Digital ICs/DSP: HDMI Receiver Handles Dual Video Streams And Multichannel Audio

March 29, 2004

By integrating dual high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) receiver ports, the TC90700FG lets systems receive two secure, uncompressed high-definition digital video and multichannel digital audio streams from two different HDMI-enabled video and audio sources. The TC90-701FG HDMI transmitter permits the streaming of secure, standard, enhanced, and high-definition digital video as well as multichannel digital audio from set-top boxes, DVD players, media gateways, and other A/V sources. The chips support NTSC, PAL, and ATSC video formats up to 1080i and include HDCP 1.1 content protection. In lots of 10,000, the dual-port receiver and the transmitter cost $15 and $13.50 each, respectively. Samples are available.

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Dave Bursky

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Dave Bursky, the founder of New Ideas in Communications, a publication website featuring the blog column Chipnastics – the Art and Science of Chip Design. He is also president of PRN Engineering, a technical writing and market consulting company. Prior to these organizations, he spent about a dozen years as a contributing editor to Chip Design magazine. Concurrent with Chip Design, he was also the technical editorial manager at Maxim Integrated Products, and prior to Maxim, Dave spent over 35 years working as an engineer for the U.S. Army Electronics Command and an editor with Electronic Design Magazine.