
GS9090A Preliminary Data Sheet
Proprietary and Confidential
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February 2006
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Word alignment occurs when two consecutive valid TRS words (SAV and EAV 
inclusive) with the same bit alignment have been detected (1 video line).
In normal operation, re-synchronization of the word alignment process will only 
take place when two consecutive identical TRS word positions have been 
detected. When automatic or manual switch line lock handling occurs (see 
Switch 
Line Lock Handling on page 25
), word alignment re-synchronization will occur on 
the next received TRS code word.
The device will drop out of SMPTE mode, only after 6 consecutive missing TRS 
timing words.
3.6.2 Internal Flywheel
The GS9090A has an internal flywheel for the generation of internal / external 
timing signals, the detection and correction of certain error conditions, and the 
automatic detection of video standards. The flywheel is only operational in SMPTE 
mode.
The flywheel 'learns' the video standard by monitoring the horizontal and vertical 
reference information contained in the TRS ID words of the received video stream. 
Full synchronization of the flywheel to the received video standard therefore 
requires one complete video frame.
Once synchronization has been achieved, the flywheel will continue to monitor the 
received TRS timing information to maintain synchronization.
The FW_EN input pin controls the synchronization mechanism of the flywheel. 
When this input signal is LOW, the flywheel will re-synchronize all pixel and line 
based counters on every received TRS ID word.
When FW_EN is held HIGH, re-synchronization of the pixel and line based 
counters will take place after 3 consecutive video lines with identical TRS timing 
are identified. This provides a measure of noise immunity for output timing signal 
generation.
The flywheel will be disabled should the LOCKED signal or RESET signal be LOW. 
This will occur regardless of the setting of the FW_EN pin.
3.6.3 Switch Line Lock Handling
The principle of switch line lock handling is that the switching of synchronous video 
sources will only disturb the horizontal timing and alignment of the stream, whereas 
the vertical timing remains in synchronization.
To account for the horizontal disturbance caused by a synchronous switch, it is 
necessary to re-synchronize the flywheel immediately after the switch has taken 
place. Rapid re-synchronization of the GS9090A to the new video standard can be 
achieved by controlling the flywheel using the FW_EN pin.
At every PCLK cycle the device samples the FW_EN pin. When the FW_EN pin is 
set LOW anywhere within the active line, the flywheel will re-synchronize 
immediately to the next TRS word.