GTS HDMI Intel® FPGA IP User Guide

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Date 11/25/2024
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1. GTS HDMI Intel® FPGA IP Quick Reference 2. HDMI Overview 3. Release Information 4. GTS HDMI Intel® FPGA IP Getting Started 5. GTS HDMI Intel® FPGA IP Hardware Design Examples 6. HDMI Source 7. HDMI Sink 8. Transceiver Handling (HDMI Wrapper = HDMI and Transceiver) 9. HDMI Parameters 10. HDMI Simulation Example 11. GTS HDMI Intel® FPGA IP User Guide Archives 12. Document Revision History for the GTS HDMI Intel® FPGA IP User Guide
1. GTS HDMI Intel® FPGA IP Quick Reference x
1.1. Terms and Acronyms
3. Release Information x
3.1. Device Family Support 3.2. Feature Support 3.3. Resource Utilization
4. GTS HDMI Intel® FPGA IP Getting Started x
4.1. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores 4.2. Specifying IP Parameters and Options
4.1. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores x
4.1.1. Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode
6. HDMI Source x
6.1. Source Functional Description 6.2. Source Interfaces 6.3. Source Clock Tree 6.4. Valid Video Data 6.5. Source Deep Color Implementation
6.1. Source Functional Description x
6.1.1. Source Scrambler, TMDS/TERC4 Encoder 6.1.2. Source Video Resampler 6.1.3. Source Window of Opportunity Generator 6.1.4. Source Auxiliary Packet Encoder 6.1.5. Source Auxiliary Packet Generators 6.1.6. Source Auxiliary Data Path Multiplexers 6.1.7. Source Auxiliary Control Port 6.1.8. Source Audio Encoder 6.1.9. TX Core-PHY Interface 6.1.10. I2C Controller
6.1.7. Source Auxiliary Control Port x
6.1.7.1. Source General Control Packet (GCP) 6.1.7.2. Source Auxiliary Video Information (AVI) InfoFrame Bit-Fields 6.1.7.3. Source HDMI Vendor Specific InfoFrame (VSI)
6.1.8. Source Audio Encoder x
6.1.8.1. Audio InfoFrame (AI) Bundle Bit-Fields 6.1.8.2. Audio Metadata Bundle Bit-Fields
6.1.9. TX Core-PHY Interface x
6.1.9.1. TX Oversampler 6.1.9.2. Clock Enable Generator
7. HDMI Sink x
7.1. Sink Functional Description 7.2. Sink Interfaces 7.3. Sink Clock Tree 7.4. Sink Deep Color Implementation
7.1. Sink Functional Description x
7.1.1. Sink Word Alignment and Channel Deskew 7.1.2. Sink Descrambler, TMDS/TERC4 Decoder 7.1.3. Sink Auxiliary Decoder 7.1.4. Sink Auxiliary Packet Capture 7.1.5. Sink Video Resampler 7.1.6. Sink Auxiliary Data Port 7.1.7. Sink Audio Decoder 7.1.8. Status and Control Data Channel (SCDC) Interface 7.1.9. RX Core-PHY Interface 7.1.10. I2C Target 7.1.11. I2C and EDID RAM Blocks
7.1.6. Sink Auxiliary Data Port x
7.1.6.1. Sink General Control Packet (GCP) 7.1.6.2. Sink Auxiliary Video Information (AVI) InfoFrame Bit-Fields 7.1.6.3. Sink HDMI Vendor Specific InfoFrame (VSI)
7.1.7. Sink Audio Decoder x
7.1.7.1. Audio InfoFrame (AI) Bundle Bit-Fields 7.1.7.2. Audio Metadata Bundle Bit-Fields
7.1.9. RX Core-PHY Interface x
7.1.9.1. RX Oversampler
8. Transceiver Handling (HDMI Wrapper = HDMI and Transceiver) x
8.1. HDMI RX with Integrated Transceiver 8.2. HDMI TX with Integrated Transceiver 8.3. Creating Dual Simplex Groups
9. HDMI Parameters x
9.1. HDMI Source Parameters 9.2. HDMI Sink Parameters
1. GTS HDMI Intel® FPGA IP Quick Reference
2. HDMI Overview
3. Release Information
4. GTS HDMI Intel® FPGA IP Getting Started
5. GTS HDMI Intel® FPGA IP Hardware Design Examples
6. HDMI Source
7. HDMI Sink
8. Transceiver Handling (HDMI Wrapper = HDMI and Transceiver)
9. HDMI Parameters
10. HDMI Simulation Example
11. GTS HDMI Intel® FPGA IP User Guide Archives
12. Document Revision History for the GTS HDMI Intel® FPGA IP User Guide

