MIPI DSI-2 IP User Guide

ID 869461
Date 11/21/2025
Public
Document Table of Contents

1.1. About the MIPI DSI-2 IP

The MIPI DSI/DSI-2 specification define a video interface standard commonly used to transmit video from a host to a display screen. Its key features are low power utilization, and formatting/timing that allows display implementation using a simple receiver without frame buffering.

The MIPI DSI-2 IP transmits video from Agilex™ 3 and Agilex™ 5 FPGAs to display screens via MIPI DSI-2 over the MIPI D-PHY physical layer. The IP receives video in the Altera Video Streaming Protocol (full variant) over MIPI D-PHY interfaces of 1-4 lanes in all data types defined in the DSI v1.3 and DSI-2 v2.0 specifications. The output interface is compliant with the PHY-Protocol Interface (PPI) defined within the MIPI D-PHY specification and is intended to directly interface with the Altera MIPI D-PHY IP.