Lattice bridge IC brings mobile display interfaces to industrial apps

Lattice Semiconductor has addressed the issue of multiple image sensor and display interface protocols with an FPGA-based bridge chip.

By Richard Wilson - Electronics Weekly, May. 16, 2016 – 

Lattice Semiconductor has addressed the issue of multiple image sensor and display interface protocols with an FPGA-based bridge chip.

Essentially, the device, called CrossLink, is a video interface bridge with a fast MIPI D-PHY capability that delivers up to 4K ultra-HD resolution at 12Gbit/s bandwidth.

Protocols supported include MIPI D-PHY, MIPI CSI-2, MIPI DSI, MIPI DPI, CMOS, SubLVDS and LVDS.
 Package size can be as small as 6mm square.

The chip can multiplex, merge and arbitrate between multiple image sensors to a single input. The device can also interface between high-end industrial and lower specification A/V image sensors with mobile application processors.