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SOLUTIONS OVERVIEW: Infotainment systems help drivers navigate safely to their destination while entertaining passengers with theatre-quality audio and video. To meet these demands, National Semiconductor provides serializers, deserializers, power management, thermal management, and audio solutions that improve the driving experience, reduce system size, enhance reliability, and mitigate EMI issues.

INTRODUCING FPD-Link III with HDCP: National's FPD-Link III family of embedded clock LVDS serializers and deserializers provide a real-time bidirectional control channel to the high-speed data transport of high-resolution video and audio signals from source (graphics processor, camera or Blu-ray/DVD player) to sink (display or graphics engine) in automotive systems. The integrated bidirectional control channel eliminates the expense and weight of additional cabling and the cost of automotive control connectors such as CAN, LIN, or I2C between infotainment system components. FPD-Link III solutions enable crisp images, rich colors, and stereo sound over a smaller cable harness.

 

FPD-Link II: National's FPD-Link II family of embedded clock LVDS serializers and deserializers provide high-speed data transport of high resolution video and audio signals over a single twisted pair cable. The serializers and deserializers do not require software drivers, reducing the complexity and software validation time for these complicated systems. Devices in this families support both 18 and 24-bit RGB display applications and a wide range of display resolutions.

All FPD-Link Ser/Des chipsets offer automotive-grade EMI performance by reducing the wide parallel data bus down to a single differential pair signal and offering various technologies to improve system EMI. With the single serial signal, skew problems between multiple lines (lanes) are removed and cable lengths up to 10 meters are supported. This makes the FPD-Link II Ser/Des ideal for long reach automotive applications.

National also offers a wide range of automotive LCD display backlighting, automotive thermal management, automotove audio, AECQ grade power management, and other AECQ grade solutions.

 
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FPD-Link III Embedded Clock & Control SerDes Selection Table

Part Number Color Depth Pixel Clock Freq (MHz) Tx/Rx External Interface Control
Channel
EMI
Mitigation
Signal Conditioning Diagnostics Special Features Package
24bpp 5-85 Des LVCMOS I2C SSCG Adaptive EQ BIST HDCP, I2S Audio 60-LLP
Ser Coding De-Emphasis, DCB 48-LLP
18bpp 10-43 Des LVCMOS I2C, GPI SSCG Equalizer BIST   48-LLP
Ser I2C, GPO Coding DC Balance   40-LLP
14bpp 10-43 Des LVCMOS I2C,
GPIO
SSCG Equalizer BIST CRC 40-LLP
Ser Coding DC Balance 32-LLP

 

FPD-Link II Embedded Clock SerDes Selection Table

Part Number Color Depth Pixel Clock Freq (MHz) Tx/Rx External Interface Backward Compatibility EMI Mitigation Signal Conditioning Diagnostics Cable Length Package
24bpp 5-65 Des LVDS w/ C or UR PTO,
SSCG,
Slew Rate Control,
LVDS
Equalization,
De-Emphasis,
VOD,
RBS Coding
BIST,
I2C Bus
10m 48-LLP
Ser w/ C or UR 36-LLP
24bpp 5-65 Des LVCMOS w/ C or UR PTO,
SSCG,
Slew Rate Control
Equalization,
De-Emphasis,
VOD,
RBS Coding
BIST,
I2C Bus
10m 60-LLP
Ser w/ C or UR 48-LLP
18bpp 10-43 Des LVCMOS NA PTO, SSCG Equalization, RBS Coding BIST, I2C 10m 48-LLP
Ser 40-LLP
18bpp 5-43 Des LVDS   SSCG,
LVDS
  BIST 10m 48-LLP
Ser w/ UR only 36-LLP
18bpp 5-43 Des LVCMOS w/ C PTO,
Slew Rate Control
Pre-Emphasis,
VOD,
RBS Coding
BIST 10m 64-TQFP
Ser w/ C 48-TQFP
18bpp 5-35 Des LVCMOS N/A PTO,
Slew Rate Control
Pre-Emphasis,
VOD,
RBS Coding
  10m 48-TQFP
Ser 48-TQFP

 

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