Optical Communication Technology, Volume. 49, Issue 4, 46(2025)

Design of high-speed dual-channel parallel 16b/18b encoder for HDMI2.1 protocol

LI Xiaopeng1,2, XIONG Taiping1,2, CUI Gengshen2, WU Mingjun1,2, and ZENG Bicheng1,2
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  • 1Guangxi Key Laboratory of Image and Graphic Intelligent Processing, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin Guangxi 541004, China
  • 2Nanning Research Institute, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Nanning 530000, China
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    To meet the high-speed data transmission requirements of the high-definition multimedia interface(HDMI)2.1 protocol and address the latency issues caused by running disparity(RD)dependency in traditional 16b/18b encoders, a high-speed dual-channel parallel 16b/18b encoder design is proposed. By introducing a fast RD generation module and a dual-channel parallel r edundant architecture, the encoding process is optimized, enabling true parallel encoding. Experimental validation is conducted on the Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+MPSoC field-programmable gate array(FPGA)platform. The results demonstrate that at a 400 MHz clock frequency, the encoder achieves a data transmission rate of 14.4 Gb/s with low resource utilization(Block RAM usage of 62.5%)and a power consumption of only 2.636 W. This design significantly reduces encoding latency while maintaining stable linear delay characteristics.

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    LI Xiaopeng, XIONG Taiping, CUI Gengshen, WU Mingjun, ZENG Bicheng. Design of high-speed dual-channel parallel 16b/18b encoder for HDMI2.1 protocol[J]. Optical Communication Technology, 2025, 49(4): 46

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    Received: Nov. 17, 2024

    Accepted: Sep. 15, 2025

    Published Online: Sep. 15, 2025

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    DOI:10.13921/j.cnki.issn1002-5561.2025.04.008

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