ST ST-9160 User Manual
ST-9160
Advanced HD decoder
Data brief
Features
■ Advanced high-definition video decoding
(H264/VC-1/MPEG2/AVS)
■ Advanced standard-definition video decoding
(H264/VC-1/MPEG2/AVS)
■ Advanced multi-channel audio decoding
(MPEG 1, 2, MP3, DD/DD+, AAC/AAC+,
WMA9/WMA9pro, Dolby TrueHD, DTS/DTSHD/DTS-HD master)
■ Linux, Windows CE, and OS21 compatible
ST40 applications CPU (450 MHz)
■ 16/32-bit DDR2 compatible local memory
interface
■ Multi-stream, DVR capable transport stream
processing
Resets Analog out
JTAG
CPU/FPU
ST40 450MHz
MMU
Interrupts
I cache
D cache
Timer
Debug
Clocks
Modes
Clock Gen
System serv
Dual FDMA
Bdisp Blitter
PCM I/O
S/PDIF out External interrupts
Audio I/O
PCM players
PCM reader
DACs
Audio decoder
ST231 CPU
■ Extensive connectivity (dual USB hosts, dual
e-SATA, Ethernet MAC/MII/RMII/GMII, 2
Ethernet MAC/MII/RMII, MMC/SD/SDIO, and
PCI)
■ Advance security and DRM support including
SVP, MS-DRM, DivX, and DTCP-IP
■ BD/DVD data decryption and advanced
content protection
Description
The ST-9160 uses ST’s state of the art process
technology to provide a fully featured HD AVC
decoder IC.
It is a highly integrated system-on-chip suitable for
TV markets across all networks
(cable/satellite/DTT/x-DSL/IP) worldwide.
TV peripherals I/O
Peripherals
SSC
UART
MAFE
PWM
Infrared
Smartcard
System
interfaces
EMI
PCI
SPI
LMI
Flash, SFlash
Flash, SFlash
NOR, NAND
NOR, NAND
PCI Peripherals
Serial Flash
DDR2
Memory
nd
STBus
Transport
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Security
Dual PTI
TS merger
Transport streams
Parallel/serial in/out
Video decoder
ST231 CPU
Delta Mu
Demodulator
DVB-T
DVB-C
streams
IF inTransport
Display
Video planes
Graphic planes
Cursor plane
Main VDP
Aux VDP
Deinterlacer
Capture
Video I/O
DVOs
Denc
Teletext
DACs
HDMI
VTGs
DVP
Digital video HD/SD in/out
Analog video HD/SD out
USB
e-SATA
Connectivity
Ethernet
DAA
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Introduction ST-9160
1 Introduction
The ST-9160 is targeted at the latest operator and CE manufacturer requirements for TVs
which utilize advanced HD decoding (H264/VC-1/MPEG2/AVS), and which conform to DVB,
ISMA, ATIS-IIF, SCTE, DirecTV, ATSC, ARIB, CEA, ITU, OpenCable, MSTV, and BD
specifications.
The ST-9160 provides a solution for operators to specify a range of cost-efficient, high
performance HD TVs including cost-efficient Zappers, IP clients, Interactive TVs, DVR
standalone and DVR server/home network capable TVs, and with content delivery possible
using broadcast or broadband networks, or both (hybrid TVs).
The ST-9160 keeps pace with the latest conditional access, DRM and trusted platform
requirements of major operators worldwide by incorporating the latest generation of
advanced security features.
The ST-9160 offers current users of ST’s growing family of advanced decoding ICs
enhancements in performance and features whilst reducing cost and time-to-market for the
next generation deployments.
