The Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI®) D-PHY was developed primarily to support ssscamera and display interconnections in mobile devices. MIPI D-PHY has become the primary high-speed PHY solution in the industry for these applications in smartphones. The MIPI D-PHY interface is typically used alongside the MIPI Camera Serial Interface-2 (CSI-2) and MIPI Display Serial Interface (DSI) protocol specifications. The interface meets the demanding requirements of low power consumption, minimal noise generation, and high noise immunity demanded by mobile phone designs.
The Lattice Semiconductor MIPI-to-Parallel and Parallel-to-MIPI reference design allows the quick interface for a processor with a MIPI DSI interface to or from a display with an RGB interface, or a camera with a MIPI CSI-2 interface to or from a processor with parallel interface. This reference design provides the conversion using Lattice Avant™ and CrossLink-NX™ devices and is useful for wearable, tablet, human machine interfacing, medical equipment, and many other applications.