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Philips Semiconductors Preliminary specification
Enhanced TV microcontrollers with
On-Screen Display (OSD)
SAA55xx
1 FEATURES
• Single-chip microcontroller with integrated OSD
• Versions available with integrated data capture
• OTP memory forboth program ROM and character sets
• Single power supply: 3.0 to 3.6 V
• 5 V tolerant digital inputs and I/O
• 29 I/O ports via individual addressable controls
• Programmable I/O for push-pull, open-drain and
quasi-bidirectional
• Two port lines with 8 mA sink (at <0.4 V) capability, for
direct drive of LED
• Single crystal oscillator for microcontroller, OSD and
data capture
• Power reduction modes: Idle and Power-down
• Byte level I2C-bus interface with dual port I/O
• 32 Dynamically Redefinable Characters for OSDs
• Special graphic characters allowing four colours per
character
• Selectable character height 9, 10, 13 and 16 TV lines
• Pin compatibility throughout family
• Operating temperature: −20 to +70 °C.
2 GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The SAA55xx family of microcontrollers are a derivative of
the Philips industry-standard 80C51 microcontroller and
are intended for use as the central control mechanism in a
television receiver. They provide control functions for the
television system, On-Screen Display (OSD) and some
versions include an integrated data capture and display
function.
The data capture hardware has the capability of decoding
and displaying both 525 and 625-line World System
Teletext (WST), Closed Caption (CC) information, Video
Programming Information (VPS) and Wide Screen
Signalling (WSS) information. The same display hardware
is used both for Teletext, Closed Caption and On-Screen
Display, which means that the display features available
give greater flexibility to differentiate the TV set.
The SAA55xx family offers a range of functionality from
non-text, 16-kbyte program ROM and 256-byte RAM, to a
10 page text version, 128-kbyte program ROM and
2.25-kbyte RAM.
3 QUICK REFERENCE DATA
SYMBOL PARAMETER MIN. TYP. MAX. UNIT
Supply
V
DDX
any supply voltage (VDDto VSS) 3.0 3.3 3.6 V
I
DDP
periphery supply current 1 −−mA
I
DDC
core supply current − 15 18 mA
I
DDC(id)
Idle mode core supply current − 4.6 6 mA
I
DDC(pd)
Power-down mode core supply current − 0.76 1 mA
I
DDA
analog supply current − 45 48 mA
I
DDA(id)
Idle mode analog supply current − 0.87 1.0 mA
I
DDA(pd)
Power-down mode analog supply current − 0.45 0.7 mA
f
xtal
crystal frequency − 12 − MHz
T
amb
operating ambient temperature −20 − +70 °C
T
stg
storage temperature −55 − +125 °C