CONFIDENTIAL ADVANCE INFORMATION
Phoenix II Series
HD Enhanced DVD Processor
Product Brief
ESS Technology, Inc.
OVERVIEW
The Phoenix™ II ES8390/ES8391 family of HD Enhanced DVD processors is a 2nd generation solution
built upon ESS’s highly successful Phoenix™ series of single-chip DVD controllers.
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Description
Package
Analog HD
(up to 1080i)
HDMI output
(up to 1080p)
ES8390 Phoenix II HD Enhanced Processor
ES8391 Phoenix II HD Enhanced Processor with
176-LQFP
216-LQFP
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with ES7108
HDMI support
ES7108 Phoenix II Companion 1080p Video
80-LQFP
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Scaler with built-in HDMI Transmitter
The Phoenix™ II integrates a reliable front-end servo/ECC controller with a proven backend that supports
standard DVD decoding with options for DivX® Home Theater playback, HMDI transmitter and Class D
power bridges. A USB 2.0 FS host controller is also included for thumb drive connectivity.
The Phoenix™ II incorporates advanced video enhancement features such as de-interlacing, up-scaling
and an HDTV encoder that can display JPEG pictures or up-converted video at 720p/1080i resolution.
Together with the ES7108 Video Scaler companion, the Phoenix™ II ES8391 also supports HDMI output
with the emerging 1080p scaler up-conversion.
KEY FEATURES
Feature
Benefit
Video
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6ch Video DAC
HD Video Encoder
SD® HD scaler
HD JPEG
Divx HTP option
1080p HDMI option via
ES7108
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Separate output for CVBS, S and Component
Analog 720p/1080i output without HDMI for HD JPEG
Up-conversion of video content to HD
Display JPEG pictures in HD resolution
Display DivX HTP video at full screen
Support 1080p up-conversion via companion ES7108 Video
Scaler with integrated HDMI transmitter
Audio
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Stereo ADC
6ch Audio DAC
6ch PWM option
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Karaoke or Line-in at reduced cost
Eliminates external multi-channel audio DAC
6ch Class D amplifier at reduced cost plus downmix I2S
Interface
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SPI Flash
USB 2.0 FS host
IDE port (ES8391)
I/F to HDMI (ES8391)
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Reduce PCB foot-print
Connect USB thumb-drives and card readers
Connect network controllers, hard drives, CF
Supports HDMI via external transmitter
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