2

Rev.1.3

MOTOROLA

MC92300

Product Description

The Viterbi Decoder contains the Viterbi core logic,

which operates the K=7 convolutional code and generates

a lock indication after successful acquisition. The core

works with the main clock BITCLK, which provides the out-

put data VO (output of the Viterbi). This clock is generated

by the integrated bit clock generator circuit and is adjusted

according to the programmed depuncturing rate.

The input to the chip are 3 bit soft decision data VC0/1

from the QPSK demodulator together with the associated

demodulator clock VDCLK. Rate adjustment in accordance

with the several depuncturing rates is achieved with the in-

put FIFO. The data is read into the depuncturing logic with

the internally generated BITCLK.

Generator Polynomials

The Viterbi decoder is designed to decode bit streams

encoded using the DVB standard generator polynomials

Punctured Codes

The Viterbi Decoder is able to decode a basic rate 1/2

convolutional code and the “standard” punctured codes for

a k=7 constraint length. The punctured codes are shown in

the table below. Specific bits of the original rate 1/2 code se-

quence are periodically deleted prior to transmission ac-

cording to the entries in the table, where a 0 means that the

bit is deleted and a 1 means that the bit is transmitted.

Synchronization

Prior to outputting valid data the Viterbi decoder block

must synchronize to the input data stream, i.e. remove any

phase ambiguity in the received symbols and determine the

punctured code rate transmitted

Table 1 Deletion Map For Punctured Rate 1/2 Codes

Coding

Rate

Puncture

Map

1/2

1

1

2/3

11

10

3/4

110

101

5/6

11010

10101

7/8

1111010

1000101

The Viterbi block employs a method known as Syndrom

Based Node Synchronization to achieve both I & Q symbol

and punctured rate synchronization.

The theory of the Syndrom Based Node Synchronization is

based on the observation that the product of the incoming

data and a syndrom is zero if there are no errors If errors are

present in the data, the probability of 0’s and 1’s in the prod-

uct increases.

The possible states that the synchronizer has to deal with

are a combination of the following factors:

1.The phasing of the received symbols.

I & Q input streams can either be processed as-is or

rotation in the receiver.

2. Determination of the framing of the I and Q bit

streams so as to extract the correct symbol. There

are four possible ways to frame the two bit stream

and the synchronizer must determine the correct

one.

The internal registers of the VITERBI are accessible

grammed, so that no more configuration is necessary.

APLL

In order to allow a simple system design, a Analogue

PLL is integrated for generation of the output Bit Clock. The

DVB transponder Bandwidth TBW respectively for a given

TBW[MHz]

1/2

2/3

3/4

5/6

7/8

36

38.3

28.3 37.7 42.4 47.2 49.5

33

30

27

26

20.5

20.5 27.3 30.7 34.2 35.9

1

4/3

3/2

5/3

7/4

Application

The MC92300 is used in satellite receiver implementa-

tion for DVB.

Packaging

The MC92300 is available in a 128-pin Plastic Quad

Flat Pack (128QFP) package.