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SN65DSI85: How to use external REF

Part Number: SN65DSI85
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: DS90UB947-Q1,

Hi,

My customer is using SN65DSI85-Q1 as a translator between SoC DSI interface and TI FPD-LINK DS90UB947-Q1 and the display panel is 1920*720*60Hz. Originally, the LVDS clock source of DSI85 was from DSI continuous clock of CHA, but this clock will cause the screen flicker, seem to be missing of DE signal, since DS90UB948 is not losing lock. The issue remains even the pattern in DSI85 is enabled. But after we give a REF clock with the same frequency of the one using DSI clock(after the divider, it is about 45MHz), the pattern can be displayed with no issue. Since the SoC clock jitter can not be optimized, so we want to use external REF clock on DSI85 and try to solve issue in this way. But after we gave a 45MHz ref clock, the display was messed up, no normal display. Seems there is something related to the mismatching of DSI speed and LVDS speed. Question here is : 1) what is the relationship between DSI clock and LVDS clock on DSI85? 2) Is there a buffer to hold video data from DSI and output to LVDS, if yes, what is the size of the buffer? 3) Any recommendations on how to use external reference clock on DSI85 as the LVDS clock source for this issue?

Eric.   

  • Hello Eric,

    Could you please provide the status of the 0xE5 register when the external clock is selected as LVDS clock source? You have to clear the status register by writing 0xFF before attempting to read it.

    Have you tried changing the equalization settings on the device? Register 0x11

    Regards