STMICROELECTRONICS STI7109

STi7109
Low-cost HDTV set-top box decoder for H.264 and Microsoft WMA9
Data Brief
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Features
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The STi7109 also features the following
embedded interfaces:
– USB 2.0 host controller/PHY interface
– DVI/HDMI™ output
– digital audio and video auxiliary inputs
– low-cost modem
– 100BT ethernet controller with integrated
MAC and MII/RMII interface for external
PHY
– serial ATA (SATA)
The STi7109 is a single-chip, high-definition
video decoder including:
– Microsoft® VC-1, WMA9 and H.264
support
– Linux®, Windows® CE and OS21
compatible ST40 CPU core: 266 MHz
– transport filtering and descrambling
– video decoder: VC-1 (including WMA 9),
H.264 (MPEG-4 part 10) and MPEG-2
– SVP compliant
– Windows® DRM support
– graphics engine and dual display: standard
and high-definition
– audio decoder: including Windows Media®
Audio 9 (WMA-9) and WMA-9 Pro
– DVD data retrieval and decryption
DDR
SDRAM
32
5 x 2-ch
PCM out S/PDIF
AudioL
2-ch
PCM in AudioR
32
Audio
DACs
ST40 core 266 MHz
16 K Icache
UDI
Int. control
MMU
32 K Dcache
Video
LMI
System
LMI
Serial
ATA
interface
Audio decoder
and interfaces
ST231
core
Peripheral I/O
and external interrupts
SD
video in
USB
2.0
Digital
video input
2x I/F
SmCard
IR
Tx/Rx
MAFE
interface
PWM
6x GPIO
ILC
4x
UARTs
3x
SSCs
STBus
2 x PDES
PTI
PTI
TSmerger/router
CP
Video decoder
VC-1 (inc WMV-9)
H264/MPEG-2
FDMA
Clock
generator
and system
services
CUR
ST231
core
Ethernet,
MII/RMII
MII/RMII for 100BT
Ethernet
DVI-HDCP
HDMI
TMDS main video
output (HD)
TSIN0 TSIN1 TS I/O
NRSS-A
December 2006
2D gamma
blitter
Rev 2
For further information contact your local STMicroelectronics sales office.
3 x GDP
Display
compositor
Output stage
DENC
DACs
DACs
Main video
output (HD)
YPbPr
Aux video
output (SD)
YC/CVBS
DEI
Main video
display
Aux video
display
EMI
EMPI
Flash
or companion chip
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Description
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STi7109
Description
The STi7109 is a new generation, high-definition set-top box / DVD decoder chip, and
provides very high performance for low-cost HD systems. STi7109 includes both Windows
Media Video 9 and H.264 video decoders for new, low bit rate applications.
Based on the Omega2 (STBus) architecture, this system-on-chip is a full back-end
processor for digital terrestrial, satellite, cable, DSL and IP client high-definition set-top
boxes, compliant with ATSC, SMPTE VC-1, DVB, DIRECTV, DCII, OpenCable and ARIB
BS4 specifications. It includes all processing for DVD applications.
The STi7109 demultiplexes, decrypts and decodes HD or SD video streams with associated
multichannel audio. Video is output to two independently formatted displays: a full resolution
display intended for a TV monitor, and a downsampled display intended for a VCR or DVDR. Connection to a TV or display panel can be analog through the DACs, or digital through a
copy protected DVI/HDMI. Composite outputs are provided for connection to the VCR with
Macrovision protection. Audio is output with optional PCM mixing to an S/PDIF interface,
PCM interface, or through integrated stereo audio DACs.
Digitized analog programs can also be input to the STi7109 for reformatting and display.
The STi7109 includes a graphics rendering and display capability with a 2D graphics
accelerator, three graphics planes and a cursor plane. A dual display compositor provides
mixing of graphics and video with independent composition for each of the TV and
VCR/DVD-R outputs.
The STi7109 includes a stream merger to allow seven different transport streams from
different sources to be merged and processed concurrently. Applications include DVR timeshifted viewing of a terrestrial program, while acquiring an EPG/data stream from a satellite
or cable front end.
The flexible descrambling engine is compatible with required standards including DVB, DES,
AES and Multi2.
