag bits are set. It is up to the board vendor to read the flag

bits and determine what action will be taken.

Analog Audio Capture

The CX23880/CX23881 captures and decodes all major

terrestrial broadcast audio standards. The CX23880/CX23881

digitizes and oversamples the low intermediate frequency

(IF) signal from a TV tuner, and extracts and decodes the

broadcast audio signal. The decoded audio is sample rate

converted to a 48 KHz pulse code modulation (PCM) stereo

signal to simplify processing and interfacing. This 48 KHz

stream can be routed to the built-in (90 dB Signal-to-Noise

Ratio (SNR) stereo audio Digital-to-Analog Converters

(DACs) for connection to the PC’s sound card or headphones,

to an external Digital-Audio Interface, or to the PCI bus and

host for direct capture by a software audio codec.

The

CX23881 only supports NICAM, A2 and FM broadcast audio

standards

primarily for the European marketplace.

If capture of line-level stereo audio signals is required, an

inexpensive audio analog-to-digital converter A/D may

be directly connected to the CX23880/CX23881’s I2S input

port and controlled via the serial bus master.

ITU-R 656 4:2:2 Data Output

The CX23880/CX23881 provides a 27 MHz, 8- or 10-bit

ITU-R 656 decoded video output interface to allow

connection of a third-party MPEG-2 encoder or other type

of video codec. This is useful when the host CPU is not

powerful enough to perform such tasks in software, or

when high-quality encoding must be achieved. Please

contact Conexant Application Engineering for a list of

supported third-party video compressors.

TV/FM application example

Features:

•Single-chip capture/record of broadcast TV and radio to PC

• Global video standards support

• Global audio standards support including FM/AM radio

• Many I/O ports to differentiate design

ITU-R 656/VIP 2.0 Pixel Data Input

The CX23880/CX23881 provides a 27 MHz, 8-bit ITU-R 656

decoded video input interface to allow a third-party MPEG-2

decoder or codec to send 4:2:2 data over the PCI bus to

a target video display frame buffer for video overlay.

Alternatively, 480-line progressive scan video from the

CX23490 all-format MPEG-2 decoder may be input to this

port using Video Interface Port (VIP) 2.0-compliant pixel

timing at up to 54 MHz.

Antenna

Cable

Stereo

Audio Out

Tu n e r

Ant1

Ant2

PCI BUS

CYSerial Bus

Serial Data

2nd IF

CVBS

Composite or

S-Video In

What is a Broadcast Decoder?

A broadcast decoder is designed to capture and decode the

video and audio portions of any analog TV broadcast

signal. In addition, a broadcast decoder must be able to

address the transition to all-digital broadcasting by offering

a variety of methods to connect to digital TV channel

demodulators. Sufficient I/O must be provided to support

external hardware-based compression of analog video/audio

signals in order to enable storage onto hard disks or CDROM.

Conexant’s broadcast decoder meets these objectives

in the following way:

1) It captures and decodes all variations of NTSC, PAL

and SECAM video standards into digital RGB or YUV

pixel streams.

2) It captures and decodes all broadcast audio standards

used worldwide such as BTSC/DBX, NICAM, A2, EIAJ

and FM/AM, into 48 KHz PCM streams or stereo left

and right audio signals.

3) It facilitates “analog to MPEG” conversion by providing

an 8- or 10-bit ITU-R 656 pixel interface to an external

MPEG 2 encoder for real-time compression. Providing

a streaming host port or MPEG port for DMA of

compressed data to the host or hard disk.

4) It provides a dedicated high-speed streaming MPEG

port that is compatible with ATSC, DVB and ISDB digital

television channel demodulators for DMA to the host

or hard disk.

TV/FM block diagram

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MPEG Data Port

Channel demodulators used for digital TV or broadband

data applications over terrestrial, satellite, or cable

networks may be directly connected to the CX23880/CX23881’s

MPEG data port to deliver transport streams to the host for

subsequent storage to disk or software decode. Either parallel

Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) (common interface) or

serial data paths from the channel demodulator may be

supported at data transfer rates of up to 80 Mbps. If the

serial interface mode is used, then the remaining unused

pins on this port may be allocated as GPIO.