Features Benefits
NAND Flash or Serial Flash based secure boot
and code storage
ST40-300 applications CPU @450MHz, 32 KI
cache, 32 KD cache
ST's DELTA decoding system with ST231
processor
Dual USB 2.0 hosts, Dual e-SATA, PCI, SDMMC/SDIO, 10/100 Ethernet MAC/MII and a
10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC with MII/RMII/TMII
and GMII interfaces
Low power process, design and architecture
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Advanced 2D graphics and display subsystem
with Tile RAM bandwidth saver supports also 3D
user interface effects
1080p60 display output with deep color support
over HDMI 1.3
Enables further BOM optimization and cost
reduction of advanced decoding HD TVs
Up to 800DMIPs superscalar performance from a
single CPU core using standard tools and
operating systems (Linux, OS21)
Decoding of advanced high definition standards for
broadcast (MPEG2, H264, VC-1, and AVS for
China markets) plus performance and flexibility for
web-based content decoding such as Flash, DivX,
MJPEG and Real
Extensive high speed connectivity for attaching to
the widest range of TV peripherals, such as Flash
drives, internal and external HDDs, Home network
controllers (e.g. MoCA, Wifi, Homeplug), DOCSIS
modem, Memory Cards and support for Gigabit
Ethernet interfacing
Best in class lowest power standby mode to meet
emerging energy standards for TVs. Dynamic
configuration of power to individual sub-systems
enables power efficient active standby modes
Allows more visually appealing program guides,
user interfaces and video rich navigation to be
offered to consumers
High quality progressive output can be watched on
the latest high definition displays with enhanced
color vividness
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1.1 ST-9160 features summary
The ST-9160 has the following main features:
CPU
● High performance CPUs for applications (ST40) and audio/video decoding (2 x ST231)
– ST40-300, dual-issue, applications CPU, 32 KI, 32 KD caches, MMU, FPU
– Target speed 450 MHz delivering > 800 DMIPs
System and memory interfaces
● Single 16/32-bit DDR2 local memory interface (LMI), up to 400 MHz
● 16-bit External Memory and Peripheral Interface (EMI) - up to five banks
● Interfacing to, and boot from, parallel NOR or NAND FLASH
● High Speed SPI port for interfacing to and boot from Serial FLASH
– Supports standard SPI and dual I/O protocols
● 32-bit, 33 MHz, PCI Interface, shared on EMI with access interleaving possible
● Disc-less timeslip feature supported via NAND Flash (Raw or Managed) attached to
EMI, USB, or MMC interfaces
Video decoding
● Latest generation “Delta” video decoder with ST231 programmable CPU core:
– MPEG2, H264, VC-1/WM9, HD or SD advanced video decoding
– AVS HD/SD decoding
– Provides flexibility to support other codecs (DivX, XviD, H263 encode/decode,
Flash, Real, MJPEG)
– HD and SD decoding or dual SD decoding, PIP & Mosaic capable
– Real-time transcoding of MPEG2 SD to H264 SIF
● Advanced de-blocking, mosquito noise reduction of decoded MPEG2 SD sources
based on ST’s Digital Source Enhancer (DSE) technology with 2D analysis window and
Texture Adaptive Filter
Audio
● ST231 CPU based Audio Decoder. MPEG1 I/II, MP3, Dolby Digital/DD+, MPEG4
AAC/AAC+, Dolby TrueHD, DTS, DTS-HD, DTS HD Master audio multi-channel audio
decoding
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– Concurrent audio description decoding
– DD+ and AAC+ transcoding
● Integrated stereo audio DAC
● 7.1-channel audio PCM output interface and separate stereo audio PCM output
interface
● Stereo audio PCM input interface
● Independent SPDIF output
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Display and output
● Main and Aux Video display pipelines:
– Main: high quality H & V reformatting/resizing with sample rate conversion/filtering.
Motion and detail adaptive spatial and temporal de-interlacing for 480p/576p and
1080p60 progressive output; Film mode detection
– Aux: high quality H & V reformatting/resizing with sample rate conversion/filtering
● Three independent graphics planes with H&V resize, CLUT and anti-flicker filtering
● Link list based 2D graphics blitter
– Up to 266 Mpixels/sec with destination alpha blending
– Capable of high performance animated 3D user interface effects with tile RAM
bandwidth saver enhancement
– Run length decoding support for BD
● Independent main and aux display compositions (Video/Graphics mixing)
● Pass-through display for graphics, main video or aux video output concurrently with
main and aux compositions
● HD display capture and down-conversion for concurrent HD and SD output of the main
composition
● HDMI interface with HDCP copy protection (HD/ED/SD formats up to 1080p60)
– Is in full compliance with all features of v1.3a, including deep color, enhanced
colorimetry pass through (xvYCC, gamut metadata), 8 ch PCM, high bit rate
(HBR) audio, and CEC
● Display output:
– 16-bit Digital Video Output (DVO) for main display composition (HD/ED/SD
formats up to 1080p60)
– Second 24-bit DVO for pass through display or main/aux display compositions
(HD/ED/SD formats up to 1080p60)
– Macrovision and Dwight Cavendish copy protection support
– PAL/NTSC/SECAM digital encoder
– Six 10-bit DACs for component/composite analog video output (HD/ED/SD
formats up to 1080i)
● SD/HD Digital Video Input port, 8- or 16-bit YCbCr
Connectivity
● Dual USB 2.0 host interfaces both with PHY
● Integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet GMAC, Wake on LAN, multiple h/w address filters
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– Supports 10/100 MII/RMII, Turbo-MII (TMII) up to 300 Mbits/sec and GMII up to
1000 Mbits/sec
● Second Ethernet MAC supporting 10/100 MII/RMII
● Soft Modem support: integrated MAFE: integrated system side DAA (Si-Labs)
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