The STi7109 embeds a 266 MHz ST40-202 CPU for applications and device control. A dual
DDR1 SDRAM memory interface is used for higher performance, to allow the video decoder
the required memory bandwidth for VC-1/HD H.264 and sufficient bandwidth for the CPU
and the rest of the system. A second memory bus is also provided for flash memory, storing
resident software, and for connection of peripherals. This bus also has a high speed
synchronous mode that can be used to exchange data between two STi7109 devices. This
can be used to connect a second STi7109 as a co-decoder for a dual TV STB application.
A hard-disk drive (HDD) can be connected either to the serial ATA interface, or as an
expansion drive through the USB 2.0 port.
For IP-TV applications, the integrated 100BT Ethernet controller and MII/RMII interface can
be used for generic Ethernet delivery, as shown in Figure 4: Low-cost HD IP-TV set-top box
with HDD on page 4.
The USB or Ethernet interfaces can also be used to connect to a DOCSIS 2.0 CM gateway
for interactive cable applications.
The STi7109 is supported by STMicroelectronics’ STAPI software, and is compatible with
the STx7100 and STi7710.
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STi7109
Figure 1.
Description
Low-cost satellite HD set-top box
2 x 128 Mbit
DDR1
2 x 128 Mbit
DDR1
IR Tx/Rx
Transport
stream in
QPSK Rx
RGB/YPbPr/
HDMI
STi7109
STV0299
+STi6000
CVBS/YC
VCR
PTSN
MAFE
Smart
cards
Figure 2.
Low-cost cable HD set-top box with return channel
CableCARD™
interface
Broadcast
Flash
Flash
2 x 128 Mbit
DDR1
2 x 128 Mbit
DDR1
Tuner and
SAW filter
EMI
STV0498B
IB data/
OOB
Tuner and
SAW filter
Cable
front end
QAM/QPSK
transceiver
Duplex
filter
Upstream
STi7109
RGB/YPbPr/
HDMI
IR
Tx/Rx
PGA
CVBS/YC
RS232
Smart
cards
VCR
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Description
Figure 3.
STi7109
Low-cost dual satellite and terrestrial HD set-top box with HDD and DVD
HDD
Flash
IR
Tx/Rx
DVD
optical
interface
chip
2xDDR1
SATA
EMI
QPSK Rx
STV0299
+STi6000
STi7109
RGB/YPbPr/
HDMI
DVB-CI
8VSB Rx
Tuner
STV0370
RS232
USB 2.0
HDD
Smart
cards
PSTN
Figure 4.
(expansion)
MAFE
Low-cost HD IP-TV set-top box with HDD
IR
Tx/Rx
Flash
2xDDR1
HDD
SATA
EMI
MII
Ethernet
RJ45
PHY
STi7109
RGB/YPbPr/
HDMI
RS232
USB 2.0
Smart
cards
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HDD
(expansion)
STi7109
Description
1.1
Detailed features list
1.1.1
Processor subsystem
●
1.1.2
–
266 MHz, 2-way set associative 16-Kbyte ICache, 32-Kbyte DCache, MMU
–
5-stage pipeline, delayed branch support
–
floating point unit, matrix operation support
–
debug port, interrupt controller
Transport subsystem
●
●
1.1.3
ST40 32-bit superscaler RISC CPU
TS merger/router
–
2 serial/parallel inputs
–
1 bidirectional interface
–
merging of 3 external transport streams
–
transport streams from memory support
–
NRSS-A module interface
–
TS routing for DVB-CI and CableCARD™ modules
Programmable transport interfaces (PTIs)
–
two programmable transport interfaces
–
two transport stream demultiplexers: DVB, DIRECTV®, ATSC, ARIB, OpenCable,
DCII
–
integrated DES, AES, DVB and Multi2 descramblers
–
NDS random access scrambled stream protocol (RASP) compliant
–
NDS ICAM CA
–
support for VGS, Passage and DVS042 residue handling
Video/graphics subsystem
●
Microsoft VC-1 MP@HL (WMV 9) and AP@L3/H.264(MPEG-4 part 10) main and high
profile level 4.1/MPEG-2 MP@HL video decoder
–
advanced error concealment and trick mode support
–
dual MPEG-2 MP@HL decode
●
SD (standard package) or HD/SD (extended package) digital video input
●
Displays
●
–
one HD display multi format capable (1080I, 720P, 480P/576P, 480I/576I)
- analog HD output RGB or YPbPr
- HDMI encoded output
–
