Parallel to MIPI CSI-2 / DSI Display Interface Bridge Reference Design

​​The Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI®) D-PHY was developed primarily to support camera and display interconnections in mobile devices, and MIPI D-PHY has become the primary high-speed PHY solution in industry for these applications in smartphones. MIPI D-PHY is typically used in conjunction with MIPI Camera Serial Interface-2 (CSI-2) and MIPI Display Serial Interface (DSI) protocol specifications. The interface meets the demanding requirements of low power, low noise generation, and high noise immunity that mobile phone designs demand. MIPI D-PHY is a practical PHY for typical camera and display applications which is designed to replace traditional parallel bus based on LVCMOS or LVDS. However, many processors and displays and cameras still use RGB, CMOS, or MIPI Display Pixel Interface (DPI) as interface.

​The Lattice Semiconductor Parallel-to-MIPI reference design allows the quick interface for a processor with an RGB interface to a display with a MIPI DSI interface, or a camera with a CMOS interface to a processor with CSI-2 interface. This reference design provides the conversion for CertusPro-NX, CrossLink-NX, and CrossLink™ devices and is useful for wearable, tablet, human machine interfacing, medical equipment, and many other applications.