Multi-lane N-factorial (N!) and other multi-wire communication systems

    公开(公告)号:US09735948B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-15

    申请号:US14875592

    申请日:2015-10-05

    发明人: Shoichiro Sengoku

    摘要: System, methods and apparatus are described that facilitate communication of data over a multi-wire data communications link, particularly between two devices within an electronic apparatus. A receiving device receives a sequence of symbols over a multi-wire link. The receiving device further receives a clock signal via a dedicated clock line, wherein the dedicated clock line is separate from, and in parallel with, the multi-wire link. The receiving device decodes the sequence of symbols using the clock signal. In an aspect, a second clock signal is embedded in guaranteed transitions between pairs of consecutive symbols in the sequence of symbols. Accordingly, the receiving device decodes the sequence of symbols using the clock signal received via the dedicated clock line while ignoring the second clock signal.

    Skew adjustment circuit, semiconductor device, and skew calibration method

    公开(公告)号:US09722590B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-01

    申请号:US15180146

    申请日:2016-06-13

    申请人: Hitachi, Ltd.

    摘要: A skew adjustment circuit includes: flip flop circuits for taking in an input signal in response to first clock signals; a clock phase adjustment circuit for adjusting phases of second clock signals, based on the second clock signals generated based on a reference clock signal and an output signal from the flip flop circuits; a phase interval detection circuit for detecting a phase interval between the first clock signals, based on a reference value; and a phase interval adjustment circuit for performing adjustment such that phase intervals become equal to each other between the second clock signals adjusted by the clock phase adjustment circuit, based on a skew adjustment signal from the phase interval detection circuit. The reference value is obtained by calibration, and the second clock signals adjusted by the phase interval adjustment circuit are provided as the first clock signals to the flip flop circuits.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING HOLDOVER

    公开(公告)号:US20170214516A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-27

    申请号:US15007967

    申请日:2016-01-27

    摘要: A system for managing holdover. The system may include a local oscillator device. The system may include a phase locked loop (PLL) device coupled to the local oscillator device and a reference clock source. The PLL device may obtain a reference clock signal from the reference clock source to produce an extracted clock signal. The system may include a drift monitoring device coupled to the local oscillator device and the PLL device. The drift monitoring device may determine an amount of oscillator drift within the local oscillator device using the extracted clock signal and an oscillator signal from the local oscillator device. The system may include a drift compensation device coupled to the drift monitoring device and the PLL device. The drift compensation device may transmit a drift compensation signal to the PLL device based on the amount of oscillator drift.

    Receiving device
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09673826B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-06

    申请号:US14840304

    申请日:2015-08-31

    发明人: Toshitada Saito

    摘要: According to one embodiment, a receiving device includes a first PLL circuit, a second PLL circuit, and a control circuit. The first PLL circuit includes a first VCO and extracts a first clock from a received first packet. The second PLL circuit includes a second VCO and outputs a second clock acquired by multiplying the received clock by N. The control circuit applies a control signal of the second VCO to a first line controlling the first VCO during a first time from start of reception of the first packet.