GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The SAA7240 is a transport MPEG-2 source decoder designed for application in set-top boxes in a Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) environment. It is targeted to BSkyB 3.00 and Canal+ basic box and web box applications. The device is part of a comprehensive source decoding kit that contains all the hardware and software required to receive and decode MPEG-2 transport streams, including descrambling and demultiplexing.

FEATURES

General

? Conditional access descrambling Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) compliant, MULTI2 compliant and ICAM? (1) compliant

? Targeted to BSkyB 3.00 and Canal+ basic box 3.02 and web box 1.01 applications

? Stream demultiplexing: Transport Stream (TS), Packetized Elementary Stream (PES), Program Stream (PS) and Proprietary data streams

? Internal 32-bit MIPS RISC-based CPU, supporting MIPS16 instruction set and running at 81 MHz

? Low-power Sleep modes supported across the chip

? Support for external co-processor

? 0.25 μm technology

? Power supply of 2.5 V for the core and 3.3 V for the peripherals, to be TTL level compatible

? Comprehensive driver software and development tool support

? Package: SQFP208.

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