Abstract

The adoption of digital TV, DVD video and Internet streaming led to the development of Video compression. H.264/AVC is the industry standard delivering highly efficient and reliable video compression. In this Video compression standard, H.264/AVC one of the technical developments adopted is the Context adaptive entropy coding schemes. This thesis developed a complete VHDL behavioral model of a variable length encoder. A synthesizable hardware description is then developed for components of the variable length encoder using Synopsys tools. Many implementations were focused on density and speed to reduce the hardware cost and improve quality but with higher power consumption. Low power consumption of an IC leads to lower heat dissipation and thereby reduces the need for bigger heat sinking devices. Reducing the need for heat sinking devices can provide lot of advantages to the manufacturers in terms of cost and size of the end product. Focus towards smaller area with higher power consumption may not be appropriate for some end products that need thinner mechanical enclosures because even if the design has smaller area it needs a bigger heat sink thereby making the enclosures bigger. This thesis therefore aimed at low power consumption without compromising much on the area. The designed architecture enables real-time processing for QCIF and CIF frames with 60-fps using 100MHz clock. The resultant hardware power is 1.4mW at 100MHz using 65nm technology. The total logic gate count is 32K gates.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Video compression--Standards; Digital video--Standards; VHDL (Computer hardware description language); Low voltage integrated circuits--Design and construction; Coding theory

Publication Date

2-1-2012

Document Type

Thesis

Department, Program, or Center

Computer Engineering (KGCOE)

Advisor

Kudithipudi, Dhireesha

Advisor/Committee Member

Ganguly, Amlan

Comments

Note: imported from RIT’s Digital Media Library running on DSpace to RIT Scholar Works. Physical copy available through RIT's The Wallace Library at: TK6680.5 .L46 2012

Campus

RIT – Main Campus

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