PAL in numbers

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Some important numbers concerning the PAL video signal:

Times

Frequency Period
Luma Bandwidth 5 MHz 200 ns
Color Carrier 4.43361875 MHz 225.5 ns
H Sync 15.625 kHz 64 µs
Active Video per Line 52 µs
V Sync 50 Hz 20 ms
Active video per Half-Image 18.4 ms

Lines

Per Half-Image 313
Visible per Half-Image 288
Per Image 625
Visible per Image 576

Levels

Sync 0 mV
Blank 288 mV
Black 339 mV
White 1000 mV

Most of these numbers come from the Wikipedia Page on PAL

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Some important numbers concerning the PAL video signal: Some important numbers concerning the PAL video signal:
<h2>Times</h2> <h2>Times</h2>
<table> <table>
<thead> <thead>
<tr> <tr>
<th></th> <th></th>
<th>Frequency</th> <th>Frequency</th>
<th>Period</th> <th>Period</th>
</tr> </tr>
</thead> </thead>
<tbody> <tbody>
<tr> <tr>
<th>Luma Bandwidth</th> <th>Luma Bandwidth</th>
<td>5 MHz</td> <td>5 MHz</td>
<td>200 ns</td> <td>200 ns</td>
</tr> </tr>
<tr> <tr>
<th>Color Carrier</th> <th>Color Carrier</th>
<td>4.43361875 MHz</td> <td>4.43361875 MHz</td>
<td>225.5 ns</td> <td>225.5 ns</td>
</tr> </tr>
<tr> <tr>
<th>H Sync</th> <th>H Sync</th>
<td>15.625 kHz</td> <td>15.625 kHz</td>
<td>64 µs</td> <td>64 µs</td>
</tr> </tr>
<tr> <tr>
<th>Active Video per Line</th> <th>Active Video per Line</th>
<td></td> <td></td>
<td>52 µs</td> <td>52 µs</td>
</tr> </tr>
<tr> <tr>
<th>V Sync</th> <th>V Sync</th>
<td>50 Hz</td> <td>50 Hz</td>
<td>20 ms</td> <td>20 ms</td>
</tr> </tr>
<tr> <tr>
<th>Active video per Half-Image</th> <th>Active video per Half-Image</th>
<td></td> <td></td>
<td>18.4 ms</td> <td>18.4 ms</td>
</tr> </tr>
</tbody> </tbody>
</table> </table>
<h2>Lines</h2> <h2>Lines</h2>
<table> <table>
<tbody> <tbody>
<tr> <tr>
<th>Per Half-Image</th> <th>Per Half-Image</th>
<td>313</td> <td>313</td>
</tr> </tr>
<tr> <tr>
<th>Visible per Half-Image</th> <th>Visible per Half-Image</th>
<td>288</td> <td>288</td>
</tr> </tr>
<tr> <tr>
<th>Per Image</th> <th>Per Image</th>
<td>625</td> <td>625</td>
</tr> </tr>
<tr> <tr>
<th>Visible per Image</th> <th>Visible per Image</th>
<td>576</td> <td>576</td>
</tr> </tr>
</tbody> </tbody>
</table> </table>
<h2>Levels</h2> <h2>Levels</h2>
<table> <table>
<tbody> <tbody>
<tr> <tr>
<th>Sync</th> <th>Sync</th>
<td>0 mV</td> <td>0 mV</td>
</tr> </tr>
<tr> <tr>
<th>Blank</th> <th>Blank</th>
<td>288 mV</td> <td>288 mV</td>
</tr> </tr>
<tr> <tr>
<th>Black</th> <th>Black</th>
<td>339 mV</td> <td>339 mV</td>
</tr> </tr>
<tr> <tr>
<th>White</th> <th>White</th>
<td>1000 mV</td> <td>1000 mV</td>
</tr> </tr>
</tbody> </tbody>
</table> </table>
Most of these numbers come from the <a href="https:/ /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase_ Alternating_Line" target="_blank">Wikipedia Page on PAL</a> Most of these numbers come from the <a href="https:/ /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase_ Alternating_Line" target="_blank">Wikipedia Page on PAL</a>
  Some more details can be found here:
  <ul>
  <li><a href="http:// martin.hinner.info/ vga/pal.html" >http://martin.hinner.info/ vga/pal.html</a></li>
  <li><a href="http:// www.maximintegrated.com/en/ app-notes/index.mvp/id/734" >http://www.maximintegrated.com/ en/app-notes/ index.mvp/id/ 734</a></li>
  </ul>

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