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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