Next-Generation Display Interfaces: Smaller, Faster & Denser

UHDTVs, tablets, smartphones, Blu-ray players, and ultrabooks all have one thing in common: They're equipped with a new generation of smaller, faster, and more sophisticated display interfaces. These 100%-digital connectors not only carry high-resolution video, but multichannel audio, control signals, high-speed serial data, and even Ethernet connections – and some do all of this with just five pins. — As pixel counts, clock rates, and color bit depths increase, these new interfaces become a critical link in the content chain. But are they fast enough? Is it finally time to employ compression on display signals? How many signals can be multiplexed through a display connection? Does the future of display interfacing still have room for differential signaling, or is it time to move to a 100% packet-based interface?

Published

2014-10

Content type

Original Research

Keywords

HDMI, DisplayPort, MHL, SlimPort, Thunderbolt, DockPort, Micro HDMI, HDBaseT

DOI

10.5594/M001569

ISBN

978-1-61482-954-6