1 of 4GS2961A 3Gb/s, HD, SD SDI Receiver, with Integrated
Adaptive Cable Equalizer
Product Brief
55975 - A September 2010
GS2961A 3Gb/s, HD, SD SDI Receiver, with Integrated Adaptive Cable Equalizer
www.gennum.com
Key Features
• Operation at 2.97Gb/s, 2.97/1.001Gb/s, 1.485Gb/s,
1.485/1.001Gb/s and 270Mb/s
• Supports SMPTE 425M (Level A and Level B), SMPTE
424M, SMPTE 292M, SMPTE 259M-C and DVB-ASI
• Integrated adaptive cable equalizer
• Typical equalized length of Belden 1694A cable:
150m at 2.97Gb/s
250m at 1.485Gb/s
480m at 270Mb/s
• Integrated Reclocker with low phase noise, integrated
VCO
• Serial digital reclocked, or non-reclocked output
• Ancillary data extraction
• Optional conversion from SMPTE 425M Level B to
Level A for 1080p 50/60 4:2:2 10-bit
• Parallel data bus selectable as either 20-bit or 10-bit
• Comprehensive error detection and correction
features
• Output H, V, F or CEA 861 Timing Signals
• 1.2V digital core power supply, 1.2V and 3.3V analog
power supplies, and selectable 1.8V or 3.3V I/O power
supply
• GSPI Host Interface
• Wide temperature range of -40ºC to +85ºC
• Low power operation (typically 515mW)
• Small 11mm x 11mm 100-ball BGA package
• Pb-free and RoHS compliant
Applications
Description
The GS2961A is a multi-rate SDI integrated Receiver which
includes complete SMPTE processing, as per SMPTE 425M,
292M and SMPTE 259M-C. The SMPTE processing features
can be bypassed to support signals with other coding
schemes.
The GS2961A integrates Gennum's adaptive cable
equalizer technology, achieving unprecedented cable
lengths and jitter tolerance. It features DC restoration to
compensate for the DC content of SMPTE pathological
signals.
The device features an Integrated Reclocker with an
internal VCO and a wide Input Jitter Tolerance (IJT) of
0.7UI.
HD-SDI
Application: Single Link (3G-SDI)
to Dual Link (HD-SDI) Converter
GS2962
Link A
Link B
HV F/PCLK
10-bit
3G-SDI
GS2961A
GS2962
10-bit
HV F/PCLK
HD-SDI
Application: Dual Link (HD-SDI)
to Single Link (3G-SDI) Converter
HD-SDI
Deserializer
GS2961A
Link A
FIFO
WR
Deserializer
Link B
FIFO
WR
GS2962
GS4910
10-bit
3G-SDI
HVF
XTAL
HV F/PCLK
HV F/PCLK
HV F/PCLK
GS2961A
10-bit
10-bit
10-bit
HD-SDI
HD-SDI
HD-SDI