VIP 2.0 Host-Master Interface Port (CX23880 only)

The VIP 2.0 host-master interface allows the CX23880 to

communicate with all devices that are compliant with the

VIP slave specification. This implementation of a VIP 2.0

master is backwards-compatible with all VIP 1.1-compliant

slave interfaces. The CX23880 is designed to connect to the

CX23490 all-format MPEG-2 decoder via this interface. The

functionality of the VIP host-master interface is threefold.

The first concept is to stream data from a VIP slave into

host memory via the PCI bus. The second concept is to

stream out data to a VIP slave that is sent over the PCI bus

from the host. The third concept is for the host to be able

to access register space on connected VIP slave devices.

The CX23881 does not support the VIP 2.0 host master

interface port and in order to retain pin compatability with

the CX23880, these pins are configured as GPIO.

General Purpose Host Interface Port

The general purpose host interface allows the

connection of moderate to relatively slow-speed third-party

peripherals (such as infrared remote control processors,

codec host ports, smart card controllers, etc.), to the

CX23880/CX23881. This port allows simultaneous

connection to two peripherals glue free, or as many as

four peripherals with the use of external glue logic to

provide the additional chip selects. This interface may have

one upstream and one downstream DMA channel active

to or from the external peripherals at any given time.

GPIO Port

The CX23880/CX23881 provides up to 24 GPIO pins. These

GPIO pins are shared with the following pins/ports groups

so that the user can determine exactly which pins can be

dedicated to specific functions versus GPIO functions:

• MPEG parallel data port

• ITU–R 656 4:2:2 data output

• ITU–R 656 4:2:2 data input

• Extended VIP host port

Serial Bus Interface

The CX23880/CX23881’s serial bus interface supports both

99.2 KHz timing transactions and 396.8 kHz, repeated start,

multibyte sequential transactions. As a serial bus master,

the CX23880/CX23881 can program other devices on the

video card, such as a TV tuner, as long as the device

address is known. The CX23880/CX23881 supports

multibyte sequential reads (more than one transaction)

and multibyte write transactions (greater than three

transactions), which enable communication to devices

that support auto-incremental internal addressing.

PCI Bus Interface

The CX23880/CX23881 is designed to efficiently utilize the

available 132 Mbps PCI bus. The 32-bit words are output

on the PCI bus with the appropriate image data under the

control of the DMA channels. The video stream consumes

bus bandwidth with average data rates varying from 44

Mbps for full-size 768 x 576 PAL RGB32, to 4.6 Mbps for

NTSC CIF 320 x 240 RGB16, to 0.14 Mbps for NTSC ICON

80 x 60 8-bit mode.

The pixel instruction stream for the DMA channels

consumes a minimum of 0.1 Mbps. The CX23880/CX23881

provides the means for handling the bandwidth bottle-

necks caused by slow targets and long bus access

latencies that can occur in some system configurations.

To overcome these system bottlenecks, the CX23880

gracefully degrades and recovers from FIFO overruns

to the nearest pixel in real time.

Ant1

5.1

SP/DIF Out

Antenna

Cable

Stereo

Audio Out

Tuner

SDRAMSDRAM

SPDIF

Driver

VGA/RGB/YPrPb/NTSC

Output

VGA/RGB/YPrPb/NTSC

Output

Ant2

CX25871

CX23490

Digital

Channel

Demod

PCI BUS

MPEG 656 Out

TS IN

656 IN

VIP_HOST

I2S_IN

I2S_OUT

SEC_OUT

PRI_OUT

VIP_HOST

12S_IN

I2S_OUT

656/480P In

Serial Bus

Serial Data

2nd IF

VSB

ADC

TS OUT

CVBS

SDRAMSDRAM

Composite or

S-Video In

DVD HARD

DISK

Mux

HD-Theater application example

Features:

