1997 Jan 29 2
Philips Semiconductors Objective specification
Integrated MPEG2 AVG decoder SAA7201
FEATURES
General
• Uses single external Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM)
organized as 1M × 16 interfacing at 81 MHz; compatible
with the SDRAM ‘lite’ or ‘PC’
• Fast external CPU interface; 16-bit data + 8-bit address
• Dedicated input for audio and video data in PES or ES
format; data input rate: ≤9 Mbytes/s in byte mode;
≤20 Mbit/s in bit serial mode; audio and/or video data
can also serve as input via CPU interface
• Single 27 MHz external clock for time base reference
and internal processing; all required decoding and
presentation clocks are generated internally
• Internal system time base at 90 kHz can be
synchronized via CPU port
• Flexible memory allocation under control of the external
CPU enables optimized partitioning of memory for
different tasks
• Boundary scan (JTAG) plus external SDRAM self test
implemented
• Supply voltage 3.3 V
• Package 160 QFP.
CPU relation
• 16-bit data, 8-bit address, or 16-bit multiplexed bus;
Motorola and Intel mode supported
• Support for fast DMA transfer to either internal registers
or external SDRAM
• Maximum sustained rate to the external SDRAM is
9 Mbytes/s.
MPEG2 system
• Parsing of MPEG2 PES and MPEG1 packet streams
• Double System Time Clock (STC) counters for
discontinuity handling
• Time stamps or CPU controlled audio/video
synchronization
• Support for seamless time base change (edition)
• Processing of errors flagged by channel decoding or
demux section
• Support for retrieval of PES header and PES private
data.
MPEG2 audio
• Decoding of 2 channel, layer I and II MPEG audio;
support for mono, stereo, intensity stereo and dual
channel mode
• Constant and variable bit rates up to 448 kbit/s
• Audio sampling frequencies: 48, 44.1, 32, 24, 22.05 and
16 kHz
• CRC error detection
• Selectable output channel in dual channel mode
• Independent volume control for both channels and
programmable inter-channel crosstalk control through a
baseband audio processing unit
• Storage ancillary data up to 54 bytes
• Dynamic range control at output
• Muting possibility via external controller; automatic
muting in case of errors
• Generation of ‘beeps’ with programmable tone height,
duration and amplitude
• Serial two channel digital audio output with 16, 18, 20 or
22 bits per sample, compatible with either I2S or
Japanese formats
• Serial SPDIF audio output
• Clock output 256 or 384 × fs for external D/A converter
• Audio input buffer in external SDRAM with
programmable size (default is 64 kbit)
• Programmable processing delay compensation
• Software controlled stop, pause, restricted skip, and
restart functions.
MPEG2 video
• Decoding of MPEG2 video up to main level, main profile
• Nominal video input buffer size equals 2.6 Mbit for Video
Main Profile and Main Level (MP@ML)
• Output picture format: CCIR-601 4 : 2 : 2 interlaced
pictures; picture format 720 × 576 at 50 Hz or 720 × 480
at 60 Hz
• 3 : 2 pull-down supported with 24 and 30 Hz sequences
• Support of constant and variable bit rates up to 15 Mbit/s
• Output interface at 8-bit wide, 27 MHz UYVY
multiplexed bus
• Horizontal and vertical pan and scan allows the
extraction of a window from the coded picture