TW8836

Features

• Analog Video Decoder
  • NTSC (M, 4.43) and PAL (B, D, G, H, I, M, N, N combination), PAL (60), SECAM with automatic format detection
  • Three 10-bit ADCs and analog clamping circuit
  • Fully programmable static gain or automatic gain control for the Y or CVBS channel
  • Programmable white peak control for the Y or CVBS channel
  • Software selectable analog inputs allow composite, S-video, analog YPbPr, or RGB
  • High quality adaptive 2D comb filter for NTSC/PAL inputs
  • PAL delay line for color phase error correction
  • Image enhancement with 2D dynamic peaking/CTI
  • Digital subcarrier PLL for accurate color decoding
  • Programmable hue, brightness, saturation, contrast, sharpness
  • Selectable differential or single-ended CVBS input
  • Digital horizontal PLL and advanced synchronization processing for VCR playback and weak signal performance
  • High quality horizontal and vertical filtered-down scaling with arbitrary scale-down ratio
  • Up to 2CH differential or 4CH single-ended CVBS input
  • Supports detection of Macrovision copy protection
• Analog RGB Inputs
  • Triple high-speed 10-bit ADCs with clamping and programmable gain amplifier
  • SOG and H/VSYNC support for YPbPr or RGB input
  • Built-in line locked PLL with sync separator
  • Supports input resolutions VGA (25MHz) to 1080p (150MHz)
• Digital Inputs Support
  • Supports both BT.656 and 601 video formats
  • Supports YCbCr/RGB 24-bit, VGA (25MHz) to 1080p (150MHz) resolution
  • Single channel LVDS input, from VGA (25 MHz) up to 720p (75 MHz) resolution
  • Supports RGB 565 + BT.656 at the same time
• TFT Panel Support
  • Built-in programmable timing controller
  • Supports 3, 4, 6, or 8 bits per pixel up to 16.8 million colors with built-in dithering engine
  • Supports digital panels (TTL) or single channel LVDS panels up to WXGA (1366 x768) resolution, 85MHz
  • Supports serial (8-bit) RGB panel
• Font Based On-Screen Display
  • Eight window font OSD with bordering/shadow
  • 10kB programmable font RAM and 512 display RAM
  • 1/2/3/4 bits/pixels
  • Supports variable width (12/16), height (2~32)
• SPI Flash Based On-Screen Display
  • Nine bitmap based OSD windows in two layers through SPI with alpha blending between layers
  • Supports 4/6/8 bits/pixels
  • Supports RLE decompression for two windows
• Image Processing
  • High-quality scaler with both up/down and panorama/water-glass scaling support
  • Built-in 2D deinterlacing function
  • Programmable brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, and sharpness
  • Programmable color transient improvement control
  • Supports programmable cropping of input video and graphics
  • Independent RGB gain and offset controls
  • DTV hue adjustment
  • Programmable 8-bit gamma correction for each color
  • Black/white stretch
• Clock Generation
  • Spread spectrum profile based on triangular modulation with center spread
  • Programmable modulation frequency and spread width
• Timing Controller (TCON)
  • Supports programmable interface signals for control
  • Column (source) driver/row (gate) driver
• MCU
  • Industry-standard 8052 based
  • Code fetch from external SPI flash memory
  • 256B code cache
  • 2k XDATA memory
  • Supports power save mode with 32k internal clock
  • ISP (In System Programming) through I²C
  • Supports 24-bit addressing

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