• ATSC high-definition TV decoding

• 480P/720P/1080i output resolution from HDTV or DVD sources

• 5.1 Dolby DigitalTM, Pro-LogicTM and down-mixed 2.0 audio

• NTSC up-conversion and de-interlacing to 480P/720P/1080i

• Virtual surround spatialization for analog broadcast audio

• Record HD programs to disk

HD-Theater block diagram

features and specifications

Video Subsystem Features

• 10-bit video A/D

• Global video standards support

[NTSC (M, J, 4.43), PAL (B, D, G, H, I,

M, N, N-combination), SECAM (K, L)]

• Capture resolution up to 768 x 576

(square pixel PAL/SECAM)

• NTSC and PAL adaptive comb filter

for 2-D Y/C luminance and

chrominance separation

• AGC video circuit

• Multiple YCrCb and RGB pixel

formats and YUV planar formats

supported on output

• Selectable pixel density: 8, 16, 24

and 32-bits per pixel

• Performs complex clipping of video

source and VGA video overlay

• Permits different program control

and color space/scaling for even

and odd fields

• Supports Windows®

“Scatter/Gather” DMA

• High-quality multi-tap horizontal

and vertical image scaler for

decoded video or 4:2:2 sources

• ITU-R BT.656 8-bit or 10-bit 4:2:2

output port for MPEG-2 encoder

connection

• ITU-R BT.656/VIP 2.0 pixel input port

for MPEG-2 ML or HL decoder

connection

• Flexible VBI data capture for closed

captioning, teletext, other analog

broadcast data types

• Hue, brightness, contrast, saturation

control for video decoder

Audio Subsystem

• Low IF sampling direct from tuner

• CX23880: Global broadcast audio

support (BTSC-DBX, NICAM, A2,

EIAJ, FM)

• CX23881: European broadcast audio

support (NICAM, A2, FM)

• Decoded 48 KHz audio stream to PCI

bus for real-time encoding to MP3

• Integrated 90 dB SNR stereo audio

DACs to drive sound card or

headphones

• I

2S Input port for external source

connectivity to on-board stereo DACs

• I

2S Output port to drive

coaxial/optical digital audio interface

• Flexible audio sample rate converter

Multipurpose I/O Subsystem

• Bi-directional 33 Mbps VIP 2.0 host

port. Comapatible with the CX23490

all-format MPEG-2 decoder

(CX23880 only)

• Bi-directional 10 Mbps

Intel/Motorola-compatible general

purpose host port

• Unidirectional 10 Mbps parallel/serial

MPEG transport/data stream port.

Compatible with all Conexant digital

television channel demodulator ICs

• MPEG packet synchronization

• User-defined general purpose

input/output pins

PCI Subsystem

• 5 independent functions each with

target/master and local register

space (video, audio, MPEG port,

VIP 2.0 host port, GP host port)

• All RISC/control programs executed

on chip

• On-chip SRAM for PCI data buffering

up/down

• Vital product data

• DMA byte alignment

• PCI revision 2.2 compliant

Miscellaneous

• ACPI and power-down support

• Requires only one crystal for all

video and audio decoding

• 400 KHz serial bus master

• JTAG boundary scan interface

• Compact 176-pin TQFP

• Low power

Applications

• PC TV

• Digital television

• Digital VCR

• Analog and digital video editing

• MP3 radio

• PCI cable modem

• PCI satellite modem

• Data broadcast receiver

• Media hub for home server

Product Features

Antenna

Cable

Stereo

Audio Out

Tu n e r

Ant1

Ant2

MPEG-2

Encoder

I2S_OUT

656 Out

Serial Bus

Serial Data

2nd IF

CVBS

MPEG

Composite or

S-Video In

Host

Port

HARD

DISK

PCI BUS

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Digital VCR application example

Features:

•Compresses broadcast video (ITU-R 656)

and broadcast audio (PCM) to MPEG PS/ES

•Allows real-time video preview in a window

•Simultaneous “watch and record” with VGA overlay

•Time-shift television programs

Digital VCR block diagram