Variable signal flow control method for realizing chip reuse and communication terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10878148-B2
Application number	US-201716313814-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2017
Priority date	Jun 30, 2016
Publication date	Dec 29, 2020
Grant date	Dec 29, 2020

Abstract

A variable signal flow control method for realizing chip reuse and a communication terminal for realizing chip reuse using the variable signal flow control method, the method comprises the following steps: using at least two identical integrated circuit (IC) chips, the respective IC chips achieving different flows of the control signals according to different logic control signals; controlling the logic control signals such that the respective IC chips achieves the flow of the corresponding control signals. The method can achieve control function of different signal flows for two identical IC chips, thereby greatly simplifying chip types for achieving IC system functions, greatly reducing development costs of the IC system and management complexity of the mass production supply chain.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A variable signal flow control method for realizing chip reuse, comprising the following steps:
when an integrated circuit chip is packaged, logic control signals are connected to a power terminal or a ground terminal of the integrated circuit chip by wire bonding;
using at least two identical integrated circuit chips, wherein each integrated circuit chip includes at least two groups of transmission ports, one group of transmission ports are configured as input ports, and the other group of transmission ports are configured as output ports; and
buffering control signals in input buffer circuits, and gating switches selecting, according to the logic control signals, one group of transmission ports for opening and one group of transmission ports for closing, so as to determine different flows of control signals.

2. The variable signal flow control method according to claim 1 , wherein
each integrated circuit chip is any of a radio frequency switch chip, a radio frequency amplifier chip, a power management chip, and a power control chip.

3. The variable signal flow control method according to claim 1 , wherein
when the logic control signals are connected to the power terminal, a first group of transmission ports are used as input ports, and a second group of transmission ports are used as output ports; and
when the logic control signals are connected to the ground terminal, the first group of transmission ports are used as output ports, and the second group of transmission ports are used as input ports.

4. The variable signal flow control method according to claim 3 , wherein
when the at least two integrated circuit chips are connected in series level by level, the logic control signals are controlled, so that the control signals are output from an output port of a previous-level integrated circuit chip to an input port of a next-level integrated circuit chip.

5. The variable signal flow control method according to claim 4 , wherein
the previous-level integrated circuit chip transmits the received control signals to the output port by using a cable inside a chip, and transfers the received control signals to the next-level integrated circuit chip by wire bonding, thereby saving a cable on an external substrate of the chip.

6. The variable signal flow control method according to claim 1 , wherein
there are two integrated circuit chips, the integrated circuit chip receiving the control signals first is a first receiver chip, and the integrated circuit chip receiving the control signals later is a second receiver chip; and
the first receiver chip transmits the received control signals to an input port of the second receiver chip.

7. The variable signal flow control method according to claim 6 , wherein
the logic control signals are controlled, so that the integrated circuit chips respectively execute a function of the first receiver chip and a function of the second receiver chip.

8. The variable signal flow control method according to claim 1 , wherein
in each integrated circuit chip, an input end of the logic control signals is pulled up to a power terminal by using a resistor, and a pin of the logic control signals is unconnected.

9. The variable signal flow control method according to claim 8 , wherein
the resistor is a passive thin-film resistor or a transistor in a proper biased state.

10. The variable signal flow control method according to claim 1 , wherein
in each integrated circuit chip, an input end of the logic control signals is pulled down to a ground terminal by using a resistor, and a pin of the logic control signals is unconnected.

11. The variable signal flow control method according to claim 10 , wherein
the resistor is a passive thin-film resistor or a transistor in a proper biased state.

12. A communications terminal, wherein in the communications terminal, at least two identical integrated circuit chips are used, and different flows of control signals are achieved by using the variable signal flow control method according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Vanchip Tianjin Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lin Sheng

Classifications

• H04B1/006 Primary

  using switches for selecting the desired band (H04B1/0057 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F30/30 Primary

  Circuit design · CPC title

• H05K3/0005

  for designing circuits by computer · CPC title

• G06F2113/18

  Chip packaging · CPC title

• G06F2115/02

  System on chip [SoC] design · CPC title