A video signal processor for motion-compensated field-rate upconversion in consumer television

  • Paul Lippens
  • , Bart de Loore
  • , Gerard de Haan
  • , Piet Eeckhout
  • , Henk Huijgen
  • , Angelica Löning
  • , Brian McSweeney
  • , Math Verstraelen
  • , Bang Pham
  • , Jeroen Kettenis

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Abstract

An IC for 100-Hz television has been realized implementing motion estimation and compensation algorithms for high-quality upconversion and a judder-free motion portrayal of movie material. The four embedded video signal processors on this IC provide a processing power of 10 giga-operation per second (GOPS). Their architecture was generated from an algorithm description using behavioral synthesis. The required 25-Gb/s memory bandwidth was realized by embedding 24 single/dual port SRAM/DRAM instances. The test approach includes full scan, boundary scan, functional testing, built-in-self-test, and IDDq-test. The so-called "Natural Motion" feature implemented by this IC was demonstrated at the IFA '95 and received the European Video Innovation Award 95-96.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1762-1768
Number of pages7
JournalIEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
Volume31
Issue number11
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 1996
Externally publishedYes

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