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公开(公告)号:US10114074B2
公开(公告)日:2018-10-30
申请号:US15955013
申请日:2018-04-17
Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
Inventor: Alvin Leng Sun Loke , Thomas Clark Bryan , Reza Jalilizeinali , Tin Tin Wee , Stephen Robert Knol , Luverne Ray Peterson
IPC: G06F17/50 , G01R31/3177 , G01R31/3185 , G01R31/317
Abstract: Circuits and methods for loopback testing are provided. A die incorporates a receiver (RX) to each transmitter (TX) as well as a TX to each RX. This architecture is applied to each bit so, e.g., a die that transmits or receives 32 data bits during operation would have 32 transceivers (one for each bit). Focusing on one of the transceivers, a loopback architecture includes a TX data path and an RX data path that are coupled to each other through an external contact, such as a via at the transceiver. The die further includes a transmit clock tree feeding the TX data path and a receive clock tree feeding the RX data path. The transmit clock tree feeds the receive clock tree through a conductive clock node that is exposed on a surface of the die. Some systems further include a variable delay in the clock path.
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公开(公告)号:US20170134191A1
公开(公告)日:2017-05-11
申请号:US15412631
申请日:2017-01-23
Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Inventor: Mohammed Mizanur Rahman , Thomas Clark Bryan , Jacob Stephen Schneider , Luverne Ray Peterson , Tin Tin Wee , Alvin Leng Sun Loke
CPC classification number: H04L25/03885 , H04B1/16 , H04L25/0278 , H04L25/029 , H04L25/0292 , H04L25/0298 , H04L25/03 , H04L25/03834 , H04L25/03878 , H04L25/08
Abstract: Methods, systems, and circuits for providing reception and capture of data using a mismatched impedance and an equalizer to save power are disclosed. A data receiver in communication with a transmission line, the data receiver having a termination impedance that is mismatched with respect to a characteristic impedance of the transmission line; and an equalizer in communication with the data receiver, the equalizer configured to receive a channel-transmitted data signal from the data receiver and to re-shape the signal to reduce distortion RC attenuation; wherein the circuit is configured to selectably operate in a first mode wherein the termination impedance is matched with respect to the characteristic impedance of the transmission line and a second mode wherein the termination impedance is mismatched with respect to the characteristic impedance of the transmission line and the signal is not recoverable but- for the equalizer.
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公开(公告)号:US10424921B2
公开(公告)日:2019-09-24
申请号:US15434285
申请日:2017-02-16
Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Inventor: Kenneth Dubowski , Luverne Ray Peterson , Thomas Bryan , Stephen Knol , Sreeker Dundigal , Alvin Loke
IPC: H02H9/04 , H01L23/00 , H01L27/02 , H01L23/485 , H01L23/50 , H01L25/065 , H03K19/0175
Abstract: A semiconductor die including: a die-to-die interface including an input/output (I/O) circuitry area and an electrical contact area; wherein the electrical contact area includes an array of electrical contacts disposed on a side of the semiconductor die; and wherein the I/O circuitry area includes a plurality of drivers, each of the drivers coupled to at least one electrical contact in the electrical contact area, and a plurality of electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection devices, each of the ESD protection devices coupled to a respective driver, further wherein the I/O circuitry area and the electrical contact area are separated in a top-down view of the semiconductor die.
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公开(公告)号:US09698782B1
公开(公告)日:2017-07-04
申请号:US15098129
申请日:2016-04-13
Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
Inventor: Luverne Ray Peterson , Thomas Bryan , Stephen Thilenius
IPC: H03K3/00 , H03K19/003 , H03K17/16 , H03K19/00
CPC classification number: H03K19/00361 , H03K17/162 , H03K19/0013 , H03K19/018507
Abstract: A circuit includes a data input in communication with a first transistor stack; a first capacitor having a first capacitance and in communication with a power supply via a first transistor of the first transistor stack, wherein the first transistor is configured to charge the first capacitor in response to the data input receiving a signal corresponding to a first binary value; a data output node coupled between the first transistor stack and a transmission line having a second capacitance; and wherein the first capacitor is coupled between the data output node and a second transistor of the first transistor stack, further wherein the second transistor is configured to discharge the first capacitor to the data output node in response to the data input receiving a signal corresponding to a second binary value.
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公开(公告)号:US20180233907A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-16
申请号:US15434285
申请日:2017-02-16
Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Inventor: Kenneth Dubowski , Luverne Ray Peterson , Thomas Bryan , Stephen Knol , Sreeker Dundigal , Alvin Loke
IPC: H02H9/04 , H01L23/00 , H01L27/02 , H01L23/485 , H01L23/50 , H01L25/065
Abstract: A semiconductor die including: a die-to-die interface including an input/output (I/O) circuitry area and an electrical contact area; wherein the electrical contact area includes an array of electrical contacts disposed on a side of the semiconductor die; and wherein the I/O circuitry area includes a plurality of drivers, each of the drivers coupled to at least one electrical contact in the electrical contact area, and a plurality of electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection devices, each of the ESD protection devices coupled to a respective driver, further wherein the I/O circuitry area and the electrical contact area are separated in a top-down view of the semiconductor die.
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公开(公告)号:US20180231608A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-16
申请号:US15955013
申请日:2018-04-17
Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
Inventor: Alvin Leng Sun Loke , Thomas Clark Bryan , Reza Jalilizeinali , Tin Tin Wee , Stephen Robert Knol , Luverne Ray Peterson
IPC: G01R31/3177 , G01R31/317 , G01R31/3185
CPC classification number: G01R31/3177 , G01R31/31716 , G01R31/318513
Abstract: Circuits and methods for loopback testing are provided. A die incorporates a receiver (RX) to each transmitter (TX) as well as a TX to each RX. This architecture is applied to each bit so, e.g., a die that transmits or receives 32 data bits during operation would have 32 transceivers (one for each bit). Focusing on one of the transceivers, a loopback architecture includes a TX data path and an RX data path that are coupled to each other through an external contact, such as a via at the transceiver. The die further includes a transmit clock tree feeding the TX data path and a receive clock tree feeding the RX data path. The transmit clock tree feeds the receive clock tree through a conductive clock node that is exposed on a surface of the die. Some systems further include a variable delay in the clock path.
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