DESCRIPTION
The STA310 is a fully integrated Audio Decoder capable of decoding all the above listed formats.

FEATURES
■ DVD Audio decoder:
    ❚ Meridian Lossless Packing (MLP), with up to 6 channels,
    ❚ Uncompressed LPCM with 1-8 channels,
    ❚ Precision of up to 24 bits and sample rates of between 44.1 kHz and 192 kHz.
■ Dolby Digital (*) decoder:
    ❚ Decodes 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround.
    ❚ Output up to 6 channels. downmix modes: 1, 2, 3 or 4 channels.
■ MPEG -1 2- channel audio decoder, layers I and II.
■ MPEG-2 6-channel audio decoder, layer II.
    ❚ 24 bits decoding precision.
■ MP3 (MPEG layer III) decoder.
■ Accepts MPEG-2 PES stream format for: MPEG-2, MPEG-1, Dolby Digital and linear PCM.
■ Karaoke System.
■ Prologic decoder.
■ Downmix for Dolby Prologic compatible.
    ❚ A separate (2-ch) PCM output available for simultaneous playing and recording.
■ Bitstream input interface: serial, parallel or SPDIF.
■ SPDIF and IEC-61937 input interface.
■ SPDIF and IEC-61937 output interface.
■ PLL for internal PCM clock generation. frequencies supported: 44.1KHz family (22.05, 88.2, 176.4) and 48KHz family (24, 48, 96, 192).
■ PCM: transparent, downsampling 192 to 96 Khz and 96 to 48kHz.
■ PTS handling control on-chip.
■ No external DRAM required
■ I2C or parallel control bus
■ Embedded Development RAM for customizable software capability.
■ Configurable internal PLLs for system and audio clocks, from an externally provided clock.
■ 80-PIN TQFP package
■ 2.5V (for core) and 3V (for I/O) power supply.
    ❚ 3V Capable I/O Pads .
■ True-SPDIF input receiver supporting AES/ EBU, IEC958, S/PDIF.
    ❚ No external chip required.
    ❚ Differential or single ended inputs can be decoded.

APPLICATIONS
■ High-end audio equipment.
■ DVD consumer players.
■ Set top box.
■ HDTV .
■ Multimedia PC.