SmartDV’s MIPI A-PHY Verification IP is a comprehensive solution for verifying the MIPI Automotive Physical Layer SerDes interface, the first standardized automotive long-reach serializer/deserializer specification designed for high-speed, high-reliability point-to-point connectivity between cameras, radar, LiDAR, displays, and electronic control units in ADAS, autonomous driving, and IVI systems. Fully compliant with MIPI A-PHY v2.0 (July 2024) and adopted as IEEE 2977-2021, it supports complete verification of A-PHY source and sink components across single and dual lane configurations, all seven downlink gears from G1 through G7 at data rates from 2 Gbps to 32 Gbps, all three uplink gears from U1 through U3 at rates from 100 Mbps to 1.6 Gbps, both Profile 1 NRZ 8B/10B and Profile 2 PAM4/PAM8/PAM16 physical layer profiles, and the complete APPI interface between A-PHY and native protocols.
SmartDV’s MIPI A-PHY VIP supports UVM, SystemVerilog, and Verilog, and integrates seamlessly into diverse verification environments. It is simulator-independent and compatible with all leading EDA simulators, providing flexibility across simulation platforms.
With comprehensive data link layer coverage including BIST, sleep and wakeup, keep-alive, local, multi-port, and network functions, ACMD register and ACMP message support, retransmission mechanisms, re-training sequences, mission mode and unidirectional startup procedures, Power Over A-PHY support, built-in functional coverage, and a complete test suite, SmartDV’s MIPI A-PHY VIP enables verification teams to thoroughly validate automotive SerDes interface designs for ADAS cameras, radar and LiDAR sensors, automotive displays, zonal ECUs, and next-generation in-vehicle network architectures.