2. HDMI Overview

The GTS HDMI Intel® FPGA IP provides support for next generation video display interface technology.
The HDMI standard specifies a digital communications interface for use in both internal and external connections:
  • Internal connections—interface within a PC and monitor
  • External display connections—interface between a PC and monitor or projector, between a PC and TV, or between a device such a DVD player and TV display.

The HDMI system architecture consists of sinks and sources. A device may have one or more HDMI inputs and outputs.

The HDMI cable and connectors carry four differential pairs that make up the Transition Minimized Differential Signaling (TMDS) data and clock channels for HDMI 1.4 and HDMI 2.0. You can use these channels to carry video, audio, and auxiliary data.

The HDMI also carries a Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) Display Data Channel (DDC) and Status and Control Data Channel (SCDC). The DDC configures and exchanges status between a single source and a single sink. The source uses the DDC to read the sink's Enhanced Extended Display Identification Data (E-EDID) to discover the sink's configuration and capabilities.

The optional Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) protocol provides high-level control functions between various audio visual products in your environment.

The optional HDMI Ethernet and Audio Return Channel (HEAC) provides Ethernet compatible data networking between connected devices and an audio return channel in the opposite direction of TMDS. The HEAC also uses Hot-Plug Detect (HPD) line for link detection.

Figure 1.  GTS HDMI Intel® FPGA IP Block Diagram for TMDS ModeThe figure below illustrates the blocks in the GTS HDMI Intel® FPGA IP for TMDS Mode.

Based on TMDS encoding, the HDMI protocol allows the transmission of both audio and video data between source and sink devices.

An HDMI interface consists of three color channels accompanied by a single clock channel. You can use each color line to transfer both individual RGB colors and auxiliary data.

Note: Refer to AN 837: Design Guidelines for Intel FPGA HDMI to know more about the channel mapping to the RGB colors for HDMI 1.4 and HDMI 2.0.

The receiver uses the TMDS clock as a frequency reference for data recovery on the three TMDS data channels. This clock typically runs at the video pixel rate.

TMDS encoding is based on an 8-bit to 10-bit algorithm. This protocol attempts to minimize data channel transition, and yet maintain sufficient transition so that a sink device can lock reliably to the data stream.

Figure 2.  GTS HDMI Intel® FPGA IP Video Stream Data
The figure above illustrates two data streams:
  • Data stream in green—transports color data
  • Data stream in dark blue—transports auxiliary data
Table 3.  Video Data and Auxiliary DataThe table below describes the function of the video data and auxiliary data.
Data Description
Video data
  • Packed representation of the video pixels clocked at the source pixel clock.
  • Encoded using the TMDS 8-bit to 10-bit algorithm.
Auxiliary data
  • Transfers audio data together with a range of auxiliary data packets.
  • Sink devices use auxiliary data packets to correctly reconstruct video and audio data.
  • Encoded using the TMDS Error Reduction Coding–4 bits (TERC4) encoding algorithm.

Each data stream section is preceded with guard bands and preambles. The guard bands and pre-ambles allow for accurate synchronization with received data streams.

The following figures show the arrangement of the video data, video data enable, video H-SYNC, and video V-SYNC in 1, 2, 4, and 8 pixels per clock.

Figure 3. Video Data, Video Data Valid, H-SYNC, and V-SYNC—1 Pixel per Clock
Figure 4. Video Data, Video Data Valid, H-SYNC, and V-SYNC—2 Pixels per Clock
Figure 5. Video Data, Video Data Valid, H-SYNC, and V-SYNC—4 Pixels per Clock
Figure 6. Video Data, Video Data Valid, H-SYNC, and V-SYNC—8 Pixels per Clock
Note: GTS HDMI Intel® FPGA IP only supports two pixels per clock.
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