MIPI CSI-2 RX Controller - 6.0 English

MIPI CSI-2 Receiver Subsystem Product Guide (PG232)
Document ID
PG232
Release Date
2024-05-30
Version
6.0 English

The MIPI CSI-2 RX Controller core consists of multiple layers defined in the MIPI CSI-2 RX, such as the lane management layer, low-level protocol, and byte to pixel conversion.

The MIPI CSI-2 RX Controller core receives 8-bit data per lane, with support for up to four lanes from the MIPI D-PHY core through the PPI. As shown in the following figure, the byte data received on the PPI is processed by the low-level protocol module to extract the real image information. The final extracted image is made available to the user/processor interface using the AXI4-Stream protocol. The lane management block always operates on 32-bit data received from PPI, irrespective of the number of lanes.

Figure 1. MIPI CSI-2 RX Controller Core Page-1 Process.2 PHY Protocol Interface (PPI) PHY Protocol Interface(PPI) Process.3 Lane Management Lane Management Process.4 Control FSM ControlFSM Process.5 PHECC Processing PHECCProcessing Process.6.6 Data Processing DataProcessing Process.7 CRC Checker CRCChecker Process.8 Buffer Buffer Process.9 AXI4-Stream AXI4-Stream Process.10 Register Interface RegisterInterface Standard Arrow.14 Standard Arrow.20 Standard Arrow.21 Standard Arrow.22 Standard Arrow.26 Standard Arrow.29 AXI4-Stream AXI4-Stream Standard Arrow.31 PPI PPI Standard Arrow.32 AXI4-Lite AXI4-Lite Standard Arrow.47 Interrupt Interrupt Standard Arrow.35 Standard Arrow.19 Sheet.21 Process.46 Sheet.23 X16317-031116 Sheet.29 Sheet.30 X16317-031116

Features of this core include:

  • 1–4 lane support, with register support to select active lanes (the actual number of available lanes to be used)
  • Short and long packets with all word count values supported
  • Primary and many secondary video formats supported
  • Data Type (DT) interleaving
  • Virtual Channel Identifier (VC) interleaving
  • Combination of Data Type and VC interleaving
  • Multi-lane interoperability
  • Error Correction Code (ECC) for 1-bit error correction and 2-bit error detection in packet header
  • CRC check for payload data
  • Long packet ECC/CRC forwarding capability for downstream IPs
  • Maximum data rate of 3200 Mb/s pixel byte packing based on data format
  • AXI4-Lite interface to access core registers
  • Low power state detection
  • Error detection (D-PHY Level Errors, Packet Level Errors, and Protocol Decoding Level Errors)
  • AXI4-Stream interface with 32/64-bit TDATA width support to offload pixel information externally
  • Interrupt support for indicating internal status/error information

As shown in the following table, the embedded non-image (with data type code 0x12) AXI4-Stream interface data width is selected based on the Data Type selected.

Table 1. Embedded Non-Image AXI4-Stream Interface TDATA Widths
Data Type (DT) AXI4-Stream Interface TDATA Width
RAW6 32
RAW7 32
RAW8 32
RAW10 64
RAW12 64
RAW14 64
RAW16 64
RAW20 64
All RGB 64
YUV 420 8-bit 64
YUV 422 8–bit 64
YUV 422 10–bit 64

Abrupt termination events such as a soft reset, disabling a core while a packet is being written to the line buffer, or a line buffer full condition results in early termination. The termination is implemented by the assertion of EOL on the video interface or TLAST and TUSER[1] on the embedded non-image interface, based on the current long packet being processed.

Null/Blanking packets are ignored by the MIPI CSI-2 RX Controller. No errors are reported in such cases, and the core continues with the next packet processing.