MIPI D-PHY, C-PHY, M-PHY, and M-PHY Test Solutions

At the heart of the MIPI® Alliance specifications framework, these physical layers (“PHYs”) are fast, compact, and extremely cost-optimized. And true to the modular nature of MIPI, a single physical layer is able to operate with multiple protocol layers. This creates both an opportunity and a challenge for anyone implementing a MIPI high-speed link. On one hand, the ability to mix and match varied protocol layers with varied physical layers allows for innovation and creativity; and on the other, this means that the physical layer has to be properly specified, designed, and verified.

Introspect Technology has created the most complete tool set for addressing the design, verification, and high-volume manufacturing of all MIPI Alliance physical layers: Whether it is a D-PHY℠ interface on a display link, a C-PHY℠ interface on a camera link, or a M-PHY℠ interface on a memory link, our tools are able to characterize and exercise such links with high sophistication and tremendous ease of use.

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Industry Challenges

Flexible data rate support
High operating rates on very short transmission channels
Large lane count
Low power and high-speed operating modes
Dynamic, PHY-defined termination controls
Very low voltage levels with multi-level signaling
Demanding physical layer conformance tests that include dynamic jitter injection and receiver stressed eye specifications

Introspect Capability

Combo instruments that can address multiple PHY types
Any rate operation on all C Series, D Series, and E Series testers
Per wire skew and jitter injection capability
True receiver technology for forwarded clock (D-PHY), embedded clock (M-PHY), and three-phase embedded clock (C-PHY) links
True dynamic termination controls for low-power and high-speed operation
Complete set of conformance test suites