BOARDCOM BCM3517

BCM3517
®
ATSC/VSB DIGITAL CABLE READY DTV RECEIVER
SUMMARY OF BENEFITS
FEATURES
• Integrated VSB/QAM QAMLink® Receiver
• 12-bit A/D converter with internal AGC amplifier
• Full equalizer architecture spans up to –35 to 49 µs delays
• Direct IF sampled architecture reduces system cost
• Single IF signal path for QAM/VSB to reduce system costs
• ITU-T J.83 Annex A/B/C FEC modes
• MPEG-2 transport output (serial/parallel)
• All-digital clock and carrier recovery
• Integrated PLLs to minimize external components
• All acquisition times typically less than 50 ms
• QPSK Out-of-Band Receiver
• 100–200-MHz receiver LO with input AGC and 6-bit A/D
• Variable symbol rate QPSK receiver
• Digital demodulator, Nyquist filters, tracking loops, and
four-tap adaptive equalizer
• DVS-167 (Davic™)/DVS-178 (DigiCipherII™) FEC decoder
• Integrated Acquisition Controller
• Complete DTV single chip receiver solution
• FCC VSB and Digital Cable Ready
• Superior performance under both static and dynamic multipath channel conditions
• Direct interface to CMOS and discrete DTV tuners
• Reduces system costs through direct IF sampling
• Single IF path for QAM/VSB simplifies board design
• Smart antenna support
• Automatic NTSC co-channel interference and RFI rejection
filters
• Integrated de-interleaver RAM for VSB FEC, and QAM for
modes up to J=4 reduces system costs
• BSC master to control peripherals
• EIA/CEA-909 Antenna Interface
• 144-pin LQFP Package
Digital Cable Ready DTV System Solution
Cable
ATSC
BCM3431
LNA
MPEG Transport Serial/Parallel
BCM3418
Tuner
BCM3517
Out-of-Band
EIA/CEA-909
Smart Antenna Interface
VSB/QAM
OOB/CableCard™
Out-of-band Transport
OVERVIEW
BSC/SPI
Slave
Interface
BSC/SPI Host
Interface
HAB
Acquisition
Processor
ATSC 8/16 VSB
Advanced
Receiver
ATSC FEC
Internal Bus
To All Blocks
Master
PLL
54-MHz
3rd Overtone
Crystal
Interrupt
Inband Tuner
Inband AFE
PGA
12-bit A/D
AGC Control
Inband AGT
Inband AGI
Output
Interface
Inband AFT
OOB AFE
PGA
6-bit A/D
AGC Control
VCO
OOB Tuner
OOB AGC
OOB VCO
16-1024 QAM
Advanced
Receiver
ITU-T J.83
Annex A/B/C FEC
OOB QPSK
Receiver
DVS-167 FEC
DVS-167 FEC
BSC Master
Interface
GPIO/GPO
Interface
Tuner/Peripheral
Control
GPIO
OOB
Output
Interface
EIA/CEA-909
Interface
JTAG
Interface
Antenna
Control
JTAG
Controller
GPO
MPEG
Transport
OOB Transport
for CableCard/
POD
BCM3517 Block Diagram
The BCM3517 is an ATSC/VSB Digital Cable Ready DTV receiver that
contains a digital receiver that is compatible with both North American
digital cable television and digital terrestrial broadcast television
standards. This receiver is capable of receiving all standard-definition
and high-definition digital formats (SDTV/HDTV). An out-of-band
QPSK receiver is also contained to meet the needs of the CableCARD
specification.
The BCM3517’s digital receiver accepts an analog signal centered at the
standard television IF frequencies, and amplifies and digitizes this signal
with an integrated programmable gain amplifier and 12-bit A/D
converter. The output of the A/D is sent to the receiver and demodulator.
The digital receiver consists of a QAM demodulator and a VSB
demodulator. Each demodulator contains adaptive filters that remove
multipath propagation effects, NTSC co-channel interference, and RFI
interference. The output of the VSB demodulator goes to an ATSC A/53
coding forward error corrector (FEC), with integrated trellis and ReedSolomon decoder. The output of the QAM demodulator goes to an ITUT J.83 Annex A/B/C coding FEC. The output of either QAM or VSB
FEC is delivered in either parallel or serial MPEG-2 transport format.
All gain, clock, and carrier, acquisition, and tracking loops are integrated
on-chip as are the necessary phase-locked loops, referenced to a single
external crystal.
Chip configuration, channel acquisition, and performance monitoring
functions are conducted by the on-chip acquisition processor using
Broadcom-provided software.
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10/23/06
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