NXP Brings Mobile Content Home to the Television Set with TV-output Processor for Mobile Devices
Small, easy-to-implement chip converts high-definition mobile video signals into high-quality analog signals for direct playback on TV sets
NXP Semiconductors today launched the NXP SAA8510 – a mobile multimedia TV-out processor to enable TV-output on any mobile device having a standard LCD interface. The NXP SAA8510 converts mobile digital video signals into high-quality analog TV signals, which can then be displayed on any NTSC and PAL TV set. Advanced scale and filter technology creates excellent output quality and a significantly improved display of low-resolution mobile content on larger TV screens. Easily integrated in mobile devices, such as handsets and portable media players (PMPs), the NXP SAA8510 makes it simple for consumers to share mobile videos, still images and even music with family and friends using a home TV screen.
“As the cell phone continues to become known as the world’s ‘third screen’ behind the TV and PC, consumers will need the added flexibility to access their mobile content beyond the two inch screens of most mobile devices,” said Vincent Pronk, Multimedia Marketing Manager, Business Unit Mobile & Personal, NXP Semiconductors. “We developed the SAA8510 TV-out processor in close collaboration with our key customers to help fuel the convergence of mobile and home multimedia, and to give end-users the freedom to take their mobile content from the small screen to the big screen whenever they want.”
Although mobile picture quality is still generally low resolution, NXP’s TV-out processor enables mobile images to be displayed on larger TV screens with exceptional vibrancy and clarity. This high-quality output is enabled by a polyphase up/down scaler that allows different scale factors horizontally and vertically. Chrominance and luminance filters limit dot crawl effects and tearing effects are managed using a dedicated tearing effect signal. Supported input formats are RGB888, RGB666, RGB565, YUV422 and YUV420 for resolutions from 40x40 pixels to VGA (including WQVGA).
Touting a unique design, the SAA8510 is offered in the smallest package available on the market. In addition, it requires no specific clock or voltage supplies and can be addressed as a simple RAM-based display controller with no real-time constraints on the host device for easy integration by mobile device OEMs. To minimize power drain, the SAA8510 supports advanced power management functionality with embedded voltage regulators to generate all required internal voltage levels, cable plug/unplug detection and five different power modes, including low-leakage sleep mode.
Key features of the SAA8510 include:
- MIPI DBI-2 host interface
- Worldwide support for PAL and NTSC
- 4-Mbit embedded frame buffer
- Support for all common mobile resolutions, including VGA @ 30 fps
- Support for MacroVision copy protection and VBI data insertion (bond-out option)
- Excellent output quality based on a rich filter set and polyphase scalers
- Advanced power management
- Fully integrated solution requires no external oscillator or CVBS drivers
- Smallest package on the market: TFBGA48 (4 x 4 mm, 0.4 pitch)
Availability
The NXP SAA8510 TV-out processor is available now from NXP. For more information on this product, please visit .
About NXP Semiconductors
NXP is a top 10 semiconductor company founded by Philips more than 50 years ago. Headquartered in Europe, the company has 37,000 employees working in more than 20 countries and posted sales of USD 6.3 billion in 2007. NXP creates semiconductors, system solutions and software that deliver better sensory experiences in mobile phones, personal media players, TVs, set-top boxes, identification applications, cars and a wide range of other electronic devices. News from NXP is located at www.nxp.com.