Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for improved synchronization between devices
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Application No.: US14199210Application Date: 2014-03-06
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Publication No.: US09971421B2Publication Date: 2018-05-15
- Inventor: Chee Weng Cheong , Leonard Liviu Dinu , Dianbo Guo , Kien Beng Tan
- Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD
- Applicant Address: SG Singapore
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: SG Singapore
- Agency: Crowe & Dunlevy
- Main IPC: H04L7/00
- IPC: H04L7/00 ; H04L25/00 ; H04L25/40 ; G06F3/0354 ; G06F3/041 ; G06F3/038 ; H04L27/00

Abstract:
A system and method for synchronizing two devices in communication with each other. When communication between the two devices is to be established, a synchronization process may be invoked. In an embodiment, a first device may initiate sending synchronization signals having rising edge and falling edge pairs. The second device may include a controller configured to receive the synchronization signals. However, noise may inhibit the ability of the controller to correctly receive and/or interpret the synchronization signals. Noise may cause detection components to falsely detect noise as a synchronization signal or may cause detection components to miss detection of an actual synchronization signal. A window generator may be used to generate comparison windows for the controller to detect synchronization signals. Further, the detection window duration and start times may be adjusted based on previously detected (or undetected) synchronization signals in order to compensate for noise overshadowing synchronization signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150256329A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN DEVICES Public/Granted day:2015-09-10
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