Agilent Technologies Inc. (www.agilent.com) has announced a comprehensive MIPI M-PHY test solution that consists of protocol analyzers and exercisers, oscilloscopes, and bit error-rate testers (BERTs) that uses custom M-PHY stimulus software.
Specifically designed for mobile computing customers, the company’s new solution suite aims to help design engineers turn on, validate and debug all layers of their M-PHY equipment, including protocol and physical layers, at a maximum speed of 5.8 Gb/sec.
The Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) Alliance is still finalizing the specification of the M-PHY to enable the development of faster, more dependable high-speed interfaces for mobile devices. The M-PHY technology supports a wider range of applications such as interfaces for cameras, monitors, memory, audio and video equipment, power management and communication between RFIC components and baseband.
“Working closely with customers developing early M-PHY-based silicon allowed us to provide robust M-PHY test solutions even before the final specification became available,” said Roland Scherzinger, MIPI Program Manager at Agilent.
“In addition, we were happy to share our experience in testing high-speed serial technologies in the MIPI workgroups, ensuring robust M-PHY specifications in terms of signal integrity and testability,” he added.
Meanwhile, the company’s Infiniium 90000 X-Series oscilloscope, features the industry’s first 30-GHz probing system and the leading bandwidth of up to 32 GHz. Offering the lowest noise and lowest jitter measurement floor performance in the industry, the oscilloscope guarantees superior accuracy and is suitable for MIPI M-PHY transmitter conformance testing of up to Gear 3 speed. Employing the 90000 X-Series oscilloscopes provides engineers great confidence in their MIPI M-PHY product performance and design margins.
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