Abstract:
A receiver includes a sampler that samples first voltage levels corresponding to a first logical value of data and second voltage levels corresponding to a second logical value of the data, based on a sampling clock. An equalizer receives and adjusts the first and second voltage levels. A clock and data recovery circuit recovers the sampling clock, based on the first and second voltage levels from the equalizer. An eye opening measurement circuit: (1) tracks a first sigma level by a first step unit depending on upper voltage levels greater than a first reference voltage level among the first voltage levels, (2) tracks a second sigma level by a second step unit depending on lower voltage levels less than a second reference voltage level among the second voltage levels, and (3) calculates a difference between the first sigma level and the second sigma level.
Abstract:
A receiver includes a sampler that samples first voltage levels corresponding to a first logical value of data and second voltage levels corresponding to a second logical value of the data, based on a sampling clock. An equalizer receives and adjusts the first and second voltage levels. A clock and data recovery circuit recovers the sampling clock, based on the first and second voltage levels from the equalizer. An eye opening measurement circuit: (1) tracks a first sigma level by a first step unit depending on upper voltage levels greater than a first reference voltage level among the first voltage levels, (2) tracks a second sigma level by a second step unit depending on lower voltage levels less than a second reference voltage level among the second voltage levels, and (3) calculates a difference between the first sigma level and the second sigma level.
Abstract:
A baseband IC for performing digital communication with an RFIC and a device including the same. The baseband IC for performing digital communication with an RFIC includes a digital interface circuit configured to receive a frame signal including at least one sampled signal from the RFIC according to a digital interface protocol, reconstruct the at least one sampled signal from the frame signal, and transfer the reconstructed sampled signal to a baseband modem in synchronization with a reception reference signal, and a sample synchronization manager configured to generate the reception reference signal, wherein the frame signal is transmitted from the RFIC to the baseband IC in synchronization with a transmission reference signal.
Abstract:
An electronic device is provided including: a display for displaying a UI element; a processor for processing an application; a Printed Board Assembly (PBA) having the processor mounted thereon, and arranged to be substantially parallel to the display; a main battery which supplies power to the electronic device, and is rechargeable and detachable; an auxiliary battery for supplying power to the electronic device; a first frame which houses the main battery, fixes the PBA, and is arranged to be substantially parallel to the display; a second frame for fixing the display and the first frame; and a cover coupled to the second frame, wherein the first frame includes a hole for housing the auxiliary battery, and the electronic device can receive power supplied from the auxiliary battery when power supply from the main battery is terminated.
Abstract:
An electronic device includes a reception equalizer that performs, a first equalization on a first signal based on a first coefficient, and one or more second equalizations on one or more second signals based on the first coefficient, the one or more second signals being based on a second coefficient associated with one or more characteristics of a transmission equalizer of the external device, and circuitry that iteratively sends control information generated based on the first coefficient to the external device until a termination condition is satisfied with regard to the first coefficient, the control information causing the second coefficient to be increased or decreased, the iteratively sent control information causing a first absolute value of the first coefficient corresponding to a final equalization of the one or more second equalizations to become smaller than a second absolute value of the first coefficient corresponding to the first equalization.
Abstract:
A clock switch device includes a controller and a switching circuit. The controller sets a clock switch period using a control signal when a logic level of a mode signal is changed. The switching circuit receives a first clock signal, a second clock signal and an auxiliary clock signal. The switching circuit, based on the control signal, outputs one clock signal between the first clock signal and the second clock signal as a glitch free clock signal before the clock switch period, stops outputting the one clock signal and outputs the auxiliary clock signal as the glitch free clock signal during the clock switch period, and stops outputting the auxiliary clock signal and outputs another clock signal between the first clock signal and the second clock signal as the glitch free clock signal after the clock switch period.
Abstract:
A wearable device may include: an analog watch unit that includes a time indicating unit that indicates time, and a drive unit that drives the time indicating unit; a touch screen that senses an input for adjusting the drive unit; and a control unit that controls the drive unit in response to the sensed input.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor may include providing a substrate having first and second regions defined therein, forming an interlayer dielectric layer including first and second trenches formed in the first and second regions, respectively, and conformally forming a gate dielectric layer along a top surface of the interlayer dielectric layer, side and bottom surfaces of the first trench and side, and bottom surfaces of the second trench. An etch stop dielectric layer may be formed on the gate dielectric layer, a first metal layer may be formed to fill the first and second trenches, and the first metal layer in the first region may be removed using the etch stop dielectric layer as an etch stopper.
Abstract:
A signal receiving circuit may include a receiving equalizer and a sequence estimator. The receiving equalizer may be configured to compensate an inter-symbol interference in a signal from an external to output an equalization data, based on a receiving signal from an outside. The sequence estimator may be configured to determine a termination symbol, based on the equalization data, to perform a decoding on the receiving signal, based on the determined termination symbol, and to output the decoded receiving signal as a sequence data.
Abstract:
A clock data recovery circuit includes a sampler to sample incoming data bits, a phase detector to generate an edge position signal and a polarity signal based on the sampled incoming data, a finite state machine to save a current edge position state, a polarity decision unit to generate a polarity inversion signal to invert the polarity signal, a gain controller to generate a tracking bandwidth signal, a recovery loop configured to adjust an edge offset of the reference clock, and a bit selector configured to recover the incoming data. The clock data recovery circuit has a first latency at a first operation mode and a second latency at a second operation mode. The phase detector in the clock data recovery circuit may include a first phase detector and a second detector combined together for a low latency and low lock time of the clock data recovery circuit.