one standard-definition display
- analog SD output: YPbPr or YC and CVBS
Gamma 2D/3D graphics processor
–
triple source 2D gamma blitter engine
–
alpha blending and logical operations
–
color space and format conversion
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Description
STi7109
●
●
1.1.4
fast color fill
–
arbitrary resizing with high quality filters
–
acceleration of direct drawing by CPU
Gamma compositor and video processor
–
7-channel mixer for high definition output
–
independent 2-channel mixer for SD output
–
3 graphic display planes
–
high-quality video scaler
–
motion and detail adaptive deinterlacer
–
linear resizing and format conversions
–
horizontal and vertical filtering
Copy protection
–
HDMI/HDCP copy protection hardware
–
SVP compliant
–
Macrovision® copy protection for 480I, 480P, 576I, 576P outputs
–
DTCP-IP
–
AWG-based DCS analog copy protection
Audio subsystem
●
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Digital audio decoder
–
support for all the most popular audio standards including WMA-9, WMA-9 Pro,
MPEG-1 layer I/II, MPEG-2 layer II, MPEG-2 AAC, MPEG-4 AAC LC 2channel/5.1 channel MPEG-4 AAC+SBR 2-channel/5.1 channel, Dolby® Digital
EX, Pro Logic® II, MLP™ and DTS®
–
PCM mixing with internal or external source and sample rate conversion
–
6- to 2-channel downmixing
–
PCM audio input
–
independent multichannel PCM output, S/PDIF output and analog output
●
Stereo 24-bit audio DAC for analog output
●
IEC958/IEC1937 digital audio output
interface (S/PDIF)
●
CSS/CPxM copy protection hardware
STi7109
1.1.5
Description
Interfaces
●
●
●
External memory interface (EMI)
–
16-bit interface supporting ROM, flash, SFlash, SRAM, peripherals
–
access in 5 banks
–
high speed synchronous mode for interconnecting two STi7109 devices
External microprocessor interface (EMPI)
–
32-bit MPX satellite, target-only interface,
–
synchronous operation at MPX clock speed, capable of 100 MHz,
Dual local memory interface (LMI)
–
●
USB 2.0 host controller/PHY interface
●
Serial ATA hard-disk drive support
–
record and playback with trick modes
–
pause and time shifting, watch and record
●
100BT Ethernet controller, MAC and MII/RMII
●
On-chip peripherals
●
1.1.6
dual interface (2 x 32-bit) for DDR1 200-MHz (DDR400) memories, supports 128-,
256- and 512-Mbit devices
–
4 ASCs (UARTs) with Tx and Rx FIFOS, two of which can be used in smartcard
interfaces
–
2 smartcard interfaces and clock generators (improved to reduce external
circuitry)
–
3 SSCs for I²C/SPI master slaves interfaces
–
serial communications interface (SCIF)
–
2 PWM outputs
–
teletext serializer and DMA module
–
6 banks of general purpose I/O, 3.3 V tolerant
–
SiLabs line-side (DAA) interface
–
modem analog front end (MAFE) interface
–
infrared transmitter/receiver supporting RC5, RC6 and RECS80 codes
–
UHF remote receiver input interface
–
interrupt level controller and external interrupts, 3.3 V tolerant
–
low power/RTC/watchdog controller
–
integrated VCXO
–
DiSEqC 2.0 interface
–
PWM capture/compare functions
Flexible multi-channel DMA
Services and package
●
JTAG/TAP interface, ST40 toolset support, ST231 toolset support
●
Two package options
–
35 x 35 PBGA, 580 + 100 balls (standard version)
–
35 x 35 PBGA 708 + 84 balls (extended version)
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Revision history
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STi7109
Revision history
Table 1.
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Document revision history
Date
Revision
Changes
19-Dec-2006
2
Rewritten to include latest information and corrected product code.
10-Sep-2005
1
Initial release.
STi7109
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