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MIPI TX C-PHY/D-PHY LogiCORE IP Product Guide (PG436)

Document ID
PG436
Release Date
2026-06-23
Version
1.0 English

The MIPI TX C-PHY/D-PHY Controller requires a 200 MHz free running clock (core_clk). This clock is used as input to the Mixed-Mode Clock Manager (MMCM), and the required clocks are generated based on IP configurations.

Note: core_clk needs to be either coming from the on-board oscillator or the single MMCM or the PLL from target FPGA device. core_clk cannot be generated from the cascaded MMCM blocks.

The following figures show the MIPI TX PHY clock diagrams. The MIPI TX C-PHY/D-PHY core takes core_clk as an input and generates the necessary clocks from the MMCM.

Figure 1. MIPI D-PHY TX Clocking
Figure 2. MIPI C-PHY TX Clocking

The following table provides details about the core clocks.

Table 1. MIPI TX C-PHY/D-PHY Clocking Details
Clock Frequency IP Configuration Notes
core_clk 200.000 MHz All Used for control logic and input to MMCM
txwordclkhs_out 25.000–281.25 MHz. Derived from the line rate divided by 16 Include Shared Logic in core Input to PHY and used to transmit high-speed data
clkoutphy_out Line rate Include Shared Logic in core PHY serial clock.
txclkesc_out 10.000–20.000 MHz Include Shared Logic in core Clock used for Escape mode operations
clkoutphy_90_out Line rate Include Shared Logic in core 90-degree phase shift of clkoutphy_out clock
txclkesc_in 10.000–20.000 MHz Include Shared Logic in example design Clock used for Escape mode operations
txwordclkhs_in 25.000–281.25 MHz
  • D-PHY: Derived from Line Rate\16
  • C-PHY: Derived from Line Rate\7 line for line rates from 400 to 2250 and Line Rate\14 for line rates from 2251 to 4500
Include Shared Logic in example design High-speed mode clock
clkoutphy_in Line rate Include Shared Logic in example design PHY serial clock
clkoutphy_90_in Line rate Include Shared Logic in example design 90-degree phase shift of clkoutphy_in clock
pll_clkout0_out 25.000–281.25 MHz. Derived from Line Rate\16 Include Shared Logic in core and C-PHY mode High-speed mode clock
shared_pll_clkout0_in 25.000–281.25 MHz. Derived from Line Rate\16 Include Shared Logic in example design and C-PHY mode High-speed mode clock
Important: All the input clocks supplied to the MIPI TX C-PHY/D-PHY must have a ±100 PPM difference and violating this results in either data corruption or data duplication.