
ETC
[Chip Advanced Technology Inc]
General Description
The CAT6613 is a high-performance HDMI 1.3 transmitter, fully compliant with HDMI 1.3, HDCP 1.2 and backward compatible to DVI 1.0 specifications. The CAT6613 supports color depth of up to 36 bits (12 bits/color) and ensures robust transmission of high-quality uncompressed video content, along with state-of-the-art uncompressed and compressed digital audio content such as DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD in DVD/HD-DVD/Bluray players and settop boxes.
FEATUREs
■ HDMI 1.3 transmitter
■ Compliant with HDMI 1.3a, HDCP 1.2 and DVI 1.0 specifications
■ Supporting link speeds of up to 2.25Gbps (link clock rate of 225MHz).
■ Various video input interface supporting digital video standards such as:
♦ 24/30/36-bit RGB/YCbCr 4:4:4
♦ 16/20/24-bit YCbCr 4:2:2
♦ 8/10/12-bit YCbCr 4:2:2 (CCIR-656)
♦ 12/15/18-bit double data rate interface (data bus width halved, clocked with both rising and falling edges) for RGB/YCbCr 4:4:4
■ Bi-direction Color Space Conversion (CSC) between RGB and YCbCr color spaces with programmable coefficients.
■ Up/down sampling between YCbCr 4:4:4 and YCbCr 4:2:2
■ Dithering for conversion from 12-bit/10-bit component to 8-bit
■ Support Gammat Metadata packet
■ Digital audio input interface supporting
♦ up to four I2S interface supporting 8-channel audio, with sample rates of 32~192 kHz and smaple sizes of 16~24 bits
♦ S/PDIF interface supporting PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS digital audio at up to 192kHz frame rate
♦ Support for high-bit-rate (HBR) audio such as DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD through the four I2S interface or the S/PDIF interface, with frame rates as high as 768kHz
♦ Support for 8-channel DSD audio through dedicated inputs
♦ Compatible with IEC 60958 and IEC 61937
♦ Audio down-sampling of 2X and 4X
■ Software programmable, auto-calibrated TMDS source terminations provide for optimal source signal quality
■ Software programmable HDMI output current level
■ MCLK input is optional for audio operation. Users could opt to implement audio input interface with or without MCLK.
■ Integrated pre-programmed HDCP keys
■ Purely hardware HDCP engine increasing the robustness and security of HDCP operation
■ Monitor detection through Hot Plug Detection and Receiver Termination Detection
■ Embedded full-function pattern generator
■ Intelligent, programmable power management
■ 100-pin LQFP package