Abstract:
A data sampling circuit module, a data sampling method and a memory storage device are provided. The method includes: receiving a differential signal and generating a sensing voltage pair according to the differential signal, where the sensing voltage pair includes a first sensing voltage and a second sensing voltage, a voltage value of the first sensing voltage is related to a first differential signal of the differential signal, and a voltage value of the second sensing voltage is related to a second differential signal of the differential signal; and receiving the sensing voltage pair and outputting a sampling data stream according to a clock of the differential signal and a voltage relative relationship of the sensing voltage pair.
Abstract:
A sampling circuit module, a memory control circuit unit, and a data sampling method are provided. The sampling circuit module includes a delay lock loop (DLL) and a sampling circuit. The DLL includes a clock control circuit, a clock delay circuit and a voltage control circuit. The clock control circuit performs a delay lock for a reference clock signal, so as to output a selecting signal. The clock delay circuit delays the reference clock signal according to the selecting signal, so as to output a delay clock signal. The voltage control circuit adjusts a driving voltage outputted to the clock control circuit and the clock delay circuit according to the selecting signal. The sampling circuit samples a data signal according to the delay clock signal. Accordingly, a delay ability of the DLL may be improved by adjusting the driving voltage.
Abstract:
A connecting interface unit and a memory storage device without a crystal oscillator are provided and include a frequency detector, a phase detector, an oscillator, a sampling circuit and a transmitter circuit. The frequency detector and the phase detector respectively detect frequency difference and phase difference between an input signal from a host system and a reference signal to generate a frequency signal and a phase signal. The frequency signal and the phase signal that have passed through a filter are transmitted to the oscillator to generate the reference signal for generating a clock signal. The sampling circuit generates an input data signal according to the reference signal. The transmitter circuit modulates an output data signal according to the clock signal to generate and transmit an output signal to the host system. Accordingly, the connecting interface unit conforms to the specification of a transmission stand.
Abstract:
A memory storage device, a memory control circuit unit, and a clock adjusting circuit disposed on a plurality of layers are provided. The clock adjusting circuit includes a detection circuit, a control voltage generating circuit, and a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO). The detection circuit detects a signal characteristic difference between an input signal and an output signal to generate a first signal. The control voltage generating circuit is coupled to the detection circuit and generates a control voltage according to the first signal. The VCO is coupled to the control voltage generating circuit and includes an inductor and a capacitor. The VCO receives the control voltage and starts oscillating according to an impedance characteristic of the inductor and the capacitor to generate the output signal. The inductor is disposed on a pad layer among the layers. Thereby, the manufacturing cost is reduced.
Abstract:
A controlling method for connector is provided, which includes: receiving a first signal stream under a condition that a squelch detector is turned-off; determining whether the first signal stream contains a burst signal under a first operating frequency; if the first signal stream contains the burst signal, turning on the squelch detector and determining by the squelch detector under a second operating frequency whether a second signal stream is a waking signal, wherein the second signal stream is received after receiving the first signal stream and the second operating frequency is greater than the first operating frequency. The controlling method further includes: if the second signal stream is the waking signal, changing an operating state of the connector to an active state. In this way, the power consumption of the connector is reduced.
Abstract:
An equalizer tuning method for a memory storage device is provided according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure. The method includes: receiving a first signal; modulating the first signal by a first modulation circuit according to a first type parameter and modulating the first signal by a second modulation circuit according to a second type parameter; detecting a signal eye-width value and a signal eye-height value of the modulated first signal; and adjusting the first type parameter according to the detected signal eye-width value and adjusting the second type parameter according to the detected signal eye-height value.
Abstract:
An exemplary embodiment of the disclosure provides a switch module which includes a first conductive unit, a first switch unit and a first electrostatic protection module. The first electrostatic protection module is coupled between the first conductive unit and the first switch unit. The first electrostatic protection module includes a first protection circuit and a first inductor circuit. The first inductor circuit includes a first inductor unit, and the first inductor circuit is coupled between the first protection circuit and the first conductive unit. Accordingly, the transmission efficiency of the switch (or multiplexer) for high speed signal can be improved.
Abstract:
A channel switching device, a memory storage device and a channel switching method are provided. The channel switching device includes a signal analysis module and a switch module. The signal analysis module is configured to analyze non-power signal from at least one of a plurality of connection interface units of the memory storage device. The switch module is configured to turn on a first channel coupled to a first connection interface unit among the connection interface units of the memory storage device according to an analysis result of the non-power signal, where the first channel which is turned on is for receiving first input signal from the first connection interface unit or transmitting first output signal to the first connection interface unit. Therefore, a probability of mistakenly enabling or disabling a specific connection interface unit of a memory storage device can be reduced.
Abstract:
A signal modulation method, an adaptive equalizer and a memory storage device are provided. The method includes: receiving a first signal; performing a first modulation on the first signal based on a first power mode to generate a second signal having a first eye-width; performing a second modulation based on a second power mode to generate the second signal having a second eye-width; determining whether the first eye-width and the second eye-width meet a first condition; if yes, performing a third modulation based on the first power mode to generate the second signal having a third eye-width; otherwise, performing the third modulation based on the second power mode to generate the second signal having the third eye-width. Therein, a power consumption of performing the second modulation is less than that of performing the first modulation. Therefore, an efficiency of the adaptive equalizer may be improved.
Abstract:
A connecting interface unit and a memory storage device without a crystal oscillator are provided and include a frequency detector, a phase detector, an oscillator, a sampling circuit and a transmitter circuit. The frequency detector and the phase detector respectively detect frequency difference and phase difference between an input signal from a host system and a reference signal to generate a frequency signal and a phase signal. The frequency signal and the phase signal that have passed through a filter are transmitted to the oscillator to generate the reference signal for generating a clock signal. The sampling circuit generates an input data signal according to the reference signal. The transmitter circuit modulates an output data signal according to the clock signal to generate and transmit an output signal to the host system. Accordingly, the connecting interface unit conforms to the specification of a transmission stand.