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ADVANCE INFORMATION
VCT 38xxA
Micronas
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amplitude, the external controller reads this register,
calculates the vertical scaling coefficient and transfers
the new settings, e.g. vertical sawtooth parameters,
horizontal scaling coefficient etc., to the VCT 38xxA.
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.
2.7. Test Pattern Generator
The YC
r
C
b
outputs can be switched to a test mode
where YC
r
C
b
data are generated digitally in the
VCT 38xxA. Test patterns include luma/chroma ramps
and flat fields.
2.8. Video Sync Processing
Fig. 2–10 shows a block diagram of the front-end sync
processing. To extract the sync information from the
video signal, a linear phase low-pass 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 falling edge of sync, as well as the integrated
sync pulse.
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 vertical 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 data for the vertical deflection, the sawtooth, and
the East-West correction signal is calculated by the
VCT 38xxA. The data is buffered in a FIFO and trans-
ferred to the back-end by a single wire interface.
Frequency and phase characteristics of the analog
video signal are derived from PLL1. The results are fed
to the scaler unit for data interpolation and orthogonal-
ization and to the clock synthesizer for line-locked
clock generation. Horizontal and vertical syncs are
latched with the line-locked clock.
Fig. 2–10:
Sync separation block diagram
Phase
Separator
&
Low-pass
counter
Front-end
Timing
Front Sync
Skew
Vblank
Field
low-pass
1 MHz
&
sync slicer
Horizontal
Sync
Separation
Vertical
Sync
Separation
FIFO
Sawtooth
Parabola
Calculation
video
input
Front
Sync
Generator
Vertical
Serial
Data
Vertical
E/W
Sawtooth
clamping, colorkey, FIFO_write
PLL1
Clamp &
Signal
Meas.
Clock
Synthesizer
Syncs
Clock
H/V Syncs