Operation method and receiver device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11290148-B2
Application number	US-202017034288-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2020
Priority date	Feb 20, 2020
Publication date	Mar 29, 2022
Grant date	Mar 29, 2022

Abstract

An operation method is implemented by a receiver device. The operation method includes following steps: detecting a signal on a transmission line; performing a channel estimation to acquire a length of the transmission line; comparing the length with at least one length threshold value to generate a comparison result; and adjusting a depth of a FIFO process according to the comparison result.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An operation method implemented by a receiver device, wherein the operation method comprises:
detecting a signal on a transmission line;
performing a channel estimation to acquire a length of the transmission line;
comparing the length with at least one length threshold value to generate a comparison result; and
adjusting a depth of a first-in-first-out (FIFO) process performed by a storage circuit according to the comparison result.

2. The operation method of claim 1 , further comprising:
performing an initialization process to preset the depth as a maximum depth.

3. The operation method of claim 1 , wherein adjusting the depth of the FIFO process comprises:
reducing the depth if the length of the transmission line is shorter than the at least one length threshold value.

4. The operation method of claim 1 , wherein detecting the signal on the transmission line comprises:
detecting signal energy on the transmission line;
determining whether the signal energy is greater than an energy threshold value; and
performing the channel estimation if the signal energy is greater than the energy threshold value.

5. The operation method of claim 4 , further comprising:
continuing to detect the signal energy on the transmission line if the signal energy is lower than or equal to the energy threshold value.

6. The operation method of claim 1 , wherein the transmission line is applied to an Ethernet system.

7. A receiver device, comprising:
a decoder circuit;
a first storage circuit configured to receive first input data and perform a FIFO process;
a first equalizer coupled to the first storage circuit and the decoder circuit;
a second storage circuit configured to receive second input data;
a second equalizer coupled to the second storage circuit and the decoder circuit;
a canceller circuit coupled to the first equalizer and the second storage circuit; and
a switch coupled between an input terminal of the first storage circuit and an output terminal of the first storage circuit, wherein the switch is turned on or turned off based on a comparison result of comparing a length of a transmission line corresponding to the first input data with at least one length threshold value.

8. The receiver device of claim 7 , wherein a channel estimation is performed when a preset length of the FIFO process is set to a maximum depth.

9. The receiver device of claim 7 , wherein the switch is turned on if the comparison result indicates that the length of the transmission line is equal to or shorter than the at least one length threshold value.

10. The receiver device of claim 9 , wherein the switch is turned off if the comparison result indicates that the length of the transmission line is longer than the at least one length threshold value.

11. The receiver device of claim 7 , wherein the receiver device is applied to an Ethernet system.

12. The receiver device of claim 7 , wherein a delay time of the first storage circuit is adjusted based on the comparison result.

13. An operation method implemented by a receiver device, wherein the operation method comprises:
detecting a signal on a transmission line;
acquiring a length of the transmission line or a signal-to-noise ratio corresponding to the transmission line;
determining an adjusted depth according to the length or the signal-to-noise ratio based on a look-up table; and
performing, by a storage circuit, a FIFO process according to the adjusted depth.

14. The operation method of claim 13 , wherein the look-up table records a mapping relationship between at least one length and at least one adjusted depth.

15. The operation method of claim 13 , further comprising:
determining the signal-to-noise ratio according to the signal being detected on the transmission line.

16. The operation method of claim 15 , wherein the look-up table records a mapping relationship between at least one signal-to-noise ratio and at least one adjusted depth.

17. The operation method of claim 13 , wherein acquiring the length of the transmission line comprises:
performing a channel estimation when a preset length of the FIFO process is set to a maximum depth, in order to acquire the length of the transmission line.

18. The operation method of claim 13 , wherein the transmission line is applied to an Ethernet system.

Assignees

• Realtek Semiconductor Corp

Inventors

• Hsu Chi-Sheng
• Mao Sung-Yen

Classifications

• H04L25/0272

  Arrangements for coupling to multiple lines, e.g. for differential transmission · CPC title

• H04B3/231 Primary

  Echo cancellers using readout of a memory to provide the echo replica · CPC title

• H04L25/03878

  Line equalisers; line build-out devices · CPC title

• H04L25/03019

  adaptive, i.e. capable of adjustment during data reception · CPC title

• H04L25/0216

  with estimation of channel length · CPC title