A Multi-Standard Analog and Digital TV Tuner for Cable and Terrestrial Applications

Author

Stevenson, Jan-Michael ; Hisayasu, Phil ; Deiss, Armin ; Abesingha, Buddhika ; Beumer, Kim ; Esquivel, Jose

Author_Institution

Microtune, Piano, TX

fYear

2007

fDate

11-15 Feb. 2007

Firstpage

210

Lastpage

597

Abstract

A TV tuner fully compliant with ATSC, NTSC, PAL, SECAM, OVB-T, ISDB-T and DMB-T/H standards is described. An array of power detectors and fine-step-size digital gain controls are used to achieve an optimum signal-path gain. The tuner achieves an input sensitivity of better than -84dBm for ATSC digital off-air signals. Implemented in a 0.35mum SiGe BiCMOS process, it occupies 7.3mm² and consumes 1.5W from a split 5V/3.3V supply

Keywords

BiCMOS integrated circuits; Ge-Si alloys; cable television; digital television; gain control; television standards; tuning; 0.35 micron; 1.5 W; 3.3 V; 5 V; ATSC; BiCMOS process; DMB-T/H standards; ISDB-T; NTSC; OVB-T; PAL; SECAM; SiGe; cable TV; fine-step-size digital gain controls; multistandard analog TV tuner; multistandard digital TV tuner; optimum signal-path gain; power detectors; terrestrial TV; Cable TV; Communication standards; Data communication; Detectors; Digital TV; Digital multimedia broadcasting; Gain control; Multiplexing; Sensor arrays; Tuners;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2007. ISSCC 2007. Digest of Technical Papers. IEEE International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

0193-6530

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0853-9

Electronic_ISBN

0193-6530

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSCC.2007.373368

Filename

4242339