SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- June 11, 2002 -- The Electronic Device Group of Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc., introduced the Dreama 2 digital video processor, the latest addition to its industry-leading Dreama^TM family of television ICs. The processor digitizes and processes video, chroma, and deflection while including a microcontroller in the same package. The new device incorporates special functions for NTSC flat-screen televisions, such as embedded circuitry to correct "East-West" screen distortion and to adjust screen image outlines using velocity modulation. It also provides a three-line two-dimensional comb filter for Y/C separation, which reduces noise for enhanced visual clarity.

"The Dreama 2 processor extends the same digital video processor with microcontroller technology to flat-screen televisions that the Dreama 1 processor has provided to regular-screen televisions," said George Riehm, senior marketing manager for consumer products at Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc. "By giving customers a totally digital solution to analog video circuits, the Dreama 2 processor reduces electromagnetic interference while saving design steps. As a result, customers can bring more reliable flat-screen televisions to market faster and more cost effectively."

The Dreama 2 processor incorporates four ASIC blocks for front-end analog, video and chroma, deflection, and back-end analog functions. Designers can input composite video signals, S video signals, and component video signals. By incorporating the M37273 8-bit microcontroller core, the Dreama 2 processor boosts on-board memory capacity to 60 Kbytes of ROM, 2 Kbytes of RAM, and 64 bytes of ROM correction memory, as well as providing on-screen display (OSD), closed caption decoder (CCD), and half-tone display functions.

Packaging and Availability
Mitsubishi Electric's Dreama 2 digital video processor IC (M65582MF-XXXFP) is available in an 80-pin quad flat pack (QFP) package.
The product begins sampling in July 2002, with volume production scheduled for October 2002.

Additional Features

-	5 input analog switches: 3-channel composite video signal; 1-channel S video signal; 1-channel component video signal
-	Embedded black expander circuit
-	Luminance noise reducer
-	OSD functions: 254 characters, 32 characters x 2 lines display
-	Power supply voltage: Vcc = 5.0V; Vdd=3.3V

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About Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc.
Ranked among the top-tier worldwide semiconductor suppliers, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation is a leading manufacturer of application-specific standard products (ASSPs) for motor driver, TV, VCR, fax, disk drive, telephone, communications, and audio/video system applications, as well as standard linear and digital/analog interface ICs. Mitsubishi Electric's ASSPs are manufactured with extensive feature sets that meet specific application requirements and use a standard-cell design approach to reduce chip size, costs, and product development time. The company implements its ASSPs as standard ICs for multiple customers and maps them to singular or multiple applications.
Mitsubishi Electric offers an extensive range of semiconductor-based products and markets them to the North American marketplace through the Electronic Device Group of Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc.
Additional information on the Mitsubishi Electric Semiconductor Group is available at http://www.mitsubishichips.com/.


Trademark Information
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Keywords
Mitsubishi, ASSP, Dreama, digital video processor.