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Video Analog Front-End

Overview

Today’s rapidly growing home entertainment consumer market is driven by superior video quality. Analog video front-ends play a pivotal role in this arena by providing a low power high resolution analog interface between video devices. Synopsys’ DesignWare Video Analog Front-End IP delivers high-quality video resolution (1080p/WUXGA) at minimal power and silicon area.

With more than 10 years of experience in developing analog front-end IP solutions for video applications, Synopsys offers a comprehensive portfolio of silicon-proven DesignWare Video Analog Front-End IP solutions designed to meet the requirements of specific analog video applications such as Standard Definition TV (SDTV), High-Definition TV (HDTV) and PC-Graphics.

The high-quality DesignWare Video Analog Front-End IP solutions support a wide range of process technologies from 180nm to 65nm, enabling designers to quickly integrate the IP into their SoC with significantly less risk and improved time-to-market.
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Products
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SDTV AFE
Standard Definition TV Front End more

Broad Video AFE IP offering for analog SDTV and surveillance systems applications, that require very optimized set of functions , moderate sampling rate and 10/12-bit resolution.

PC-Graphics AFE / HDTV AFE
PC Graphics Front End / High Definition TV Front End more

AFEs for a range of applications from flat panel PC graphics to WUXG wide-panels, and AFE for High Definition Digital TV up to 1080p (60Hz) applications, requiring optimized full set of functions, very high sampling rate, 8/10-bit resolution and sync processing.

The #1 provider of Video Analog Front Ends (AFE)
More than ten years expertise in designing AFE for Video Applications
Silicon-proven, complete HDTV/PC Graphics AFE
Full 1080p and WUXGA @60Hz video standard support
Robust synchronism processing for perfect video image
Leverages Synopsys' advanced data conversion technology

Applications	IP Type	Video Functions	Video Resolution
Analog SDTV, Surveillance Systems	SDTV AFE	10/12-bit 27/54 MSPS A-to-D Conversion; Charge Pump Clamping for DC Restoration; 2-bit Gain Control Built In References Single (Composite), Dual (S-Video) and Triple (Component) Channel Versions Testability	Standard 27/54 MSPS Analog Video
Flat Panel PC-Graphics up to wide panel WUXG	PC-Graphics AFE	8/10-bit up to 235 MSPS A-to-D Conversion Regulated Bottom/Mid-scale Clamping 7-bit Offset Adjustment for RGB & YPbPr Inputs 8-bit Gain Adjustment for all Video Inputs Sync slicing and H-sync and V-sync processing and pixel clock generation Sync-on-green separation	SXGA UXGA WUXGA
Digital TV up to 1080 p (60 Hz)	HDTV AFE	10-bit up to 205 MSPS A-to-D Conversion 3-bit Programmable 2nd-order Anti-aliasing low-pass filtering (6 MHz-125.5 MHz) Multimode Clamping (7-bit calibrated, sync-tip, etc.) External/Extracted from V-synch Coast Robust Full Sync Processing for Composite Sync and Sync-on-Green SCART support & Content protection compliant And more...	1080i 1080p