Phase-Locked Loop; General Synchronization - Matrox 4Sight User Manual

Slave mode
Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel grab section

Phase-locked loop

The high-performance, low-jitter phase-locked loop (PLL) uses
frequency synthesis techniques to generate the clock signal,
when necessary.
The PLL can use the following sources as a reference:
The on-board crystal oscillator.
The horizontal video synchronization signal supplied by the
video source (line-locked mode).
When in line-locked mode and accepting a composite video
signal, the PLL can synchronize to either serrated or block
vertical synchronization signals.
The clock signal supplied by the video source (to generate a
different clock).
When the input source supplies a sampling clock that does not
require adjustment, the PLL is bypassed to avoid adding jitter
to the supplied clock.

General synchronization

Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel can operate in either slave
or master mode.
In slave mode, the video source provides the synchronization
information to Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel. It can
accept one of the following synchronization schemes:
The video source encodes the synchronization signals on
the analog video signal provided to the board.
The video source supplies the horizontal and/or vertical
synchronization signals separately in TTL format.
The video source provides a composite synchronization
signal in TTL format, separate from the analog video.
Synchronization information can be sent either with the
video data, or on a separate analog synchronization channel.
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