This design is a DVB-T2 OFDM demodulator, supplied as portable and synthesizable Verilog-2001 IP. The system was designed to be used in conjunction with a standard RF tuner. QAM signal constellations are supported, including QAM16, QAM64 and QAM256 . QPSK, and BPSK also supported. The operation of the demodulator is automated by a master finite state machine.
The design interfaces to an external analog to digital converter, which receives the analog signal from the external tuner.
The included frequency correction can compensate for 500KHz frequency offsets for 8MHz channel bandwidth.
The chip automatically locks on to the supported BPSK, QPSK and QAM constellation in the set 16, 64, and 256, using data aided acquisition.
The synchronization block is capable of all forms of synchronization, including frame, symbol, frequency synchronization, as well as clock recovery, either from scattered pilots, or using all pilots (tracking mode). The P1 symbol is used for frame synchronization, and the P2 symbols are used for acquisition mode.
The bit interleaved coding and modulation (BICM) chains are provided for data, L1-pre and L1-post signalling. The data bit chain demodulates the incoming data stream using either 2D log-likelihood ratio (LLR) demapping, or 1D LLR, depending on whether the constellation rotation is done in the transmitter, or not. The low density parity check (LDPC) block and the BCH decoder deal with short frame and normal frame types. The LDPC decoder decodes iteratively following the layered belief propagation algorithm. The BCH decoder can correct upto 12 bits, or 10 bits per frame, depending on the frame type and coding rate.
The other two BICM chains are used for signalling and parameter passing.
The decoded packets are then applied to a descrambler to reverse the energy dispersal introduced by the transmitter. Finally, the output is presented as a stream of regularly spaced MPEG packets.
The DVB-T2 demodulator is coded in Verilog-2001. No third-party Intellectual properties are contained in this product. Performance evaluation was completed using an using an Altera DE3 development board on an Altera Stratix III LS150 device.
