Philips Semiconductors Launches World's First Dual DVB-S/DSS Channel Receiver For Personal Video Recorder (PVR) Satellite Set-Top Boxes

Enables Consumers To Watch One Program And Record A Second Program On An Internal Hard Disk Drive

5-Nov-01

Philips Semiconductors, a division of Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, Amsterdam: PHI), announced the world's first IC to embed two DVB-S/DSS channel decoders. The highly-integrated TDA10093HT solution offers satellite broadcasters, along with set-top box and TV manufacturers significant system cost reductions, when compared with two conventional channel receivers. Targeted at next-generation satellite set-top boxes, the chip will enable a new class of feature-rich broadcast applications to be offered to consumers.Philips Semiconductors' latest announcement promises to speed the widespread adoption of advanced functions via the satellite set-top box. Applications for the TDA10093HT chip include DVB-S and DSS receivers, time-shifting boxes with receivers' functionalities and next-generation set-top boxes, featuring PIP (picture-in-picture), watch and record, and PVR functionality.""By providing samples early August, Philips is the first company to offer such a high level of integration at such low cost,"" commented Olivier Harquin, Product Marketing Manager, Channel Products, Philips Semiconductors Rennes (France). ""Embedding a hard disk drive in satellite set-top boxes will enable viewers to watch and record simultaneously -- a feature that is becoming increasingly popular with the viewing public. The TDA10093HT enables this advanced functionality at very low cost and is a superb addition to our product portfolio.""Based on the TDA10085HT, the TDA10093HT, housed in a small TQFP100, is a single-chip, dual-QPSK channel receiver for satellite television reception that matches both DSS and DVB-S standards. Each channel is fully independent and can be programmed via the I2C bus. The device contains 8-bit flash analog-to-digital converters, a variable rate BPSK/QPSK coherent demodulator and forward error correction functions per channel. The transport stream is available in parallel mode for the two channels, but also simultaneously in serial, for one of the selected channels.Samples of the TDA10093HT are available now, priced at US$10 for quantities of over 10,000. Full production will begin in the first quarter of 2002.For more information about Philips Semiconductors, visit www.semiconductors.philips.com.

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