Overview

Best in class MIPI® DSI-2sm Verification IP (VIP) for your IP, SoC, and System-level Design Testing

In production since 2008 on dozens of production designs.

Cadence provides a mature and comprehensive Verification IP (VIP) for the DSI-2sm protocol, which is part of the MIPI® family. Incorporating the latest protocol updates, the mature and comprehensive Cadence® Verification IP for DSI-2sm Protocols provides a complete bus functional model (BFM), integrated automatic protocol checks, coverage model, and compliance tests. Designed for easy integration in testbenches at IP, system-on-chip (SoC), and system levels, the VIP for DSI-2 helps you reduce time to test, accelerate verification closure, and ensure end-product quality. Our VIP runs on all major simulators and supports SystemVerilog and e verification languages along with associated methodologies, including the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) and Open Verification Methodology (OVM).

Supported Specification: MIPI DSI v1.3.1, DSI2 v1.0, v1.1, DSI2 v2.0 and DPHY v1.2, v2.0, v2.1 and CPHY v1.1, and v1.2.

MIPI DSI-2 diagram

Product Highlights

  • Support testbench language interfaces for SystemVerilog, UVM, OVM, e, and SystemC
  • Generates constrained-random bus traffic with predefined error injection at DSI, D-PHY, and C-PHY levels
  • Callbacks access at multiple Host and Client queue points for scoreboarding and data manipulation
  • Packet tracker creation for easy debugging
  • Dynamic activation to enable setting the VIP as active/passive during run time
  • Provides extensive coverage in SystemVerilog

Key Features

Key features from the specifications that are implemented in the VIP for DSI-2 are listed below:

Feature Name Description

Receiver and Transmitter Verification
  • Verifies both DSI Host and Client

Physical Layer
  • Includes the MIPI D-PHYsm/C-PHYsm VIP for physical layer verification

PHY Interfaces
  • Serial and Parallel PHY interfaces

Data Lanes
  • 1 to 4 data lanes

Power State
  • High-Speed and Low Power data transmission

LP Capabilities
  • Ultra-Low Power mode (ULPM), triggers and LP data transmission

Transmission of Multiple Packets
  • Several merged packets in a single PHY transmission

Traffic Modes
  • Sending and receiving of DSI packets and frames in command mode and all video modes

Accurate Video Mode Timing
  • Generation and checks of accurate video mode timings

Control of Payload Data
  • User can control the frame and packet payload

Scrambling
  • Enables data scrambling in order to mitigate the effects of EMI and RF self-interference

Built-In Test
  • Supports PRBS test debug pattern for C-PHY

Control Packet Data During BLLP Period
  • Enables the user to control the packets that are sent during BLLP periods in non-VACT lines

VESA Display Stream Compression Support
  • Performs actual compression/decompression and provides a set of checkers for monitoring of DSC-related traffic

Variable PPI HS Data Bus Width
  • Supports 8-, 16-, and 32-bit PPI HS data bus widths over D-PHY 2.0
  • Supports 16 and 32 PPI HS data bus widths over C-PHY

DSI2 v 1.1
  • Supports D-PHY specification 2.1 and C-PHY specification 1.2

DSI2 Over D-PHY 2.1
  • HS-Idle State, Alternate Calibration, and Preamble sequence

DSI2 Over C-PHY 1.2
  • ALP transactions and calibration sequence

Video Frame for BTA and ULP during BLLP
  • Supports sending and receiving BTA/ULP within video frame blanking period

DSI2 v2.0 Data Types
  • Data types SEP and PENP from Host to Client and vice versa and video frame data type PKT_PIXEL_STREAM_20_YCBCR422

Video Command Mode Seamless Transactions
  • Enables VIP to change command to video and video to command mode based on DCS command

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