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APIX: High Speed Automotive Pixel Link

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With the increasing demand on driver information, multimedia content, and even Internet connectivity, displays and video signaling are receiving increasing attention in the automotive industry. The requirement of transmitting video signals includes applications like infotainment displays, dashboard and head-up displays, and also driver assistance systems that require real-time video streams.

A car environment has specific challenges and requirements that need to be considered for video transport in terms of system design. This chapter provides an overview of common challenges the designer of automotive display and camera applications needs to deal with. On the basis of the architecture of the automotive pixel link (APIX) technology, the article first explains the basic concepts of high-speed video transmissions and then focuses on considerations and mechanisms to overcome issues involved in these.

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Abbreviations

APIX :

Automotive Pixel Link, High-Speed Serial Interface Standard Developed by Inova Semiconductors GmbH

AWG :

American Wire Gauge, Standardized Wire Gauge System Used for the Diameter of Wires

CID :

Central Information Display

CML :

Current Mode Logic

CMOS :

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

DAB :

Digital Audio Broadcasting

DPI :

Direct RF Power Injection Method

DVB :

Digital Video Broadcasting

DVI :

Digital Video Interface

EMC :

Electromagnetic Compatibility

EMI :

Electromagnetic Interference

Gbit/Mbit:

Gigabit/Megabit (Transmission Speed)

GPS :

Global Positioning System

GSM :

Groupe Spécial Mobile

IC :

Integrated Circuit

LVDS :

Low-Voltage Differential Signaling

PCB :

Printed Circuit Board

PLL :

Phase Locked Loop

RF :

Radio Frequency

STP :

Shielded Twisted Pair

TEM :

Transverse Electromagnetic Cell

VDA :

Verband Der Automobilindustrie

VIA :

Vertical Interconnect Access, Used on PCBs to Create Through-Connections

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Further Reading

  • Johnson H, Graham M (1993) High speed digital design: a handbook of black magic. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River

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Acknowledgments

The author thanks the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) for permission to reproduce Information from its International Standard IEC 61967-4 ed.1.1 (2006). All such extracts are copyright of IEC, Geneva, Switzerland. All rights reserved. Further information on the IEC is available from www.iec.ch. IEC has no responsibility for the placement and context in which the extracts and contents are reproduced by the author, nor is IEC in any way responsible for the other content or accuracy therein.

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  1. Inova Semiconductors GmbH, Grafinger Str. 26, Munich, 81671, Germany

    Markus Römer

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  1. Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Janglin Chen

  2. Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK

    Wayne Cranton

  3. Veritas et Visus, Texas, USA

    Mark Fihn

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Römer, M. (2012). APIX: High Speed Automotive Pixel Link. In: Chen, J., Cranton, W., Fihn, M. (eds) Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79567-4_41

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