STMAV335 has three sets of 3 to 1 switches that are well suited for switching analog video
signals on the back panel of television sets or monitors. Below is a diagram of an
STMAV335 typical application configuration:
Typical display unit back panel video input
VIDEO RECEIVER
YPbPr OR R G B OR C V BS & S-V ID E O
STM A V335
YPbPr
As illustrated above, STMAV335 is used to switch one of the three video input sets to the
video receiver. Depending on the SEL inputs, YPbPr, RGB, or CVBS&S-VIDEO signals will
be directed to the video receiver. Hence less IO is required at the video receiver to handle
the many different video signal inputs on the display unit back panel.
Ultimately, integrating STMAV335 to the system will result in a straightforward system
design and overall cost reduction.
The STMAV335 evaluation board provides the customer with straightforward evaluation on
the performance and the typical use of the switch in the real system.
The boards include an STMAV335 switch, video input and output connectors, jumper for
setting the control lines status, and a power supply portion.
1.1 Power supply
The board can be powered either directly from a DC power supply or from a DC adaptor. If it
is powered from a DC power supply, 5VDC is connected to the power socket labeled
VCC5V and the ground is connected to the power socket labeled GND. The board can also
be powered from a DC adaptor having output voltage of 7 V to 15 V. The DC adaptor voltage
will be regulated to 5 V by the on-board regulator. The DC adaptor can be center positive or
negative and it should be connected to the DC JACK.
To prevent digital noise from coupling to the analog lines, the power distribution is separated
from digital and analog sections. Though STMAV335 has also two digital lines, which are
SEL1 and SEL2, it should still be powered from the analog supply. The reason is because its
main function is to switch analog signals and those two digital lines are mostly static during
operation. Hence the analog lines will not be disturbed by the digital part and as such, there
is no need to have a separate analog and digital supply for STMAV335.
The analog and digital sections on the board are isolated by ferrite beads.
Table 1.Power connector
DesignatorNotes
VCC5VConnect to 5 V of external power supply.
GNDConnect to ground of external power supply.
Connect to DC adaptor output if the board is to be
DC JACK
Note:External power can be applied to either VCC5V/GND or DC JACK, but not to both.
powered from DC adaptor.
Input Voltage: 7 to 15 V
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2 Video input & output ports
STMAV335 can switch three sets of video input to a single set of video output. On the
evaluation board, the three sets of video input are:
1.RGB (VGA port)
2. YPbPr (3 RCA connector)
3. CVBS (RCA connector) & S-VIDEO ( S-connector)
In the real system, the outputs of STMAV335 are directly connected to the video receiver.
However for the STMAV335 evaluation board, each output line branches to three signal
lines. The reason for this is because each set of different video signal has a different type of
connector. During evaluation, each output line should be branched and be connected to a
different video connector on the display unit back panel by a cable.
To avoid any PCB trace stub, the 1 to 3 branching of each output line cannot be shorted on
the board. The branching of the output line is done by a zero ohm resistor. Depending on
which particular set of video signal is active, the zero ohm resistors should be soldered such
that the output of STMAV335 is connected to the right video output connector.
Table 2.Evaluation board video input & output
InputOutputSEL0Ω Jumper output
RGB (VGA_IN)RGB (VGA_OUT)
Y (Y_IN)
Pb (Pb_IN)
Pr (Pr_IN)
CVBS (CVBS_IN)
S-VIDEO
(S VIDEO_IN)
Y (Y_OUT)
Pb (Pb_OUT)
Pr (Pr_OUT)
CVBS (CVBS_OUT)
S-VIDEO
(S VIDEO_OUT)
SEL1 = ‘1’
SEL2 = ‘0’
SEL1 = ‘0’
SEL2 = ‘1’
SEL1 = ‘0’
SEL2 = ‘0’
Note:SEL1→ JP9, SEL2 → JP10, OPEN = '1' & CLOSE = '0'
2.1 Video input conditioning
The blanking level might vary between different video transmitters. This STMAV335
evaluation board can handle video signals with blanking level of 0V to 2.5 V.
If video signal blanking levels are outside the above range, some input conditioning should
be done to modify the blanking level to the range specified.
For the purpose of maintaining 75 Ω track for all the analog lines, a 4-layer structure is
recommended. All the analog tracks are routed on the top and bottom layers of the board.
The middle two layers are used for both analog and digital ground.
The middle two layers are identical and separated into two sections, analog and digital
grounds. They are separated by a slot area and are only connected at the top layer through
ferrite bead. This ensures the digital noise will not get coupled to the analog portion.
All the analog tracks are referenced to the analog ground and all the digital tracks are
referenced to the digital ground. In this evaluation board SEL1&SEL2, that in the actual
system would come from the digital portion of the system, are included in the analog
portion. Since these two select digital lines will be mostly static during operation, it will not
cause any disruption to the analog portion.
STMAV335 supply is connected to VCC5V analog and GND analog. To further guarantee
the stability of STMAV335 supply, a 100 nF capacitor is used to decouple the VCC pin and
should be placed as close as possible to the pin. The stability of the analog supply lines is of
significant importance since the bias level of STMAV335 is referenced to it. Any instability on
the analog supply will affect the switch characteristics.
Each set of video signals, RGB, YPbPr, and YC (S-VIDEO) are routed with the same track
length. This will guarantee minimum channel-to-channel delay that will lead to minimum
display distortion.
Figure 2.Recommended board stack-up for 75 Ω impedance
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Figure 3.PCB top layer
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Figure 4.PCB middle layer1&2
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Figure 5.PCB bottom layer
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4 Revision history
Table 4.Document revision history
DateRevisionChanges
13-Mar-20071Initial release
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