Philips Semiconductors
Multistandard Picture-In-Picture (PIP)
controller
Preliminary specification
SAB9081
SDSEL (REPLAY MODE)
Bits SDSel<5:0> select which PIP is read from memory.
Valid numbers are dependent on the maximum value of
SLSel.
DPAL AND SPAL
In normal operation (DPal and SPal are logic 0), the
SAB9081 calculates from the number of incoming lines
whether the signal is NTSC (< 288 lines) or PAL
(≥ 288 lines).
If DPal is set to logic 1, the main window is sized to
276 lines. If DPal is set to logic 1 and the subchannel is still
NTSC, the subchannel picture will be smaller than the
main channel picture (difference of approximately
40 lines).
If SPal is set to logic 1, the subchannel is forced to PAL
mode and 276 lines are acquired instead of 228 in NTSC
mode.
DNTSC AND SNTSC
In normal operation (DNTSC and SNTSC are logic 0), the
SAB9081 calculates from the number of incoming lines
whether the signal is NTSC (< 288 lines) or PAL
(≥ 288 lines).
If DNTSC is set to logic 1, the main window is sized to
228 lines. If DNTSC is set to logic 1 and the subchannel is
still PAL, the subchannel picture will be larger than the
main channel picture (difference of approximately
40 lines).
If SNTSC is set to logic 1, the channel is forced to NTSC
mode and 228 lines are acquired instead of 276 in PAL
mode.
SFBLKPKOFF
Bits SFBlkPkOff<1:0> shift signals FBL and PKOFF with
respect to the YUV output, by half pixels, see Table 4.
Table 4 Shifts of FBL and PKOFF
SFBlkPkOff<1:0>
00
01
10
11
SHIFT OF FBL AND PKOFF
no shift
+0.5 pixel
−0.5 pixel
−1 pixel
I2CHOLD
Bit I2CHold controls the updating of the I2C-bus controlled
function towards the PIP. If set to logic 1, some updates
are on hold until the bit is set to logic 0. At the next main
Vsync, all settings are passed to the PIP functions.
The bits and bytes that are on hold when the I2CHold bit is
set to logic 1 are:
• MPIPON, SPIPON, DNonint and PipMode
• SHBlow and SVBlow
• SHRed and SVRed
• BGHfp and BGVfp
• SDHfp and SDVfp
• SHPic and SVPic
• BGOn, BOn and Prio
• BSel, SBBrt and SBCol
• SDSel
• MDHfp and MDVfp
• HBWidth and VBWidth.
SV1
Bit SV1 controls the internal horizontal offset of the
background. When set to logic 0, the offset is 0.86 µs;
when set to logic 1, the offset is 4.56 µs.
SV2
Bit SV2, when set to logic 0, limits the range of the MAHfp
and SAHfp parameters. Otherwise (bit SV2 set to logic 1),
the parameters have their maximum range (which is
recommended).
SV3
Bit SV3, when set to logic 0, can overrule bit AlgOff when
the main channel is NTSC and the subchannel is PAL. In
this particular case, bit AlgOff is always set to logic 0
internally. Otherwise (bit SV3 set to logic 1), bit AlgOff is
never overruled. It is recommended to set SV3 to logic 1.
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