Bi-directional full-duplex lock system applied in data transmission interface and operating method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9660794-B2
Application number	US-201514796936-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 10, 2015
Priority date	Jul 18, 2014
Publication date	May 23, 2017
Grant date	May 23, 2017

Abstract

A bi-directional full-duplex lock system applied in a data transmission interface of a liquid crystal display is disclosed. The data transmission interface includes a transmitter and a receiver. The bi-directional full-duplex lock system includes a detection module and a control module. The detection module detects a transmitter link state of transmitter and a receiver link state of receiver respectively. The control module controls transmitter to transmit a lock signal to receiver, controls receiver to transmit the lock signal to transmitter, and controls one receiver to transmit the lock signal to another receiver. The lock signal relates to transmitter link state and receiver link state. When transmitter transmits the lock signal to receiver, a phase of the lock signal will be reversed for the receiver to detect whether its own frequency is correct.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A bi-directional full-duplex lock system, applied in a data transmission interface, the data transmission interface comprising at least one transmitter and at least one receiver, the bi-directional full-duplex lock system comprising:
a detection module, the detection module detecting a transmitter link state of the at least one transmitter and a receiver link state of the at least one receiver respectively; and
a control module, coupled to the detection module, the control module controlling the at least one transmitter to transmit a lock signal to the at least one receiver, controlling the at least one receiver to transmit the lock signal to the at least one transmitter, and controlling a receiver of the at least one receiver to transmit the lock signal to another receiver of the at least one receiver;
wherein the lock signal relates to the transmitter link state and the receiver link state; when the at least one transmitter transmits the lock signal to the at least one receiver, a phase of the lock signal is reversed during a specific period of time for the at least one receiver to detect whether a frequency of the at least one receiver is correct;
wherein the at least one transmitter and the at least one receiver are originally in a unlock state, when the at least one transmitter starts to transmit a data to the at least one receiver, the control module changes the at least one transmitter from the unlock state to a lock state and start a training of the at least one receiver;
wherein after the training of the at least one receiver is done, the control module changes the at least one receiver from the unlock state to the 3 lock state, so the at least one transmitter and the at least one receiver are both in the lock state, and the lock signal of the at least one transmitter and the at least one receiver have a first phase at this time.

2. The bi-directional full-duplex lock system of claim 1 , wherein when the specific period of time is started, the control module changes the at least one transmitter to the unlock state, the lock signal transmitted by the at least one transmitter to the at least one receiver has a second phase opposite to the first phase, so the at least one receiver can detect whether the frequency of the at least one receiver is correct.

3. The bi-directional full-duplex lock system of claim 2 , wherein when the at least one receiver detects that the frequency of the at least one receiver is correct, the control module changes the at least one transmitter to the lock state; when the at least one receiver detects that the frequency of the at least one receiver is not correct, the control module changes the at least one receiver to the unlock state.

4. A method of operating a bi-directional full-duplex lock system, the bi-directional full-duplex lock system being applied in a data transmission interface, the data transmission interface comprising at least one transmitter and at least one receiver, the method comprising steps of:
(a) controlling the at least one transmitter and the at least one receiver originally in a unlock state;
(b) when the at least one transmitter starts to transmit a data to the at least one receiver, changing the at least one transmitter from the unlock state to a lock state and starting a training of the at least one receiver;
(c) finishing the training of the at least one receiver and changing the at least one receiver from the unlock state to the lock state;
(d) changing the at least one transmitter to the unlock state and the at least one receiver detecting whether a frequency of the at least one receiver is correct; and
(e) selectively changing the at least one transmitter to the lock state or changing the at least one receiver to the unlock state according to a detecting result of the step (d).

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the step (c) comprises steps of:
(c1) determining whether a receiver link state of the at least one receiver is invalid; and
(c2) if a determining result of the step (c1) is yes, changing the at least one receiver to the unlock state.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the step (c) comprises steps of:
(c1′) determining whether the at least one receiver receives wrong data; and
(c2′) if a determining result of the step (c1′) is yes, changing the at least one receiver to the unlock state.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein the at least one transmitter transmits a lock signal to the at least one receiver, in the step (c) and the step (d), the at least one transmitter is changed from the lock sate to the unlock state, so the lock signal is reversed during a specific period of time, and the at least one receiver can detect whether a frequency of the at least one receiver is correct.

8. The method of claim 4 , wherein the step (e) comprises steps of:
(e1) if a determining result of the step (d) is yes, changing the at least one transmitter to the lock state; and
(e2) if a determining result of the step (d) is no, changing the at least one receiver to the unlock state.

Assignees

• Raydium Semiconductor Corp

Inventors

• Huang Da-Rong

Classifications

• G09G5/20 Primary

  Function-generator circuits, e.g. circle generators {line or curve smoothing circuits} · CPC title

• G09G2370/08

  Details of image data interface between the display device controller and the data line driver circuit · CPC title

• H04L5/1461 Primary

  Suppression of signals in the return path, i.e. bidirectional control circuits · CPC title

• H04L5/14

  Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex · CPC title