Introduction

The NS6018D Serializer chip is compliant to Automotive Wired High-Speed Media Transmission (HSMT) standard. Pairing with a compatible HSMT deserializer, the NS6018D is used for transmission of forward video and bidirectional audio and control data for automotive camera applications. The NS6018D converts a single MIPI CSI-2 input to HSMT output, and transmits the output to the paired deserializer over a single HSMT link. The HSMT link operates at a data rate up to 12.8Gbps in the forward direction, and 100Mbps in the backward direction. The NS6018D supports Power-over-Cable (PoC) operation over 15m Coaxial cable or 8m Shielded Twisted Pair (STP) cable, with multiple inline connectors. The NS6018D is ISO 26262 ASIL-B and AEC-Q100 Grade 2 certified with automotive temperature range of -40°C to +105°C.

The NS6018D supports I2C and SPI control ports, flexible GPIO with trigger mode, constant latency mode and oversample mode, tunneled UART, forward and backward audio channels, a built-in ADC, temperature sensor, and an extensive set of diagnostics for functional safety.

Applications

·         High-Definition 17MP Camera Systems

·         Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)

·         Front Vision Camera Systems (FVC)

·         Surround View Systems (SVS)

·         Driver Monitor Systems (DMS)

·         Automatic Parking Assist (APA)

Features

·         HSMT link for system and power flexibility

·         2.0/3.2/4.0/6.4Gbps forward-link rates (NRZ)

·         8.0/12.8Gbps forward-link rates (PAM4)

·         100Mbps backward-link rate to allow small POC inductor

·         Robust communication in automotive environment

·         RS-FEC for protection of forward video and bidirectional control-channel data

·         Retransmission

·         Backward channel adaptive equalization

·         Backward channel eye timing margin monitor for continuous link margin diagnosis

·         Single four-lane MIPI CSI-2 input

·         RAW8/10/12/14/16/20/24, RGB888, YUV422 8/10-bit

·         16 virtual channels

·         D-PHY V1.2 with 80Mbps-2.5Gbps per lane

·         Supports bulk and tunneling modes I2C (master up to 833Kbps, slave up to 1Mbps)

·         Supports SPI (master/slave up to 50Mbps), UART (Tx/Rx), and GPIO

·         Digital audio with I2S and TDM interface

·         Supports forward-direction 7.1 HD audio and up to 192kHz sample rate

·         Supports backward-direction 8 channels at 48kHz sample rate or 2 channels at 192kHz sample rate

·         ISO 26262 ASIL-B and AEC-Q100 Grade 2 certified

·         CRC protection of control-channel data (I2C and SPI)

·         Video data error correction and retransmission

·         Video watermark and video test pattern generation

·         Supports line fault detection and voltage monitor

·         Generates reference clock for image sensor synchronizing to back channel clock

·         Generates frame sync singal to image sensor

·         Programmable spread spectrum for EMI reduction

·         7mm x 7mm 48-pin QFN package