Sony's next-generation CMOS image sensor interface realized with FPGA

Overview

SLVS-EC Rx IP is an IP for realizing SLVS-EC reception in Intel® FPGA. SLVS-EC is a high-speed serial interface standard for high-resolution CMOS image sensors proposed by Sony.
This standard employs an Embedded Clock that embeds a clock in pixel data, enabling board design without being aware of the skew that occurs between lanes. Therefore, it is advantageous for high-speed and long-distance transmission.

Features

  • Compatible with SLVS-EC Specification Version 1.2/2.0
  • Implements various functions defined by SLVS-EC Link layer (Physical layer is implemented by Intel® PCS/PMA)
  • Supports Byte to Pixel conversion in various lane configurations
  • Includes header parsing and payload error detection

specification

function Specifications
Number of Lanes 1、2、4、6、8
Baud Grade 1、2、3※
Bit per pixel 8、10、12、14、16
CRC Limited*
ECC Option 1
Embedded data Supported
Dynamic Mode Change Supported
Multiple streams If needed

* Baud Grade 3 is supported only for 10 series or later
* CRC may not satisfy the operating frequency depending on the speed grade and number of lanes of the FPGA used.
* Please contact our sales department for unsupported IP functions and restrictions.

corresponding device

  • Cyclone® V-GX
  • Cyclone® 10GX
  • Arria® 10 GX
  • Stratix® 10 (L-Tile/H-Tile)
    (*Please contact our sales department for the compatibility status of other devices.)

Offerings

  • Cryptographic RTL (Verilog HDL)
  • Reference design
  • Simulation environment (for Modelsim)
  • User's Manual, Reference Manual, Simulation Manual

logic resource

It becomes a circuit configuration including Transceiver with 8 lane configuration.

Items Cyclone® V-GX Arria® 10 GX
w/o ECC w/ECC w/o ECC w/ECC
ALMs 4711 8242 3930 7555
Total Registers 4328 6664 3778 6079
Total block memory bits 4096 13312 2560 11776


* The above value is an approximate value of the circuit scale with the total of 8Lane Full Configurable and IP + Transceiver. It may vary depending on the customer's system configuration.

Evaluation/demo environment

This IP can be evaluated and demonstrated using our EasyMVC Machine Vision Camera Development Kit.

 

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