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ESS Technology, Inc.

Phoenix II Series

HD Enhanced DVD Processor

Product Brief

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OVERVIEW

The Phoenix™ II ES8390/ES8391 family of HD Enhanced DVD processors is a 2

built upon ESS’s highly successful Phoenix™ series of single-chip DVD controllers.

P/N

Description

Package

Analog HD

(up to 1080i)

HDMI output

(up to 1080p)

ES8390

Phoenix II HD Enhanced Processor

176-LQFP

√

×

ES8391

Phoenix II HD Enhanced Processor with

HDMI support

216-LQFP

√

with ES7108

ES7108

Phoenix II Companion 1080p Video

Scaler with built-in HDMI Transmitter

80-LQFP

×

√

The Phoenix™ II integrates a reliable front-end servo/ECC controller with a proven backend that supports

standard DVD decoding with options for DivX® Home Theater playback, HMDI transmitter and Class D

power bridges. A USB 2.0 FS host controller is also included for thumb drive connectivity.

The Phoenix™ II incorporates advanced video enhancement features such as de-interlacing, up-scaling

and an HDTV encoder that can display JPEG pictures or up-converted video at 720p/1080i resolution.

Together with the ES7108 Video Scaler companion, the Phoenix™ II ES8391 also supports HDMI output

with the emerging 1080p scaler up-conversion.

KEY FEATURES

Feature

Benefit

Video

•

6ch Video DAC

•

HD Video Encoder

•

SD

→HD scaler

•

HD JPEG

•

Divx HTP option

•

1080p HDMI option via

ES7108

•

Separate output for CVBS, S and Component

•

Analog 720p/1080i output without HDMI for HD JPEG

•

Up-conversion of video content to HD

•

Display JPEG pictures in HD resolution

•

Display DivX HTP video at full screen

•

Support 1080p up-conversion via companion ES7108 Video

Scaler with integrated HDMI transmitter

Audio

•

Stereo ADC

•

6ch Audio DAC

•

6ch PWM option

•

Karaoke or Line-in at reduced cost

•

Eliminates external multi-channel audio DAC

•

6ch Class D amplifier at reduced cost plus downmix I2S

Interface

•

SPI Flash

•

USB 2.0 FS host

•

IDE port (ES8391)

•

I/F to HDMI (ES8391)

•

Reduce PCB foot-print

•

Connect USB thumb-drives and card readers

•

Connect network controllers, hard drives, CF

•

Supports HDMI via external transmitter