Product Brief

Intel® CE 9500
DVB-T Digital Terrestrial
“Stick” Reference Design
Demodulators and Tuners TV Receiver Solution for PCs
Applications
• PC DVB-T USB TV receiver time-to-market. Intel directly supports hardware
“sticks”
and software design with a comprehensive suite
• DVB-T USB “plug and play” of documentation and test results. This PC-TV
modules and cards
receiver solution offers high performance signal
• Hand-held TV receivers handling with low power consumption and specifi-
• Portable DVB-T receivers cally addresses the system and field challenges of
PC USB-based TV receivers.

Product Overview Intel® CE 9500 PC-TV USB

The Intel® CE 9500 PC-TV USB “stick” reference Reference Design
design is a complete DVB-T digital terrestrial TV Received digital terrestrial signals are down-con-
receiver solution for the PC. The two-chip solution verted to a low IF by the MaxLinear tuner and then
is based on the Intel® CE 6230 DVB-T demodula- passed to the CE 6230 DVB-T demodulator, which
tor with USB 2.0 interface and the MaxLinear* integrates Intel’s DVB-T demodulator with an Intel®
MxL500x terrestrial tuner. The design addresses 8051 microcontroller. Audio and Video Transport
the needs of USB-based DVB-T PC-TV receivers. Stream output is carried via the USB 2.0 interface
to the PC host.
This PC-TV USB “stick” reference design is a
production-ready solution that enables fast

Intel® CE 9500 DVB-T TNIM Application Board Performance Summary

Parameter Value (typ) Units

RF frequency range 174 to 230
MHz
474 to 858
RF signal range –81 to –10 dBm
Co+channel protection 5 dB
N±1 adjacent channel protection 31 (DVB-T)
dB
35 (PAL)
N±2 to X non-adjacent channel protection 39 (DVB-T)
dB
45 (PAL)
Carrier to noise 19 dB
Power consumption 1 (operational) W
Blind scan time—UHF mode 12 (2 K mode)
sec
9 digital with 5 analog channels present 18 (2/8 K mode)
Note: 64QAM, 3/4 code rate, 1/4 guard band, 8K mode
 Product Brief Intel® CE 9500 “Stick” Reference Design

Block Diagram

• 2K–12 seconds
24 MHz • 2/8K–18 seconds

• On-chip automatic:
MaxLinear* Intel® USB – Lost signal reacquisition (no external
RF In Differential IF O/P COFDM
MXL5005 programming required)
Terrestrial Tuner Demodulator
Pre-amp
CE 6230 – Co-channel and adjacent channel interference
IR Detector suppression
IF AGC
• Excellent single frequency network support
I 2C • Integrated RF signal level read back
EEPROM MPEG Out
• No SAW filter required
USB From PC • Integrated PID filters for reduced USB
data-rate transfer
• Hardware and software power down modes
The Intel CE 9500 reference design includes all
• Supported by:
necessary support features and functions includ-
ing DC-DC conversion, active-antenna support – Data sheet and design manual for the
Intel CE 6230 DVB-T demodulator
and an on-board remote control IR interface. The
receiver is designed to meet NorDig Unified RF – Bill of material, schematics and diagrams

field requirements, USB 2.0 and EMC standards. – Full software GUI for operational performance
verification testing
The design includes a complete set of design and
manufacturing support collateral to enable you to – Source-code driver software including BDA
MCE binary drivers (provided under license by
accelerate time-to-market for a DVB-T PC-TV USB
LN Systems UK Ltd.*)
stick product.
– Performance test results including: NorDig
For further information on the MaxLinear MxL500x Unified 1.0.2, USB 2.0, ESD and EMC
tuner series please contact sales@maxlinear.com.
Customer Support
The Intel CE 9500 DVB-T PC-TV USB receiver
Product Features
stick reference design is available to qualified
• DVB-T PC-TV USB “stick” designed to meet customers. Technical support is provided by
NorDig Unified 1.0.2 Intel’s Premier technical support system.
• Single-sided component, two-layer PC design
Contact your current sales representative for
• Low power consumption < 1W availabilty and customer supports details.
• Excellent blind-channel scan times (UHF mode:
9 digital, 5 analog channels present)

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