Parade Technologies, Ltd, or Parade, is a privately held, fabless semiconductor company that specializes in developing high-speed video interfacing and processing products. The company seeks to leverage a combination of high-speed analog, mixed-signal and digital design expertise together with system level knowledge to take product performance, power efficiency and customer satisfaction to new heights. Parade products can be applied to a broad array of applications in personal computer and consumer electronics devices such as digital TV, DVD, and set-top box etc.

In addition to being an innovator and technology leader, Parade also seeks to be an active participant and leader in the industry. Parade Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Parade, is a current member of VESA (Video Electronics Standard Association), and adopters of HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) Alliance, and DDWG (Digital Display Working Group), as well as an active eco-system participant. Parade Technologies, Inc. has made key contributions to the development of VESA's DisplayPort digital video interface standard. Parade Technologies, Inc. is located in Sunnyvale, California, the heart of Silicon Valley, and its design center is located in Shanghai, China.

Products:

i) HDMI™/DVI™ Switch

PS201/PS301 HDMI™/DVI™ Switch
Parade Technologies' first innovative video solution, the PS301 Three-To-One Switch and the PS201 Two-To-One Switch, are HDMI™/DVI™ multiplexiers with fully integrated equalization and de-emphasis features along with DDC switching capabilities. These two products are designed to achieve un-paralleled cost effectiveness.

Key Features

• Compliance with TMDS electrical specification up to UXGA resolution at 1.65 Gbps
  
• TMDS compliant output voltage swing control
  
• Up to 4 dB of programmable output de-emphasis
  
• Up to 12 dB of programmable receiver equalization
  
• Integrated active receiver termination
  
• Inter-pair output skew no more than 100 ps
  
• Built-in side-band signal multiplexer with 5V tolerance for DDC and HPD pins
  
• Single 3.3V power supply
  
• 80-pin TQFP RoHS package
  
• 0~70º C operating temperature
  
• ESD at 8000V for HBM and 300V for MM

Applications

• Digital TV
  
• Digital Set-Top Box
  
• Digital DVR
  
• Standalone HDMI™/DVI™ Switch

ii) DisplayPort™

DP501 DisplayPort™ Transmitter

Key Features

• Dual Output Modes: Direct drive DsiplayPort Monitor
  
• Auto Monitor type Detection through I2C or DisplayPort™ AUX channel
  
• Multiple Input Modes: SDR, DDR, ITU-R BT.656,
  
• Multiple Input Formats: RGB 6/8/10 bpp; YCbCr 422/444, 8/10 bit per component
  
• SPDIF Audio Input up to 8 channels, 192K Hz Sampling Rate
  
• Support IEC-60958 L-PCM or IEC-61937 Encoded/Compressed Audio Data Formats
  
• Compliance with DisplayPort™ Physical Electrical Specification 1.0 up to 2.7 Gbps
  
• Support 4/2/1 lanes with Auto Lane Number Match and Link Clock Rate Configuration
  
• Programmable Driver Current and Pre-emphasis up to 4 levels
  
• Hot Plug/Unplug Detection through HPD pin
  
• Half Duplex Bi-directional AUX Channel for Link Services
  
• 1.2V Core Power Supply, 3.3V I/O Power Supply, 100-pin TQFP RoHS Package
  
• 12x12 mm2 144-ball RoHS Compliant FBGA Package for Space Saving Applications (tbd)
  5V tolerance for HPD, I2C, CA_DET#, & AUX
• Channel Control pins
  
• 0°C to 70°C Operating Temperature Range
  
• ESD Human Body Mode ≥ 8 kV, Compliant with JEDEC JESD22-A114-D standard

Applications

• 3D Graphics Add-in Card
  
• All-in-one PC Motherboard
  
• External Digital Display for Notebook PC
  
• Notebook Docking Station
  
• Digital Set-Top-Box
  
• High Definition Media Player