Set-top Box Solutions Satellite Digital Broadcast High-Definition TV Decoder with PVR Support CX2417x Conexant’s portfolio includes a comprehensive suite of semiconductor solutions for broadband communications and the digital home. Conexant’s CX2417x High-Definition TV (HDTV) decoder features all the major elements required to implement the core system and decoder electronics of a high-performance personal video recorder (PVR)-enabled HDTV STB deployed in digital satellite, cable, or terrestrial TV networks. The CX2417x family features an MPEG-2 MP@HL video decoder, 32-bit RISC CPU, high-definition and standard definition video/graphics display controllers. The multi-format audio decoder supports MPEG-1, MPEG-2, Dolby® Digital, MPEG-4 AAC, and aacPlus™. PVR functionality is supported by three dual-stream transport processors (up to six baseband TS interfaces), fully integrated serial and parallel advanced technology attachment (ATA) interfaces for hard disk drive (HDD) connectivity, and 3DES/AES ciphering engines for encryption of data to the HDD. This functionality enables end users to simultaneously watch and record separate Distinguishing Features programs, or record a program while watching one previously recorded. NDS • DVB/DIRECTV® compliant back-end HDTV decoder for worldwide markets XTV /RASP technology is also supported in the hardware. ™ ™ • XTV PVR with serial ATA interface The CX2417x also features an impressive array of I/O features, including dual USB 2.0 host controller, PCI bus, and HomePlug® connectivity via a • Primary HDTV display with simultaneous down-converted NTSC/PAL SDTV output high-speed UART. • High-performance 32-bit 250 MIPS ARM920 CPU with Linux and Windows® CE-compatible MMU For a complete HDTV hardware design, the only additional components • Glueless interface to MPEG-4 (AVC/H.264) co-processor required are a tuner, demodulator, modem codec, audio DACs, double data rate (DDR)-synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), and flash memory ICs. This high level of integration enables a low-cost system bill of materials and allows the flexibility of supporting different modulation and compression technologies with a low cost, highly featured MPEG solution. The CX2417x decoders can be used in conjunction with Conexant’s CX24118 satellite tuner and advanced modulation demodulators such as the CX24116 DVB-S2 demodulator or the CX24114 8PSK demodulator, providing a cost-effective STB semiconductor system solution for MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 advanced video coding (AVC/H.264) HDTV broadcast receivers. • Multi-format audio decoder supports MPEG-2, Dolby Digital Plus, MPEG-4 AAC, and aacPlus • Advanced security features including secure boot software authentication, IC personalization via OTP memory, and 3DES/AES ciphering engines • HDMI transmitter with high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) support • High performance de-interlacer with 480i or 1080i to 480p/720p conversion Part Number CX2417x Description Digital Broadcast High Definition TV Decoder with PVR Support Set-top Box Solutions Satellite The ARM926 CPU in the CX2417x provides up to 250 Dhrystone Advanced Security Features 2.1 MIPS and enables complex, feature-rich middleware platforms, The CX2417x incorporates an advanced security technologies such as OpenTV® and MediaHighway™ to be adopted by that greatly enhances the ability of broadcasters to protect broadcasters. The advanced CPU platform delivers performance their service against piracy. Using an advanced on-chip one- that can be deployed by STB manufacturers in a variety of time-programmable (OTP) memory technology, Conexant offers ways, including improved interactive application loading and broadcasters the ability to personalize individual STBs via the EPG scrolling performance, hardware feature differentiation system IC with unique serial numbers and encryption keys. via multimedia host signal processing and scalability to Linux®- This allows the broadcaster to secure transactions between based software platforms via memory management unit (MMU) the STB Smart Card and the System IC. The CX2417x also hardware support. A telco return channel can be supported includes embedded cryptographic technology to allow secure via a direct access arrangement (DAA) interface to a V.22-V.92 authentication of the STB system software that is loaded into hardware or software modem, or via PCI interface to a DSL, the flash memory. Ethernet or wireless broadband modem. HDMI CVBS YPrPb Ch 3 / Ch 4 S/PDIF DBS Demods CX24123 CX24130 CX24114 CX24116 DBS Tuners CX24109 CX24118 CX24128 Audio DAC Optional MPEG-4 Support DDR DDR Flash RJ-11 L R BTSC Encoder CX24182 Benbrook CX24182 Benbrook Primary HD Display (TV1) Agile Modular CX2417x MPEG-2 HDTV Decoder Audio DAC Second SD TV1 Display, e.g. Kitchen Agile Modular Audio DAC L R CX90011 Homepug 1.0 CX20493 Si-DAA CX20552 USB2 PHY CX20552 USB2 PHY DDR EEPROM UHF RCU Detect