Alignment mode selection mechanism for elastic interface
    21.
    发明授权
    Alignment mode selection mechanism for elastic interface 失效
    弹性界面对准模式选择机构

    公开(公告)号:US07443940B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-10-28

    申请号:US11055841

    申请日:2005-02-11

    IPC分类号: H04L25/00

    摘要: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for aligning received data bits in elastic interface systems. Depending upon which one of several alignment modes is selected, data bits can be loaded into FIFO latches on rising clock edges if the data was sent on rising clock edges, on falling clock edges if the data was sent on falling clock edges, or on the nearest clock edge if minimum latency is desired. Alternatively, data bits can be delayed by one or more bit times before loading into FIFO latches to reduce the elastic interface system's sensitivity to drift. The present invention permits a user to trade off factors related to for latency, drift, and skew by choosing among different alignment modes in an elastic interface system.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于在弹性界面系统中对准接收数据位的方法和装置。 根据选择的几种对准模式中的哪一种,如果数据在上升时钟沿发送,则数据位可以在上升时钟沿加载到FIFO锁存器中,如果数据在下降时钟沿发送,则在下降时钟沿 如果需要最小延迟,则为最近的时钟沿。 或者,数据位可以在加载到FIFO锁存器之前延迟一个或多个位时间,以减少弹性接口系统对漂移的敏感度。 本发明允许用户通过在弹性接口系统中的不同对准模式之间进行选择来折衷与延迟,漂移和偏斜相关的因素。

    MICROPROCESSOR INTERFACE WITH DYNAMIC SEGMENT SPARING AND REPAIR
    22.
    发明申请
    MICROPROCESSOR INTERFACE WITH DYNAMIC SEGMENT SPARING AND REPAIR 审中-公开
    微处理器接口与动态分段交换和修复

    公开(公告)号:US20100005335A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-01-07

    申请号:US12165858

    申请日:2008-07-01

    IPC分类号: G06F11/00 G06F13/40

    CPC分类号: G06F11/2007

    摘要: A processing device, system, method, and design structure for providing a microprocessor interface with dynamic segment sparing and repair. The processing device includes drive-side switching logic including driver multiplexers to select driver data for transmitting on link segments of a bus, and receive-side switching logic including receiver multiplexers to select received data from the link segments of the bus. The bus includes multiple data link segments, a clock link segment, and at least two spare link segments selectable by the drive-side switching logic and the receive-side switching logic to replace one or more of the data link segments and the clock link segment.

    摘要翻译: 一种处理设备,系统,方法和设计结构,用于提供具有动态段保存和修复的微处理器接口。 处理装置包括驱动侧切换逻辑,包括驱动器多路复用器,用于选择用于在总线的链路段上发送的驱动器数据,以及包括接收机多路复用器的接收侧切换逻辑,以从总线的链路段选择接收的数据。 该总线包括多个数据链路段,一个时钟链路段,以及由驱动器侧切换逻辑和接收侧切换逻辑选择的至少两个备用链路段,用于替换一个或多个数据链路段和时钟链路段 。

    Dynamic recalibration mechanism for elastic interface
    23.
    发明授权
    Dynamic recalibration mechanism for elastic interface 失效
    弹性界面的动态重新校准机制

