THERMAL MITIGATION FOR USB POWER DELIVERY

    公开(公告)号:US20210265786A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-26

    申请号:US16798238

    申请日:2020-02-21

    Abstract: Thermal mitigation features may be included in a Universal Serial Bus (USB) cable assembly or in the USB receptacle portion of a device. In one aspect, one or both ends of a USB cable jacket may have greater thermal conductivity than the portion between them. The portion having the greater thermal conductivity may dissipate excess heat from the cable into the environment. In another aspect, a USB cable connector or the USB receptacle portion of a device may include a thermoelectric heat pump. The thermoelectric heat pump may move excess heat from the cable assembly or receptacle into a portion of the cable assembly or device that dissipates the heat into the environment.

    TECHNIQUE OF REGISTER SPACE EXPANSION WITH BRANCHED PAGING

    公开(公告)号:US20200042248A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-06

    申请号:US16508136

    申请日:2019-07-10

    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for increasing register space on a slave device are described. A method performed at a device coupled to a serial bus includes receiving a datagram from a serial bus, the datagram including a command directed to a first register address in a first page of registers, writing data in a payload of the datagram to a second register address in a second page of registers when the command is a write command, and reading data from the second register address in the second page of registers when the command is a read command. The second register address is identified in the datagram when the command is a write command.

    LOW LATENCY CLOCK-BASED CONTROL VIA SERIAL BUS

    公开(公告)号:US20200034158A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-30

    申请号:US16507947

    申请日:2019-07-10

    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for improving bus latency for trigger activation are described. One method includes using configuration information received from a serial bus and stored in a holding register to reconfigure a peripheral device in accordance with timing indicated by at least one edge in clock pulses transmitted on a clock line of the serial bus. A trigger is activated by detection of a first edge in the clock pulses. Bits of the holding register are transferred to a register that controls elements of the peripheral device when the trigger is actuated. The trigger may be activated as indicated by trigger activation information received in a datagram. The trigger may be activated as indicated by a start condition transmitted on the serial bus. The trigger may be enabled or disabled based on signaling state of a data line of the serial bus when the first edge is detected.

    LOW LATENCY TRIGGER ACTIVATION MECHANISM USING BUS PROTOCOL ENHANCEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20200033908A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-30

    申请号:US16507904

    申请日:2019-07-10

    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for improving bus latency are described. Clock-cycle overhead associated with the transmission of trigger activation information may be reduced through the use of optimized datagram structures for register-configurable trigger activation mechanisms. A first mechanism defines a command code with a first Trigger-Activation datagram, and a second mechanism defines a command code with a second Trigger-Activation datagram that uses a 4-bit Magic-ID and eliminates 18 clock cycles from the conventional Extended Register Write datagram structure. A method performed at a device coupled to a serial bus includes generating a datagram that does not have an address field, populating a data payload of the datagram with trigger activation information directed to a plurality of slave devices coupled to a serial bus, and transmitting the datagram over the serial bus. Transmission of the datagram serves as a trigger that causes a configuration change in at least one slave device.

    IN-BAND HARDWARE RESET FOR VIRTUAL GENERAL PURPOSE INPUT/OUTPUT INTERFACE

    公开(公告)号:US20180357067A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-13

    申请号:US15994955

    申请日:2018-05-31

    CPC classification number: G06F9/4403 G06F1/10 G06F1/24

    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for signaling in-band hardware resets over a serial communication link are provided. A sending device obtains a reference value for configuring a pulse to be sent to the receiving device, configures the pulse to have a logic state (low logic state or high logic state) for a time period based on the reference value, and sends the pulse on a data line between the sending device and a receiving device to indicate the in-band hardware reset to the receiving device. A receiving device receives a pulse on a data line between a sending device and the receiving device, compares a time period of a logic state (low logic state or high logic state) of the pulse to a reference value, detects whether the pulse indicates the in-band hardware reset based on comparison, and performs the in-band hardware reset if the pulse indicates the hardware reset.

    SENSORS GLOBAL BUS
    38.
    发明申请
    SENSORS GLOBAL BUS 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20180173672A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-21

    申请号:US15895856

    申请日:2018-02-13

    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are described that offer improved performance of a sensor bus. A first command is transmitted to devices coupled to a serial bus operated in a first mode in accordance with a first protocol to cause the serial bus to be operated in a second mode. After communicating in accordance with a second protocol while the serial bus is operated in the second mode, a second command is transmitted to the plurality of devices in accordance with the first protocol to terminate the second mode. In the second mode, extra symbols inserted into a sequence of symbols transmitted on the serial bus prevent the occurrence of an unintended signaling state on the serial bus. Pulses transmitted on a wire of the serial bus in the second mode may have their duration limited such that a filter of a second device suppresses the limited-duration pulses.

    SENSORS GLOBAL BUS
    40.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170364472A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-21

    申请号:US15676741

    申请日:2017-08-14

    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are described that offer improved performance of a sensor bus. A first command is transmitted to devices coupled to a serial bus operated in a first mode in accordance with a first protocol to cause the serial bus to be operated in a second mode. After communicating in accordance with a second protocol while the serial bus is operated in the second mode, a second command is transmitted to the plurality of devices in accordance with the first protocol to terminate the second mode. In the second mode, extra symbols inserted into a sequence of symbols transmitted on the serial bus prevent the occurrence of an unintended signaling state on the serial bus. Pulses transmitted on a wire of the serial bus in the second mode may have their duration limited such that a filter of a second device suppresses the limited-duration pulses.

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