VDP 3108
ADVANCE INFORMATION
MICRONAS INTERMETALL
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2.6.1. Video Sync Processing
Fig. 2–25 shows a block diagram of the front end sync
processing. To extract the sync information from the
video signal, a linear phase lowpass filter eliminates all
noise and video contents above one 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 measures
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 to gather maximum/minimum of
the video signal. This information is processed by the FP
and used for of gain control and clamping.
For vertical sync separation the sliced video signal is in-
tegrated. The FP uses the integrator value to derive ver-
tical sync and field information.
The information extracted by the video sync processing
is multiplexed onto the hardware front sync signal (FSY)
and is distributed to the rest of the video processing sys-
tem. The format of the front sync signal is given in fig.
2–26.
The data for the vertical deflection, the sawtooth and the
East-West correction signal is calculated by the FP. The
data is buffered in a FIFO and transferred to the back
end by a single wire interface.
.
phase
comparator
&
lowpass
counter
frontend
timing
FSY
skew
v blank
even field
lowpass
1 MHz
&
syncslicer
horizontal
sync
separation
vertical
sync
separation
FIFO
Sawtooth
Parabola
Calculation
video
input
front
sync
generator
vertical
serial
data
VDATA
E/W
sawtooth
clamping, colorkey, FIFO_write
PLL1
clamp &
signal
meas.
Fig. 2–25:
Sync separation block diagram
F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
(not in scale)
input
analog
video
FSY
F1
Parity
V:
Vert. blanking
0 = off
1 = on
F:
Field #
0 = field 1
1 = field 2
Fig. 2–26:
Front sync format
F0
skew
MSB
skew
LSB
not
used
F
V
F0, F2..F5 reserved