    公开(公告)号:US07440531B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-10-21

    申请号:US11055865

    申请日:2005-02-11

    IPC分类号: H04L25/00

    摘要: A method and apparatus for de-skewing and aligning digital data received over an elastic interface bus is disclosed. Upon receiving the data, it is sent through a programmable delay line. While in the programmable delay line, the data is sampled at three points within the data's eye pattern. The three sampling points are dynamically adjusted to maximize coverage of the data's eye pattern. During the adjustment of the sampling points to optimally cover the data's eye pattern, delayed data is sampled from an alternate sampler to prevent sampling from the functional sampler while the delay in the primary sampler is adjusted. Sampling from the alternate sampler while changing the sampling points of the functional sampler serves to reduce glitches that may occur by sampling the functional sampler while its sampling parameters are changed. The method and apparatus allow for alternate eye tracking and wrap around eye tracking.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于使在弹性接口总线上接收的数字数据去偏斜和对准的方法和装置。 在接收到数据后,通过可编程延迟线发送。 在可编程延迟线中,数据在数据眼图中的三个点进行采样。 动态调整三个采样点,以最大化数据眼图的覆盖范围。 在调整采样点以最佳地覆盖数据的眼图时,延迟数据从备用采样器采样,以防止在采样器中的延迟调整时从功能采样器采样。 在更换功能采样器的采样点时,从备用采样器进行采样可以减少在采样参数变化时采样功能采样器可能发生的毛刺。 所述方法和装置允许替代眼睛跟踪并包裹眼睛跟踪。

    ENHANCED MICROPROCESSOR INTERCONNECT WITH BIT SHADOWING
    24.
    发明申请
    ENHANCED MICROPROCESSOR INTERCONNECT WITH BIT SHADOWING 有权
    增强微处理器互连与位冲洗

    公开(公告)号:US20100005349A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-01-07

    申请号:US12165848

    申请日:2008-07-01

    IPC分类号: G06F11/00

    摘要: A processing device, processing system, method, and design structure for an enhanced microprocessor interconnect with bit shadowing are provided. The processing device includes shadow selection logic to select a driver bit position as a shadowed driver value, and line drivers to transmit data for the selected driver bit position and the shadowed driver value on separate link segments of a bus. The processing device also includes shadow compare logic to compare a selected received value with a shadowed received value from the bus and identify a miscompare in response to a mismatch of the compare, and shadow counters to count a rate of the miscompare relative to a bus error rate over a period of time. A defective link segment is identified in response to the rate of the miscompare within a predefined threshold of the bus error rate.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于具有位阴影的增强型微处理器互连的处理装置,处理系统,方法和设计结构。 处理装置包括阴影选择逻辑以选择驱动器位位置作为阴影驱动器值,以及线驱动器,用于在总线的单独链路段上传送所选择的驱动器位位置和阴影驱动器值的数据。 处理装置还包括阴影比较逻辑,以将所选接收值与来自总线的阴影接收值进行比较,并根据比较不匹配识别错误比较,并且阴影计数器计数误差相对于总线误差的速率 率一段时间。 响应于在总线错误率的预定阈值内的错误比较的速率来识别有缺陷的链路段。

    Bit shadowing in a memory system
    25.
    发明授权
    Bit shadowing in a memory system 失效
    存储系统中的位阴影

    公开(公告)号:US08082474B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-12-20

    申请号:US12165799

    申请日:2008-07-01

    IPC分类号: G06F11/14 G06F11/30

    摘要: Shadow selection logic is used to select a driver bit position as a shadowed driver value, and line drivers to transmit data for the selected driver bit position and the shadowed driver value on separate link segments of a bus. In addition, shadow compare logic is used to compare a selected received value with a shadowed received value from the bus and identify a miscompare in response to a mismatch of the compare Shadow counters are used to count a rate of the miscompare relative to a bus error rate over a period of time. A defective link segment is identified in response to the rate of the miscompare within a predefined threshold of the bus error rate.

    摘要翻译: 阴影选择逻辑用于选择驱动程序位位置作为阴影驱动程序值,线路驱动程序可以在总线的单独链路段上传输所选驱动程序位位置和阴影驱动程序值的数据。 此外,阴影比较逻辑用于将所选接收值与来自总线的阴影接收值进行比较,并根据比较不匹配识别错误比较阴影计数器用于计算相对于总线错误的误比率 率一段时间。 响应于在总线错误率的预定阈值内的错误比较的速率来识别有缺陷的链路段。

    Data receiver with a programmable reference voltage to optimize timing jitter
    27.
    发明授权
    Data receiver with a programmable reference voltage to optimize timing jitter 失效
    具有可编程参考电压的数据接收器,以优化定时抖动

