Date: 8th July 2011
Cosmic Circuits M-PHY silicon proven in
40nm
Cosmic Circuits has made available of its latest silicon-proven
MIPI Alliance M-PHYSM solution in 40nm. M-PHY supports both
the HS-G1 (1.5Gbps) and HS-G2 (3Gbps) modes and is suited
for usage in current and future applications such as DigRFSMv4,
LLI and UniProSM (Unified Protocol that will form the basis
for CSI-3 and UFS).
The IP is supporting both the SYS and PWM modes of low-speed
operation makes it a universal PHY, provides wide-spread
usage and the need for multiple configurations, the implementation
of the IP has been kept modular. The transmitter (TX) and
receiver (RX) blocks are modularized while the bandgap;
PLL and regulators are integrated into a common block. Such
a modular approach enables rapid customization for any configuration.
Bearing in mind the data-width requirements of the controllers,
the PPI (PHY Protocol Interface) interface of each sub-link
(TX /RX) supports 40, 20 or 10-bit bus widths ensuring compatibility
with the different controllers and applications as per Cosmic
Circuits.
"We are very happy that Cosmic Circuits has been able
to validate their M-PHY on silicon and are extending their
roadmap to several other process nodes", said Joel
Huloux, Chairman of the Board of MIPI Alliance.
The Director of IP of Cosmic Circuits, Sundararajan Krishnan,
commented that "We are contributor members with MIPI
Alliance and are committed to providing MIPI solutions in
various technology nodes. We also work closely with our
controller partners to provide our customers with a complete
(PHY + controller) solution. Our MIPI solutions are getting
integrated into the SoC's of leading fabless companies around
the world and we expect to see increased adoption of our
solutions as we continue to expand our portfolio. Application
boards with the Cosmic Circuits M-PHY test-chip and the
controller on FPGA are available upon request to select
customers."
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