Companion chip for digital set-top box designs
STB130x0 A/V Transport/Decoders
Complement IBM set-top box
(STB) controllers, enabling
manufacturers to offer a wider
range of products
Support applications incorporat-
ing digital video recording on a
hard drive or VCR
Simplify the design of applica-
tions requiring recording/playing
of two independent streams
Help our customers:
Improve time-to-market
Reduce software development
cycle
Powerful companion chips extend
STB capabilities
IBM
STB130x0 digital STB companion
chips integrate a transport/demultiplexing
function and audio/video decoders on a
single chip. An advanced companion chip
to be used with members of IBM's family of
STB controllers, these devices allow
designers to architect a range of emerging
applications, including those incorporat-
ing digital video recording on an external
hard drive.
New members of IBM's family of digital
audio/video decoders, these two ad-
vanced chips -- the IBM STB13000 and
the IBM STB13010 -- feature an integrated
transport stream demultiplexer, MPEG-2
video decoder, MPEG-2 audio decoder
Highlights
and SDRAM interface. The chips can
decode MPEG-2 Main Profile at Main
Level (MP @ ML) video and MPEG-2
Layer I & II (CD quality) audio. The IBM
STB13010 offers the added ability to
decode Dolby
Digital audio*.
By integrating these features on a single
chip, the decoders enable complex
designs while helping to reduce
design time.
Audio/video decoding features
support robust designs
IBM STB130x0 decoders deliver the high-
quality video and sound that consumers
expect from advanced digital television
applications. Additionally, decoder
features support robust designs. For
example, a multi-plane on-screen display
(OSD) can provide a richer interactive
user interface. The on-chip SDRAM
memory interface, supporting 4-MB and
8-MB memory configurations, enables
more flexible, cost-effective designs. The
built-in PLL generates the audio clock for
audio and video synchronization.
Used in conjunction with IBM STB
controllers, STB130x0 decoders provide
the additional, separately controllable
decoder needed to support multi-
function STB applications. These include
playing one stream on a TV while
recording another on a VCR, picture-in-
picture support, or playing one stream on
a TV while storing another encoded
stream on a hard drive.
STB130x0 single-chip decoders enable full-function STB designs.
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Specifications
IBM STB130x0**
Technology
0.25-
m CMOS
Supply voltage
3.3 V (supports 3-V and 5-V I/Os)
Power dissipation
1 watt (nominal)
Operating temperature range
0 C to 70 C (ambient)
Package
208-pin, 28-mm PQFP
** Dolby Digital is available only on STB13010. (Dolby Digital license required.)
Host
INFC
SDRAM Control
Cntl
Addr
Addr
XPORT
In
Transport
Demultiplexer
Audio
Decoder
Video
Decoder
Display
OSD
Pixel Data
Sync Cntl
Phase
Lock
Loop
27 MHz Clk
Audio Out
Cntl
Data
Data
DV B
Descrambler
Cntl
IBM STB130x0 block diagram
Digital audio and video
capabilities support high-end
applications
MPEG-2 transport and DVB descrambler
MPEG-2 video decoder with on-screen
display (OSD); decodes MPEG-2 Main
Profile at Main Level (MP @ ML) video
MPEG-2 audio decoder; decodes
MPEG-2 Layer I and Layer II (CD quality)
audio
Dolby Digital-compliant audio decoding
(IBM STB13010 controller only*)
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