Television – SDTI Digital Signal/Data – Serial Digital Interface (Revision of SMPTE 259M-2006)

Published by	Publication Date	Number of Pages
SMPTE	01/29/2008		18

Category: SMPTE

Description

SMPTE 259M – Television – SDTI Digital Signal/Data – Serial Digital Interface (Revision of SMPTE 259M-2006)

This standard describes a 10-bit serial digital interface operating at 143/270/360 Mb/s. The serial interfacemay carry uncompressed SDTV signals, or data. This standard has application in the television studio overlengths of coaxial cable where the signal loss does not exceed an amount specified by the receivermanufacturer. Typical loss amounts may be in the range of 20 dB to 30 dB at one-half clock frequency withappropriate receiver equalization. Receivers designed to work with lesser signal attenuation are acceptable,but are not recommend for new designs.