NXP Brings Mobile Content Home to the Television Set with TV-Output Processor for Mobile Devices

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NXP Semiconductors today launched the NXP SAA8510 – a mobile multimedia TV-out processor to enable TV-output on any mobile
device having a standard LCD interface. The NXP SAA8510 converts mobile
digital video signals into high-quality analog TV signals, which can
then be displayed on any NTSC and PAL TV set. Advanced scale and filter
technology creates excellent output quality and a significantly improved
display of low-resolution mobile content on larger TV screens. Easily
integrated in mobile devices, such as handsets and portable media
players (PMPs), the NXP SAA8510 makes it simple for consumers to share
mobile videos, still images and even music with family and friends using
a home TV screen.

“As the cell phone continues to become known
as the world’s ‘third
screen’ behind the TV and PC, consumers will
need the added flexibility to access their mobile content beyond the two
inch screens of most mobile devices,” said
Vincent Pronk, Multimedia Marketing Manager, Business Unit Mobile &
Personal, NXP Semiconductors. “We developed
the SAA8510 TV-out processor in close collaboration with our key
customers to help fuel the convergence of mobile and home multimedia,
and to give end-users the freedom to take their mobile content from the
small screen to the big screen whenever they want.”

Although mobile picture quality is still generally low resolution, NXP’s
TV-out processor enables mobile images to be displayed on larger TV
screens with exceptional vibrancy and clarity. This high-quality output
is enabled by a polyphase up/down scaler that allows different scale
factors horizontally and vertically. Chrominance and luminance filters
limit dot crawl effects and tearing effects are managed using a
dedicated tearing effect signal. Supported input formats are RGB888,
RGB666, RGB565, YUV422 and YUV420 for resolutions from 40x40 pixels to
VGA (including WQVGA).

Touting a unique design, the SAA8510 is offered in the smallest package
available on the market. In addition, it requires no specific clock or
voltage supplies and can be addressed as a simple RAM-based display
controller with no real-time constraints on the host device for easy
integration by mobile device OEMs. To minimize power drain, the SAA8510
supports advanced power management functionality with embedded voltage
regulators to generate all required internal voltage levels, cable
plug/unplug detection and five different power modes, including
low-leakage sleep mode.

Key features of the SAA8510 include:

• MIPI DBI-2 host interface
• Worldwide support for PAL and NTSC
• 4-Mbit embedded frame buffer
• Support for all common mobile resolutions, including VGA @ 30 fps
• Support for MacroVision copy protection and VBI data insertion
  (bond-out option)
• Excellent output quality based on a rich filter set and polyphase
  scalers
• Advanced power management
• Fully integrated solution requires no external oscillator or CVBS
  drivers
• Smallest package on the market: TFBGA48 (4 x 4 mm, 0.4 pitch)

Availability

The NXP SAA8510 TV-out processor is available now from NXP. For more
information on this product, please visit http://www.nxp.com/acrobat_download/literature/9397/75016222.pdf.

About NXP Semiconductors

NXP is a top 10 semiconductor company founded by Philips more than 50
years ago. Headquartered in Europe, the company has 37,000 employees
working in more than 20 countries and posted sales of USD 6.3 billion in
2007. NXP creates semiconductors, system solutions and software that
deliver better sensory experiences in mobile phones, personal media
players, TVs, set-top boxes, identification applications, cars and a
wide range of other electronic devices. News from NXP is located at www.nxp.com.

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