BCM7038

DUAL HD DIGITAL VIDEO SYSTEM-ON-CHIP SOLUTION FOR CABLE,

SATELLITE AND DTV
FEATURES SUMMARY OF BENEFITS

• Two Complete HD/SD Video/Audio Channels • Dual video/audio channels allow dual TV support, with
- Quad video scalers independent PIP support on main and secondary
• Multiframe Per Pixel Motion Adaptive Deinterlacer Circuit • On-chip multiframe de-interlacing delivers superior scaling
- Reverse 3:2 pull-down with automatic scene edit detection and display quality for today’s digital display devices
• PEP™ Picture Enhancement Processing for DTV • PEP™ provides advanced video signal processing for in-the-
box DTV solutions
• 3D Y/C Comb Separation Circuit for Analog Video Decode
• On-chip 3D comb filter delivers superior analog video capture
• Triple PVR with Copy Protection and Trick Mode Support quality
• Dual Channel SATA Controller • Triple PVR with dual USB 2.0 and dual SATA provide for
flexible recording options
• Dual Channel USB 2.0 Controller
• Six video DACS, on-chip DVI/HDMI MAC and PHY, and RF
• Six On-chip Video DACs modulation circuit allow for all format video output
• HDMI/DVI MAC and PHY • Dual stereo audio DAC pairs, SPDIF, dual I2S, and dual
• RF Modulation with BTSC Encoder custom audio interfaces allow for all format audio output
• SPDIF • Comprehensive system integration provides for low system
cost
• Dual I2S
• HD Digital input and output ports combined with on-chip
• Dual Flexible Audio Interfaces multiframe motion adaptive de-interlacer and PEP™ facilitate
in-the-DTV module solutions
• On-chip IF Demodulation Circuit
• On-chip security processor enables unparalleled content
• On-chip BTSC Decoder protection capability
• 10/100 Ethernet MAC and PHY
• 400 MHz 64-bit DDR Interface
• On-chip 300 MHz 64-bit CPU
• HD Digital Output Port for DTV Solutions
• Dual HD Input Ports Coprocessor/DTV System Solutions

64 MB
64- bit
32 KB DDR
SRAM

UPSTRM
AMP
MPEG (T1) RF Mod

DVI/ HDMI
BCM3250
MPEG (T2)
HD, SD Video
Cable BCM3418 BCM 7038 Audio Out
BCM3401 Analog Video/Audio (IF)
Tuner Advanced
LNA 10/100BASE-T
Video Graphics
Cable NIM
USB 2.0 x2

MPEG (T3)
BCM3520
BCM3418
VSB/QAM 656/ I2S MPEG (T4)
Tuner
demod Data (HSX)

Terrestrial NIM 1394

MAC/PHY

BCM3440 BCM4500
Tuner Satellite
demod
Dual Front
Functional System Block Satellite NIM Smartcard Panel

USB 1.1 1394

 OVERVIEW

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T S In p u t O u tp u t

HD Digital Out
HD Digital In
A d va nced V id e o
S e c u rity C om ponent
P ro c e s s o r S -V id e o
6 x V id e o C o m p o s ite
D a ta 2x M P E G DACs
T ra n s p o rt H D /S D V id e o
D ecoder V id e o a n d
VEC
G ra p h ic s DVI
6 5 6 In p u t (D u a l
P ro c e s s in g
C h a n n e l) 656
IF N T S C /P A L (B V N )
IF D e m o d V id e o D e c o d e r C h 3 /4
R F M od

M IP S R 5 K f 2D B LT er V .9 0
BTSC CPU
Decoder (3 0 0 M H z ) D u a l p o rt
3 D C o re U S B 2 .0
D ig ita l Dual
A u d io 2 x I 2 S P o rts C hannel
1 x S P D IF A u d io
A n a lo g P ro c e s s o r
A u d io D D R -D R A M E th e rn e t
2 x D u a l A u d io
DACs C o n tro lle r
(2 0 0 M H z ) E JTA G P e rip h e ra ls EBI PCI
SATA Dual
SATA

6 4 -b it w id e D D R Test IR /L E D /K e y /U A R T SRAM PCI

DRAM IC E S P I/I 2 C /G P IO /P W M ROM
S m a rtC a rd FLASH
Functional Block Diagram

The BCM7038 combines an IF demodulator, an NTSC/PAL video 3D Y/
C comb filter enabled decoder, a transport processor, dual digital audio
processors, dual high-definition (HD) MPEG video decoders, advanced
2D and 3D graphics processing, digital processing of analog video and
audio, analog video digitizer and DAC functions (six DACs), stereo
high-fidelity audio DACs, MIPS R5000 class processor, and a peripheral
control unit providing a variety of set-top box control functions.
The BCM7038 has an MPEG-2 DVB compliant transport processor with
advanced section filtering capability, a DVB descrambler, dual MPEG-
2 (MP@HL profile) video decoders, a BTSC audio decoder, dual Dolby
AC3/MPEG layer 1 and 2 audio decoders with a SPDIF and two pairs of
analog output, dual NTSC/PAL/SECAM video encoders with
Macrovision™ and analog output, and an NTSC/PAL analog video
decoder with a 3D comb filter and time-base correction.
The IF demodulator receives its input from a 12-bit A/D converter. The
video decoder uses this same 12-bit A/D converter for CVBS inputs. A
fixed 54-MHz crystal clock is used for the highest possible fidelity clock
in the ADC.
In addition, the BCM7038 includes Broadcom’s advanced 2D and 3D
graphics processing, offering true studio quality text and graphics with
extremely efficient use of memory bandwidth.
The BCM7038 supports up to three simultaneous records and playbacks
of digital video. The BCM7038 also incorporates a complete MIPS64™-
based microprocessor subsystem, including caches with bridging to
memory and a local bus. Integrated peripherals include two UARTS,
three ISO7816 smart card interfaces, counter/timers, GPIO, keypad,
LED, dual IR Tx/Rx, IR blaster, IR keyboard, and BSC and SPI
controllers.
Advanced connectivity features include two USB 2.0 ports, one USB 1.1
port, dual serial ATA ports, an Ethernet port with MAC and PHY, an
HDMI interface, a DVI/HDMI MAC and PHY. Incorporated in the HD
video display path is a multi-frame deinterlacer circuit. All scaling from
SD to HD and HD to SD occurs in a single pass thereby allowing for a
high-quality rendering. The BCM7038 is capable of displaying four
video frames simultaneously.

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