Host devices and data transmission methods

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9621339-B1
Application number	US-201615190940-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jun 23, 2016
Priority date	May 11, 2016
Publication date	Apr 11, 2017
Grant date	Apr 11, 2017

Abstract

A host device, coupled to a slave device through a bus interface, includes a frequency detector, a jitter detector, and a signal processing circuit. The frequency detector receives a first work frequency, and determines whether the first work frequency is the same as a second work frequency of the slave device. The jitter detector receives a first clock signal, and determines whether a jitter difference corresponding to the first clock signal exceeds a predetermined range. The signal processing unit includes a clock signal input pin, a data input pin, and an output pin. When the first work frequency is the same as the second work frequency, and the jitter difference is within the predetermined range, the signal processing circuit outputs a data signal to the slave device according to the first clock signal, data and Seems System Management Bus protocol.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A host device, coupled to a slave device through a bus interface, comprising:
a frequency detector, receiving a first work frequency, and determining whether the first work frequency is the same as a second work frequency of the slave device;
a jitter detector, receiving a first clock signal, and determining whether a jitter difference corresponding to the first clock signal exceeds a predetermined range; and
a signal processing unit, comprising a clock signal input pin that receives the first clock signal, a data input pin that receives data, and an output pin that outputs a data signal;
wherein when the first work frequency is the same as the second work frequency and the jitter difference is within the predetermined range, the signal processing circuit outputs the data signal to the slave device through the bus interface according to the first clock signal, the data and Seems System Management Bus protocol, and the bus interface has only one communication pin.

2. The host device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the frequency detector outputs a warning signal when the first work frequency is different from the second work frequency, or the jitter detector outputs the warning signal when the jitter difference is outside the predetermined range, and the first clock signal and the data stop outputting to the signal processing circuit.

3. The host device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the signal processing circuit comprises a NOT-gate, a first AND-gate, a second AND-gate and an OR-gate.

4. The host device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein:
the data is input to first input ends of the first AND-gate and the second AND-gate, and the first clock signal is input to an input end of the NOT-gate and a second input end of the second AND-gate; and
an output end of the NOT-gate is coupled to a second input end of the first AND-gate, output ends of the first AND-gate and the second AND-gate are coupled to a first input end and a second input end of the OR-gate respectively, and an output end of the OR-gate outputs the data signal.

5. The host device as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising:
a processor, having the first work frequency, is configured to provide the data, and to stop the output of the data according to the warning signal; and
a frequency generator, generating the first clock signal according to the first work frequency, and stopping the output of the first clock signal according to the warning signal.

6. A data transmission method, comprising:
receiving, via a frequency detector of a host device, a first work frequency corresponding to the host device;
receiving, via a jitter detector of the host device, a first clock signal corresponding to the first work frequency;
determining whether the first work frequency is the same as a second work frequency of a slave device; and
determining whether a jitter difference corresponding to the first clock signal exceeds a predetermined range;
wherein when the first work frequency is the same as the second work frequency and the jitter difference is within the predetermined range, a signal processing circuit of the host device outputs a data signal to the slave device through a bus interface according to the first clock signal, data and Seems System Management Bus protocol;
wherein the signal processing circuit comprises a clock signal input pin that receives the first clock signal, a data input pin that receives the data and an output pin that outputs the data signal; and
wherein the bus interface has only one communication pin.

7. The data transmission method as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising:
outputting a warning signal via the frequency detector when the first work frequency is different from the second work frequency; or
outputting the warning signal by the jitter detector when the jitter difference is outside the predetermined range; and
stopping the output of the first clock signal and the data to the signal processing circuit when receiving the warning signal.

8. The data transmission method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the signal processing circuit comprises a NOT-gate, a first AND-gate, a second AND-gate and an OR-gate.

9. The data transmission method as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising:
inputting the data to first input ends of the first AND-gate and the second AND-gate; and
inputting the first clock signal to an input end of the NOT-gate and a second input end of the second AND-gate;
wherein an output end of the NOT-gate is coupled to a second input end of the first AND-gate, output ends of the first AND-gate and the second AND-gate are coupled to a first input end and a second input end of the OR-gate respectively, and an output end of the OR-gate outputs the data signal.

10. The data transmission method as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising:
providing the data by a processor having the first work frequency;
stopping the output of the data according to the warning signal;
generating the first clock signal according to the first work frequency by a frequency generator; and
stopping the output of the first clock signal according to the warning signal.

Assignees

• Quanta Comp Inc

Inventors

• Yen Wei-Ting

Classifications

• G06F13/4282

  on a serial bus, e.g. I2C bus, SPI bus (on daisy chain buses G06F13/4247) · CPC title

• G06F13/42

  Bus transfer protocol, e.g. handshake; Synchronisation · CPC title

• G06F13/00

  Interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units (interface circuits for specific input/output devices G06F3/00 {; multiprogram control therefor  G06F9/46}; multiprocessor systems  G06F15/16 ) · CPC title

• G06F13/4068

  Electrical coupling · CPC title

• G06F11/3027

  where the computing system component is a bus · CPC title