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Figure 6.7 Horizontal and<br />

vertical drive pulses effect<br />

interlace in analog scanning.<br />

0 V denotes the start of each<br />

field. The halfline offset of<br />

the second 0 V causes interlace.<br />

Here, 576i scanning is<br />

shown.<br />

Details will be presented in<br />

Analog SDTV sync, genlock, and<br />

interface on page 399.<br />

HD<br />

VD<br />

1 23456<br />

FIRST FIELD<br />

0 V (FRAME)<br />

Figure 6.7 above shows the horizontal drive (HD) and<br />

vertical drive (VD) pulse signals that were once distributed<br />

in the studio to cause interlaced scanning in<br />

analog equipment. These signals have been superseded<br />

by a combined sync (or composite sync) signal; vertical<br />

scanning is triggered by broad pulses having total duration<br />

of 2 1 ⁄2 or 3 lines. Sync is usually imposed onto the<br />

video signal, to avoid separate distribution circuits.<br />

Analog sync is coded at a level “blacker than black.”<br />

Interlace and progressive<br />

For a given viewing distance, sharpness is improved as<br />

spot size becomes smaller. However, if spot size is<br />

reduced beyond a certain point, depending upon the<br />

spot profile of the display, either scan lines or pixels will<br />

become visible, or aliasing will intrude. In principle,<br />

improvements in bandwidth or spot profile reduce<br />

potential viewing distance, enabling a wider picture<br />

angle. However, because consumers form expectations<br />

about viewing distance, we assume a constant viewing<br />

distance and say that resolution is improved instead.<br />

A rough conceptual comparison of progressive and<br />

interlaced scanning is presented in Figure 6.8 opposite.<br />

At first glance, an interlaced system offers twice the<br />

number of pixels – loosely, twice the spatial resolution<br />

– as a progressive system with the same data<br />

capacity and the same frame rate. Owing to twitter,<br />

spatial resolution in a practical interlaced system is not<br />

double that of a progressive system at the same data<br />

rate. Historically, cameras have been designed to avoid<br />

producing so much vertical detail that twitter would be<br />

objectionable. However, resolution is increased by<br />

a factor large enough that interlace has historically been<br />

58 DIGITAL VIDEO AND HDTV ALGORITHMS AND INTERFACES<br />

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313<br />

0 V<br />

SECOND FIELD<br />

…<br />

625

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