STB010XX

The IBM® STB010XX family of digital set-top box (STB) integrated controllers provides high-performance, attractively priced, single-chip solutions for DVB and advanced television STB applications. Featuring state-of-the-art IBM Blue Logic™ technology, these integrated chips implement the powerful IBM STB architecture, which minimizes the workload of the on-chip PowerPC 401™ processor. This efficient design makes more MIPS available for interactive services, allowing manufacturers to lengthen the service life of their products. Advanced on-chip communication increases performance, while a unified memory architecture provides configuration flexibility. The full-featured STB010xx controllers support a wide range of applications with powerful capabilities: integrated powerPC 401, MPEG audio/video decoder, dolby® digital audio decoder(IBM STB0101x only), MPEG-2 transport demultiplexer, on-screen display controller, NTSC/PAL digital encoder, smart card, parallel, and serial ports.

The STB010XX controllers incorporate four major subsystems - processor, digital audio/video, peripheral, and memory interface. The processor subsystem performs all initialization and control functions and executes required software. The PowerPC 401 processor, the heart of this subsystem, offers 49.5 MHz speed and a widely adopted and scalable architecture that is supported by IBM and third-party tools. The digital audio and video subsystem delivers the high-quality video and sound that consumers expect from advanced digital television. This means that service providers can offer graphically rich user interfaces for next-generation interactive applications, such as video-on-demand, electronic program guides, and electronic commerce. Key features of the digital audio and video subsystem include: MPEG-2 video decoder and multi-plane on-screen display (OSD) - provides MP@ML video playback with multi-plane OSD and image scaling for sharp resolution and graphically rich user interfaces; MPEG-2 transport and DVB descrambler- accepts 100 Mb/s parallel (88 Mb/s with descrambler) or 60 Mb/s serial data, providing compatibility with a DVB synchronous parallel interface; MPEG-2 audio decoder - provides MPEG-2 layer 1 and 2 decoding for digital sound clarity. It also features Dolby Digital-compliant decoding with 5.1 channel output for rich digital surround sound. (A Dolby Digital license is required.); Digital encoder - offers design flexibility through NTSC/PAL analog conversion, five concurrent analog video outputs, and compatibility with SCART connectors. Optional support for Macrovision Copy Protection safeguards digital media. (A Macrovision license is required.); Audio PLL - generates all required audio clocks and automatically synchronizes playback of the STB010XX.

The specifications for STB010XX (*Dolby Digital is available only on STB01010 and STB01011. (Ddolby digital license required) macrovision is available only on STB01000 and STB01010. (Macrovision license required)) are CPU core performance=49.5 MHz, technology=0.35 µm CMOS, supply voltage=3.3 V (supports 3-V and 5-V I/Os), power dissipation=2.5 watts (nominal), operating temperature range=0° C to 70° C (ambient), package=304-pin, 31 mm PBGA.