Driving the Digital Lifestyle
CVE2
DVD
Digital Camera
Digital TV
Imaging
IP Cores
NTSC/PAL Video Encoder
Zoran Corporation
1390 Kifer Road
Sunnyvale, CA 94086-5305
Te l 408.523.6500
Fax 408.523.6501
www.zoran.com
Product Brief
Description
Zoran’s CVE2 NTSC/PAL video encoder core continues a line of
highly efficient, cost effective solutions for the digital video market.
The CVE2 core encodes YCrCb video into all NTSC and PAL stan-
dards with full programmable timing parameters. The carrier fre-
quency and phase provides maximum flexibility. The core also
includes support for Macrovision 7.1.L1, the copy protection used by
DVD and set -top boxes.
The outputs are 6 separate busses for Y, Composite, Chroma, and
RGB. This allows for flexibility in connection and multiplexing to DACs.
Design Considerations
• Low silicon area: approximately 29,000 gates
• Fully synchronous design
• Technology independent. synthezable to most CMOS libraries
This synthesizable intellectual property core accepts YCrCv video as
specified by the CCIR-601 standard or full range YCrCb. All timing
signals are generated within the core, synchronized to an external
27 MHz clock. In master mode the core provides Hblank and Vblank
to the video source. In slave mode Hblank and Vblank are inputs. In
slave mode the core can also be configured to accept multiplexed
YCrCb as specified by the CCIR-656 standard.
Deliverables
• Compilable RTL source code
• Bit accurate C model
• Synopsis synthesis scripts
• Test input files
• IP core documentation
Core Features
• Encodes YCrCb into NTSC or PAL/SECAM
• Supports Macrovision 7.1.L1 copy protection
• Supports all variations of NTSC encoding
• Supports all variations of PAL encoding
(I, B, G, D, N, M and combination N)
• RGB SCART output with (MV)
• Upsampled design minimizes sinx/x distortion and complexity
of external analog filter
• Nominal sample rate is 27 Msample/s
• Advanced Trick Play Features including Zoom, Smooth Scan
• Flexible input configuration: can be timing slave or master
• Outputs 10 bit data to DACs
• Component YUV output with (MV)
• Generic register programming port
• Controlled (smooth) edges on Sync and Burst
• Adheres to CCIR 601, 604 and 656 specs; also adheres to
SMTPE 253 spec
• Controlled entry and exit of active video line
• Fully programmable RGB setup and sync
• WSS & CGMS Data Line Encoding
• Programmable Notch Filter
Applications
• PC Video
• PC Graphic
• Digital camera process
• Any system requiring TV output
7/16/04-TS
CVE2-PB-1.0