
DETAIL DESCRIPTION
Introduction
This device includes all the functions required to
separate out the critical timing points of most types of
video signal. A sample-and-hold process is used to
establish accurately the 50% point of the sync pulse.
Theinputisalsofilteredtoavoidtheeffectofthecolour
carrier. The filter is coupled externally. The following
paragraphs give a simplified description of the signal
processing.
Colour Carrier Filter
This is a low-pass filter providing adjustable
attenuation of the colour carrier with low distortion of
the remaining sync pulses so as to ensure accurate
timing of the extracted logic outputs. The control is via
an external resistor RFILT connected from pin 1 to
ground. Agraphshowshowthebandwidthvarieswith
theresistorvalue(Graphtobeprovideinfutureissue).
Clamping Circuits
Clamping circuits are use to limit the signal swing
excursion after AC coupling at both the input to the
filter, FILTIN and the timing extractor input, FVIDIN. In
each case, the sync tip level is maintained at a value of
nominally 1.35V.
Sync Timing Extraction Circuits
The waveforms are depicted in Timing Diagrams,
Figure 1
for PAL (625 lines) and
Figure 2
for NTSC (525
lines).
Sample-and-hold circuits are used to obtain
time-delayed voltage values of the sync tip and the
back porch.
The sample gates are controlled by a
comparator sensing the video input relative to a
threshold at a fixed offset above the sync tip clamp
level.
The sampled voltages are combined in a
potential divider to derive the mean voltage (50%
amplitude), which is used as the sync pulse threshold.
A second comparator then provides
CSYNC
, the logic
version of the composite sync signal. This is delayed
slightly as shown in
Figure 3
.
comprises that of the input filter and also the smaller
delay of the comparator and logic. The timing of the
sample hold and other time parameters are all
controlled together in unison by the external resistor
RSET. A 1% resistor tolerance is recommended. The
sync tip voltage level from the sample-and-hold is
buffered and provided as an analog output,
VLEV.
The time delay
The vertical sync output
VSYNC
is derived from the
Field pulse group. Where there are short equalisation
pulses in the standard systems, these short pulses are
ignored.
Essentially, a pulse width discriminator
circuit senses the first of the Field pulses, as they are
wider than those of the rest of the sequence.
trailing edge of the first negative-going Frame Pulse
(i.e. the rising edge of the first “serration” pulse)
triggers the VSYNC output. In systems with a frame
interval with no serration pulses, a vertical sync output
is provided after a default delay as in
Figure 4
. Also
provided is an
ODDFLD
logic output, which is high
during an odd-numbered field and low during an even
one.
The
The horizontal sync
HSYNC
is a monostable output
derived from the leading edge of the composite sync.
The pulse width is about 5 μs. Also, during the Field
blanking sequence, the additional half-line pulses are
removed by a timing circuit with a pulse interval
discrimination function controlled by RSET.
The Back Porch monostable output
BKPCH
is initiated
from the trailing edge of the composite.sync.
pulse is active low and the width is set according to
RSET.
Loss-of-Signal Detector
Loss of signal is indicated by a logic high level at the
output
NOSIG
. The decision threshold is set by an
external resistor RNOSIG connected from pin 2 to
ground.
The table of connections above gives the
equationusedtodetermineasuitableresistorvalue. A
waitingtimeofnominally600μsoccursbeforetheloss
of signal is flagged.
The
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