New Si218x Demodulator Family Provides DVB-S2X and ISDB-T Support for
TV and Set-Top Box Applications
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Silicon
Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leading provider of broadcast video solutions
for the television market, today introduced its next-generation digital
TV demodulator family offering expanded support for the latest
satellite, terrestrial and cable standards. The new Si218x family
includes the world's first demodulators supporting the recently launched
DVB-S2X specification, which adds new features and higher performance to
the DVB-S2 standard. The family also expands Silicon Labs'
industry-leading terrestrial demodulator portfolio with support for the
Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial (ISDB-T) standard
prevalent in Brazil and other Latin America countries. The Si218x family
meets the diverse digital TV reception requirements of TV and set-top
box (STB) makers, RF network interface module (NIM) suppliers and
DVD/Blu-ray recorder manufacturers worldwide.
Silicon Labs offers industry-leading demodulators for the global digital TV and set-top box market. (Photo: Business Wire)
Silicon Labs' single-chip Si218x demodulators build on continuous
digital demodulation architectural enhancements to support emerging and
established standards for terrestrial (DVB-T/T2, ISDB-T), satellite
(DVB-S/S2/DSS/S2X) and cable (DVB-C/C2, ITU-T J83 Annex A/B/C)
reception. The single-channel Si218x and dual-channel Si218x2 families
enable TV and STB manufacturers to simplify complex video front-end
designs and to address combinations of multiple broadcast standards with
a single field-proven, low-power and cost-effective demodulator solution.
For terrestrial broadcast applications, Silicon Labs holds the
industry's highest DVB-T2 demodulator market share in the TV industry.
Silicon Labs has embedded its extensive field experience in the
terrestrial broadcast market into its third-generation Si218x DVB-T2
demodulators, which now support the popular ISDB-T standard. Developed
to deliver high-quality digital video terrestrial reception, ISDB-T was
pioneered in Japan and is deployed in Brazil and another 15 countries in
South America, Central America, Africa and Asia.
"Silicon Labs' ISDB-T demodulator and TV tuner chipset comply with all
ABNT NBR 15604:2007Vc2008 specifications with significant margin to all
items verified," said Dr. Gunnar Bedicks, chief researcher at the
Mackenzie Digital TV Laboratory. "The demodulator behaved extremely well
in difficult reception test cases with outstanding overall performance,
in particular against multipath with pre- and post-echoes and also
against Doppler effects."
The Digital TV Laboratory, a part of Mackenzie Presbyterian University
located in Sao Paulo, Brazil, is the leading digital TV laboratory for
transmission and reception system research. Since 1997, the laboratory
has handled ISDB-T compliance and certification tests in cooperation
with the Brazilian Broadcasters Association (ABERT), the Society for TV
Engineers (SET), the Brazilian Communications Ministry and the Brazilian
government regulatory agency, ANATEL.
In addition to complying with ISDB-T, the Si218x family supports the new
DVB-S2X extension to the DVB-S2 standard for satellite reception.
Demodulators supporting DVB-S2X enable developers to future-proof their
TV and STB designs with advanced channel-recovery features and
technology to support the upcoming roll-out of 4K Ultra HD TV reception
based on high-efficiency video coding (HEVC) capabilities. Already
embedded in many TV SoC devices, HEVC decoding technology, combined with
DVB-S2X reception, is becoming a "must-have" feature for the TV market.
"As the market leader in advanced digital TV demodulators, we are
dedicated to helping our customers worldwide keep pace with the
continuous evolution of digital video broadcast standards," said James
Stansberry, senior vice president and general manager of Silicon Labs'
Internet of Things and Broadcast products. "Our new Si218x demodulators
support the latest DVB-S2X satellite standard and the ISDB-T terrestrial
standard for Latin America, helping TV and STB manufacturers
future-proof their designs and easily expand into new markets."
The single-channel Si218x demodulators use the same 7 mm x 7 mm QFN-48
package as Silicon Labs' previous demodulator family, providing
pin-to-pin compatibility, simplifying board design, and minimizing cost
and research and development. The dual-channel Si218x2 demodulators,
also pin compatible in an 8 mm x 8 mm QFN-68 package, feature an
innovative on-chip crossbar architecture that enables system designers
to address a wide range of multi-receiver applications with efficient,
cost-effective solutions. The Si218x and Si218x2 demodulators share the
same API software, enabling customers to expand and adapt their
application software to these new demodulators and upgrade their TV and
STB products to ISDB-T and the latest digital video broadcast standards.
In addition to introducing the Si218x/8x2 family, Silicon Labs has
updated its existing, best-in-class Si216x/6x2
DVB demodulator family to deliver new performance enhancements and
support the DVB-S2X standard. When combined with Silicon Labs'
market-leading TV
tuners, the Si216x and Si218x demodulators help TV manufacturers
simplify their designs with the highest performance video front-end
solutions from RF to baseband.
Pricing and Availability
Samples and production quantities of the single-channel Si218x and
dual-channel Si218x2 digital demodulators are available now. The Si2183
universal ISDB-T and DVB-C2/C/T2/T/S2/S/S2X demodulator and Si21832 dual
ISDB-T and DVB-C2/C/T2/T/S2/S/S2X demodulator are flagship products
within Silicon Labs' complete single and dual demodulator portfolio. For
product pricing, please contact your local Silicon Labs sales
representative or an authorized distributor. The Si218x demodulator
family is supported by a comprehensive set of evaluation boards.
Reference design schematics, layout Gerber files and sample driver
source code help expedite time to market while reducing development
costs.
For more information about Silicon Labs' new digital demodulator
products and to obtain samples, please visit www.silabs.com/tv-demodulator.
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