The PS8642 is a low power MIPI®-to-eDP video format converter supporting mobile devices with embedded panel resolutions up to 2560 x 1600.  The PS8642 accepts one or two channels of MIPI DSI® v1.1, with up to four lanes per channel and a transmission rate up to 1.5Gbit/sec per lane.  The device outputs eDP v1.4, up to four lanes with a link rate of up to 3.24Gbit/sec per lane.

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KEY FEATURES

MIPI DSI Receiver Interface

  • Compliant to MIPI DSI v1.1, D‐PHY v1.1 and DCS v1.1 specifications
  • Dual Channel DSI with 1/2/3/4 lane scalability, transmission rate up to 1.5Gbps/lane
  • Support for Video Mode only, up to WQXGA 2560 x 1600 (Dual Channel DSI) 24bpp or 2560 x 1440 (Single Channel DSI) 24bpp
  • Supports the following pixel formats: RGB565, loosely RGB666, RGB666, RGB888 and RGB101010
  • Supports pixel‐by‐pixel (Single Channel), Odd/Even‐pixel (Dual Channel) or Left/Right‐frame (Dual Channel) operating modes

eDP Transmitter Interface

  • Compliant to VESA® Embedded DisplayPort™ Standard (eDP) v1.4
  • 1/2/4 lane operation
  • Link rates of 1.62, 2.16, 2.43, 2.7, and 3.24Gbps
  • Configurable output swing down to 200mVpp
  • Supports Full/Fast/No link training
  • 18/24/30 bit RGB color output formats
  • Optional DisplayPort SSC 0.5% down spreading
  • Supports eDP authentication Alternate Scrambler Reset (ASSR)

ŸGeneral

  • Low power consumption suitable for mobile devices
  • 1.2V/1.35V Core & 3.3V I/O power supplies
  • Slave I2C interface for device control
  • Supports external 27MHz crystal or oscillator
  • ESD: HBM 8kV
  • 0° to 70°C operating temperature range
  • 10x10mm 88‐pin QFN Halogen free RoHS package

APPLICATIONS

  • Tablets
  • Smartphones
  • Notebook PCs
  • Other embedded display devices with high resolution panels