DVB-T2 with ENENSYS, NXP and PACE


September 5th, 2008

IBC World Congress: ENENSYS, NXP Semiconductors and Pace plc are proud to present tomorrow's enhanced terrestrial TV by showcasing the first end-to-end DVB-T2 demonstration of this brand new standard.

At this year's IBC in Amsterdam, ENENSYS will demonstrate for the first time an end-to-end DVBT2 chain including a modulator and a demodulator, thanks to a strong partnership with NXP Semiconductors and Pace.

ENENSYS is proud to showcase its FPGA-based modulator natively designed to handle any kind of standard (already available in DVB-T, DVB-H and DTMB). This powerful platform has been reused to embed the DVB-T2 modulation core. The prototype show-cased on DVB booth at IBC is the first working step in the DVB-T2 modulator development, presenting a live on-air end-to-end solution. This new ENENSYS product will allow transmitter manufacturer, chipset manufacturers and R&D teams to perform live signal broadcast, factory tests and measurements, demonstrations or roadshows.

Although this standard is quite new, the demonstration has been set up thanks to the close partnership between ENENSYS, NXP Semiconductors and Pace. Alongside ENENSYS' modulator development, NXP Semiconductors took on the complete front-end (terrestrial silicon tuner and demodulator) while Pace demonstrated the content on the world’s first DVB-T2 proof of concept HD set-top box.

DVB-T2 is a digital terrestrial transmission system developed by the DVB Project and designed for use in a post-Analogue Switch-Off (ASO) environment. It introduces the latest modulation and coding techniques to enable highly efficient use of valuable terrestrial spectrum for the delivery of audio, video and data services to fixed, portable and mobile devices. The proposed DVB-T2 specification is expected to provide a capacity gain 30 to 50% higher than with DVB-T. Michel Hello, Transmission Product Manager at ENENSYS, said: "ENENSYS has the most complete portfolio of DTV broadcast products, from SFN adaptation through MIP insertion and transmission, to signal reception and real-time analysis. Thus, given our expertise on existing standards such as DVB-T, DVB-H, DTMB, etc, we are naturally encouraged to broaden our portfolio and include
this new efficient standard".

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