In recent years, smartphones and other mobile devices has equipped with higher resolution CMOS image sensors that requires higher data rates.

MIPI CSI2 D-PHY and C-PHY specifies physical layer defined by the MIPI Alliance for image data exchange between image sensor and AP and widely adopted by many mobile devices. The MIPI D-PHY is a general differential transmission line consisting of two pins per lane. The MIPI C-PHY is a complex differential transmission line with three pins per lane. Since there is no clock line, it has the advantage of saving pin counts.

In addition to the MIPI D-PHY, which has been the mainstream interface for image transfer, more and more image sensor devices support C-PHY as well. We had released the image capture option, ICUL, ICUL1G and ICMD for high data rate. ICUL supports for capturing SMIA CCP2 data. ICUL1G supports for capturing the SMIA CCP2, MIPI CSI-2 D-PHY and custom serial output data up to 1Gbps. ICMD supports for capturing the MIPI CSI-2 D-PHY and custom serial output data up to 1.5Gbps.

Now, we introduce the new IP750 series instrument, ICMCD, which can measure image sensors that support C-PHY/D-PHY combo.