ST STiH239 User Manual

STiH239

Dual HD satellite STB processor with integrated demodulators

and low power standby controller

Data brief

Features

■ ST40 applications CPU with 256 KB L2 cache

■ 32-bit LMI supporting DDR2/DDR3

■ Decoding of H264, MPEG2, VC-1 and AVS HD

video streams

■ Decoding of 1080p60 AVC, dual HD AVC and

MVC SHP video streams

■ 3DTV decoding and display compatible with

HDMI 1.4a

■ Extensive connectivity (2 × USB 2.0 ports;

Ethernet MII/RMII/TMII port; SD/MMC card port; eSATA port; PCIe)

■ Secure boot from SLC NAND Flash or Serial

NOR Flash; eMMC booting option

■ Low-power process and architecture

■ Integrated low power standby controller

■ High-quality video resizing and de-interlacing

■ Integrated Ethernet PHY

■ Integrates DVB-S/DVB-S2 dual stream

demodulation and FEC

Description

The STiH239 uses the latest process technology to provide a cost-effective, feature rich, highly integrated SoC for set-top boxes (STBs). It is targeted at the advanced decoding STB market across satellite networks, and is suitable for operator markets (with advanced security) and retail markets worldwide.

The STiH239 provides a solution for operators and manufacturers to specify a range of costeffective, high performance, interactive STBs, and DVR STBs, with content delivery possible using broadcast or broadband networks, or both (hybrid STBs).

The STiH239 integrates a high performance dual stream satellite receiver, supporting DVB compliant reception, channel demodulation, and forward error correction (FEC). The dual stream demodulators are compatible with DVB-S2 (QPSK/8PSK), DVB-S (QPSK) and legacy DirecTV

transmission standards.

JTAG

CPU/FPU

Transport Security

Transport streams Parallel/serial in/out

Resets Analog out Clocks Modes

Clock Gen System services

Dual FDMA

L2 cache

Video decoder

Low power

standby

controller

DVB-S DVB-S2

demodulators

IF in

Transport streams

PCM I/O S/PDIF out external interrupts

Audio I/O

Audio decoder

Display Video I/O

STBus

STB peripherals I/O

Peripherals

Analog video

HDMI

System

interfaces

DDR3 LMI

Connectivity

SLC NAND Flash

Serial Flash

CI-Plus cards

DDR2/DDR3

Dual USB

eSATA/PCI-E

Ethernet

SD-MMC/SDIO

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For further information contact your local STMicroelectronics sales office.

www.st.com

Introduction STiH239

1 Introduction

The STiH239 offers current users of ST’s growing family of advanced decoding ICs enhancements in performance and features, enabling operators to offer consumers new multimedia-rich services and viewing experiences, including new 3DTV features. Faster DDR3 memory is also supported, and the applications CPU benefits from an L2 cache. The STiH239 keeps pace with the latest advanced security requirements of the main CA vendors, and an integrated standby controller enables the STiH239 to target stringent low power regulations.

Features Benefits

ST40 applications CPU, with 32KI and 32KD L1 caches and 256K L2 cache.

Integrated low power standby controller within its own power island.

Latest generation of ST's Delta video decoder, coupled with a High Quality Video Display Pipeline (HQVDP).

Dual USB 2.0 hosts, eSATA, Ethernet MAC with MII/RMII/TMII interfaces, PCI-e, SD-MMC/SDIO interface.

Decoding of 1080p60 AVC, dual HD AVC and MVC SHP video streams.

High performance processing for applications and middleware.

Secure hibernation to, and fast resume from, very low power passive standby mode, targeting STB standby power < 0.5 W.

Decoding of advanced high definition standards (MPEG2, H264, VC-1, AVS) plus the performance and flexibility for web-based content decoding such as Flash impacting applications CPU performance.

Extensive high speed connectivity for the widest range of STB peripherals, such as Flash drives, external HDDs, Ethernet, home network controllers (such as MoCA memory cards.

Enables advanced high-definition viewing experiences including full resolution per eye 3DTV, full-HD 2D services and HD picture-in-picture support (HD-PIP).

, DivX™, MJPEG and Real®, without

, Wi-Fi), DOCSIS® modem and

NOCS1.0/1.1/1.2/3.0, NSK2.0 and DVB-CSA3 ready.

Integrated dual stream DVB-S/DVB-S2 demodulation/FEC.

Ball compatible with other STiH2xx family variants.

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Fully compliant with the latest advanced security requirements of CA vendors.

Highly integrated STB solution reducing component count and manufacturing BOM.

Single platform versatility across all networks (satellite, cable, terrestrial, and IP).

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