    公开(公告)号:US07230449B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-06-12

    申请号:US11055805

    申请日:2005-02-11

    IPC分类号: H03K17/16 H04B3/00 H04L25/00

    摘要: Pseudo-differential drivers and receivers are used to communicate data signals between two or more IC chips. The data paths are aligned using programmable delay circuitry to de-skew each data path. A programmable reference generator is used to generate a reference voltage used by one or a group of receivers to detect the data signals. The reference voltage is adjustable using coarse as well as fine digitally controlled voltage increments. Test signals are sent from the driver to the receiver and the reference voltage is varied over its adjustable range using the coarse and fine adjustment controls while circuitry determines a measure of the detection timing jitter on successive transitions of the test signal. The operational value of the reference voltage is set to the value where the detection timing jitter is determined to be a minimum.

    摘要翻译: 伪差分驱动器和接收器用于在两个或更多个IC芯片之间传送数据信号。 使用可编程延迟电路对数据路径进行对齐,以使每个数据路径发生偏移。 可编程参考发生器用于产生一个或一组接收机使用的参考电压,以检测数据信号。 参考电压可以使用粗调以及精细的数字控制电压增量进行调节。 测试信号从驱动器发送到接收器,并且参考电压在其可调节范围内使用粗略和精细调节控制来改变,而电路确定测试信号的连续转换时的检测定时抖动的量度。 将参考电压的操作值设定为检测定时抖动确定为最小的值。

    ON-CHIP DETECTION OF POWER SUPPLY VULNERABILITIES
    29.
    发明申请
    ON-CHIP DETECTION OF POWER SUPPLY VULNERABILITIES 有权
    电源漏电检测

    公开(公告)号:US20100109700A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-05-06

    申请号:US12684142

    申请日:2010-01-08

    IPC分类号: G01R31/36

    摘要: On-chip sensor to detect power supply vulnerabilities. The on-chip sensor employs a sensitive delay chain and an insensitive delay chain to detect power supply undershoots and overshoots without requiring external off-chip components. Undershoots and overshoots outside a user-defined threshold are detected. The undershoots and overshoots are indicated by a relative difference in phase of the two delay chains. The two delay chains are programmable to detect various frequencies.

    摘要翻译: 片上传感器检测电源漏洞。 片内传感器采用敏感延迟链和不敏感延迟链,以检测电源下冲和过冲,而无需外部片外部件。 检测到用户定义的阈值之外的下冲和超调。 下冲和过冲由两个延迟链的相位相对差异表示。 两个延迟链可编程,以检测各种频率。

    DERIVING CLOCKS IN A MEMORY SYSTEM
    30.
    发明申请
    DERIVING CLOCKS IN A MEMORY SYSTEM 失效
    在记忆系统中传送时钟

    公开(公告)号:US20090094476A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-04-09

    申请号:US12332396

    申请日:2008-12-11

    IPC分类号: G06F1/00 G06F1/06

    CPC分类号: G06F13/4234 G06F13/1689

    摘要: A computer program product and a hub device for deriving clocks in a memory system are provided. The computer program product includes a storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for facilitating a method. The method includes receiving a reference oscillator clock at the hub device. The hub device is in communication with a controller channel via a controller interface and in communication with a memory device via a memory interface. A base clock operating at a base clock frequency is derived from the reference oscillator clock. A memory interface clock is derived by multiplying the base clock by a memory multiplier. A controller interface clock is derived by multiplying the base clock by a controller multiplier. The memory interface clock is applied to the memory interface and the controller interface clock is applied to the controller interface.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于在存储器系统中导出时钟的计算机程序产品和集线器设备。 计算机程序产品包括可由处理电路读取的存储介质,并且存储由处理电路执行以便于方法的指令。 该方法包括在集线器设备处接收参考振荡器时钟。 集线器设备经由控制器接口与控制器通道通信,并且经由存储器接口与存储器设备通信。 以基准时钟频率工作的基本时钟从参考振荡器时钟导出。 通过将基本时钟乘以存储器乘法器导出存储器接口时钟。 控制器接口时钟是通过将基本时钟与控制器乘法器相乘得出的。 存储器接口时钟应用于存储器接口,控制器接口时钟应用于控制器接口。