UHF RCU Detect IR Detect IR Blaster Smartcard Buttons/LED CX2417x System Diagram TV2 The CX2417x includes integrated security keys for NagraVision® The company’s broad portfolio of semiconductor products also (Level H6), NDS (NDS SB-T004), and Conax advanced security includes client-side DSL and cable modem solutions, home IC serialization, and supports advanced security requirements network processors, broadcast video encoders and decoders, for DIRECTV and EchoStar® satellite networks. digital STB components and systems solutions, and dial-up Full-Featured Development Platform chipsets, software, and reference designs, Conexant offers The CX2417x IC family is integrated into a fully engineered a suite of networking components that includes solutions for interactive TV STB reference development system that applications based on HomePlug® and HomePNA™. Additional modems. In addition to its IEEE 802.11a/b/g-compliant WLAN implements third-party interactive middleware/real-time operating products include a complete line of asymmetric and symmetric system (RTOS) platforms and provides a complete set of STB DSL central office solutions, which are used by service providers low-level drivers based on Nucleus+ OS. A mature and robust worldwide to deliver broadband data, voice, and video over hardware abstraction layer is assured by re-use of core driver copper telephone lines. libraries developed over three generations of production MPEG ICs. The STB development platform hardware is designed with a flexible architecture that supports multiple front end tuner/ demodulator daughter boards. Common Platform for Satellite, Cable, and Terrestrial STB manufacturers increasingly look to leverage a common hardware platform that can be reused over various broadband networks, including satellite, cable, terrestrial, DSL, and Ethernet IP networks. Conexant’s CX2417x ICs can serve as a common back-end platform that easily interfaces to a variety of broadband front ends, including QPSK, 8-PSK, DVB-S2, QAM, OFDM, 8-VSB, ADSL/VDSL, 802.3, 802.11a/b/g, or IEEE 1394 through either transport stream or PCI interface. This provides a flexible STB solution that can be targeted to a variety of broadband operators while minimizing hardware/software development costs. The CX2417x is also fully compatible with a MPEG-4 (AVC/H.264) compliant co-processor to provide bandwidth-efficient, advancedcompression bitstream decoding. The CX2417x includes optional license-based features optional as designated by the dash numbers. Table 2 - CX2417x Dash Number Options CX24170/1/2/3-mnz Dash Number: -0nz Macrovision Dolby Digital -1nz -2nz 4 -4nz 4 4 HDCP/HDMI m = optional feature combinations (0 thru 7) n = die revision (e.g. n=1 for die rev A, 2 for die rev B etc.) z = security configuration (A thru Z) -3nz -5nz -6nz 4 4 4 4 -7nz 4 4 4 4 4 Set-top Box Solutions Satellite CX2417x Product Features • High-performance 32-bit 295 MIPS ARM920 CPU with Linux/Windows CE compatible MMU • 333MHz 32-bit DDR unified memory controller • HDTV and SDTV encoders with seven 10-bit video DACs • Macrovision® 7.x copy protection • Glueless interface to MPEG-4 (AVC/H.264) co-processor • MPEG-2 DIRECTV transport stream demultiplexing • Three multi-standard dual stream transport processors with DES, AES and Multi-II descrambling • Transport stream I/O controller supports up to six baseband TS interfaces • MPEG-2 MP@HL video decoder • Advanced security features including secure boot SW authentication, IC personalization via OTP memory, and 3DES/AES ciphering engines • Integrated DIRECTV security • HDMI transmitter with HDCP support • NDS Videoguard® conditional access hardware support • Multi-plane video/graphics display controller • Primary display supports HD 1080i and 720p picture output with six-plane compositing • Secondary display supports 720x576 picture output with six-plane compositing • Dual USB2.0 host controllers • NDS XTV and RASP PVR support • Parallel and serial ATA interfaces for HDD attachment • Three Smart Card ports • Supports constrained HDTV image output on YPrPb • 32-bit 33 MHz PCI controller • Supports video plane re-sizing for format conversion, picture-in-picture, or picture-in-graphics • CCIR656 YCrCb digital video input and output ports • High-performance de-interlacing supports 480i to 480p/720p and 1080i to 480p/720p conversions • SmartDAA® interface to V.92 software modem • Multi-format audio decoder supports MPEG-1, MPEG-2, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, MPEG-4 AAC, and aacPlus • DVB-common interface (CI) support • Two-channel Pro via I2S Logic® encoded Dolby Digital output • Multiple I2S, SPI, GPIO, UARTs • OpenCable CableCARD™ interface • 2 ultra-high frequency (UHF) remote inputs • Infrared (IR) input/output • Advanced 2D graphics rendering engine for alphablt, bitblt, textblt, line draw, and color expansion acceleration © 2005, Conexant Systems, Inc. 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