LeCroy Announces Comprehensive Package for Verification, Debug, and Conformance Testing of MIPI M-PHY

- LeCroy (Country Manager Lee Woon-jae, www.lecroy.com ) recently announced a test package that provides verification, debugging, and compliance testing for signals based on the MIPI Alliance's M-PHY and M-PHY physical layer standards. This new product was unveiled in conjunction with Mixel's M-PHY at the MIPI Alliance Test Forum Day held in Copenhagen, Denmark on June 16.

As part of the MIPI Alliance ecosystem partnership with Mixel, LeCroy worked with Mixel to develop and verify M-PHY tests with an initial IP core.

Ashraf Takla, CEO of Mixel, said, “We are confident that our collaboration with LeCroy will shorten the development time for our customers’ products supporting the MIPI M-PHY standard. We look forward to the successful continuation of our cooperation with LeCroy and all our relationships with MIPI ecosystem partners.”

The MIPI Alliance is a global cooperative organization composed of companies involved in the mobile ecosystem that defines and promotes interface specifications for mobile devices. Approximately 700 million integrated circuits using MIPI were shipped in 2010, and significant growth is expected to reach 62 billion units by 2015. The M-PHY standard is attracting attention as a key factor driving the market due to its advantages, such as improved power efficiency, a smaller number of pins, more powerful symbol coding, multiple transmission speeds, and compatibility with optical applications.

Strict protocol specifications require conformity testing, such as transmitter, receiver, interface S-parameter, and impedance testing. The LeCroy MIPI M-PHY test package provides all the necessary tools specified by conformity test standards in an easy and accurate manner through the following equipment. Protocol, eye diagram, jitter, and skew tests are performed using the WaveMaster 8 Zi oscilloscope; loopback mode initialization and jitter endurance tests are performed using the PeRT3 Eagle receiver test system; and transmitter, receiver, and cable TDR and S-parameter tests are performed using the SPARQ-4004E network analyzer.

The LeCroy WaveMaster 8Zi oscilloscope offers models ranging from 4 to 45 GHz, providing the bandwidth to meet the multi-rate conditions defined by Gear, 1, 2, and 3. The intuitive decode and physical layer test packages provide a simple setup method to make it easier to perform the eye diagram, jitter, and amp/slew rate timing conditions required by Tx timers and signaling tests.

The PeRT3 (Protocol-enabled Receiver and Transmitter Tolerance Tester) Eagle system is equipment that performs receiver testing under stress conditions. PeRT3 has broken down the boundaries between physical layer testing and protocol testing through a new method of testing both receivers and transmitters, and plays a role in accurately measuring the Rx timer and electrical tolerance area in conformance test packages.

LeCroy SPARQ equipment is used for interface S-parameter and impedance testing. SPARQ is an innovative TDR/TDT-based analyzer that simply measures S-parameters at 40 GHz across up to four ports with one-button operation, and is offered at a much lower price than expensive VNAs (Vector Network Analyzers). The SPARQ-4004E model satisfies both Tx/Rx S-parameter and resistance/leakage test conditions.

MIPI D-PHY Test Solutions
LeCroy already offers products that provide MIPI D-PHY testing. The automated compliance package for D-PHY rapidly verifies D-PHY interface characteristics, and CSI-2, DSI, DigRF 3G, DigRF v4 protocols and measurement tools make the debugging process easier.

About LeCroy
As a leader in oscilloscopes, serial data analyzers, and protocol analyzers, LeCroy develops devices that drive product innovation by providing rapid measurement, analysis, and verification of complex electronic signals. Since launching the WaveMaster 8Zi-A, the world's fastest 45 GHz real-time oscilloscope, in September 2010, the company has been leading the market with its superior technology. LeCroy's extensive test solutions are applied in the fields of computers/semiconductors/consumer electronics, data storage, automotive/industrial, and military/aerospace; as the creator and leader of "WaveShape analysis," the company has contributed significantly to today's information and communications industry. LeCroy is headquartered in Chestnut Ridge, New York, USA, and was founded in 1964. Its Korean subsidiary, LeCroy Korea, was established in 1998. You can find more detailed information by visiting www.lecroy.com or www.lecroy.co.kr .

About Mixels
Mixel is a leading provider of differentiated mixed-signal IP cores to the semiconductor and electronics industries, with a focus on low-power mobile applications. Mixel's commercial IP cores utilize a legorithmic approach, allowing for configuration changes to suit a wide range of applications. Mixel's mixed-signal IP portfolio includes high-performance PHYs, SerDes, transceivers, PLLs, DLLs, and analog building blocks, as well as MIPI used in mobile applications, networking, and storage. For more information, please contact info@mixel.com or visit www.mixel.com .

About the MIPI Alliance
The MIPI Alliance is a global collaborative organization composed of companies involved in the mobile ecosystem that defines and promotes interface specifications for mobile devices. MIPI specifications establish standards for hardware and software interfaces that drive new technologies and enable faster adoption of features and services. For more information, please visit www.mipi.org .