Method for transmitting a USB signal and USB transmission system

• US 10,162,791 B2
• Filed: 11/20/2014
• Issued: 12/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Company KG (Rosenberger Technology (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Company KG (Rosenberger Technology (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kunz, Stephan, Muller, Thomas, Armbrecht, Gunnar
• Primary Examiner(s): Park, Ilwoo
• Application Number:
  US15/037,891
• Publication Number:
  US 20160292126A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,496 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/385 for adaptation of a particular data processing system to different peripheral devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4295 using an embedded synchronisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/0276 Arrangements for coupling common mode signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/20 using different combinations of lines, e.g. phantom working

Abstract

A method for transmitting three data signals from a USB signal in which the first data signal is transmitted differentially via a first conductor pair and the second data signal is transmitted differentially via a second conductor pair. A signal portion of the third data signal is transmitted as a common mode component via the first conductor pair and a reference portion of the third data signal is transmitted as a common mode component via the second conductor pair. A USB transmission system for carrying out this method and an adapter for a USB transmission system are presented.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting three data signals from a USB signal in which the first data signal is transmitted differentially via a first conductor pair and the second data signal is transmitted differentially via a second conductor pair, wherein a signal portion (D+) of the third data signal is transmitted as a common mode component via the first conductor pair and a reference portion (D−

) of the third data signal is transmitted as a common mode component via the second conductor pair.

2. The method of claim 1, including, following transmission, the third data signal can be assembled from the common mode component of the signal transmitted via the first conductor pair and the common mode component of the signal transmitted via the second conductor pair as the differential data signal (D+′

, D−

′

).

3. The method of claim 1, wherein before transmission, the signal portion of the third data signal is added, as a common mode component, to the first data signal which is to be transmitted differentially, and the reference portion of the third data signal is added, as a common mode component, to the second data signal which is to be transmitted differentially.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the signal portion of the third data signal transmitted in common mode corresponds in amount to the reference portion of the third data signal transmitted in common mode, but with the opposite sign.

5. The method of claim 1, including the two conductor pairs shielded by a common shielding.

6. The method of claim 5, including the two conductor pairs laid in a star quad arrangement.

18. The method of claim 4, including the two conductor pairs shielded by a common shielding.

19. The method of claim 6, wherein said star quad arrangement is in the form of an HSD transmission system.

7. A method for transmitting three data signals from a USB signal in which the first data signal is transmitted differentially via a first conductor pair and the second data signal is transmitted differentially via a second conductor pair, wherein a signal portion (D+) of the third data signal is transmitted as a common mode component via the first conductor pair and a reference portion (D−

) of the third data signal is transmitted as a common mode component via the second conductor pair, the method including transmitting a USB3 signal, wherein USB3 data from the USB3 signal are transmitted differentially from a host to a device (SSTX+ and SSTX−

) via the first conductor pair (32) and the USB3 data are transmitted differentially from the device to the host (SSRX+ and SSRX−

) via the second conductor pair (34), while the D+/D−

signal is transmitted via a phantom circuit.

8. A USB signal transmission system including two adapters connected together via two pairs of transmitter signal conductors, wherein each of the adapters has a USB interface for the input/output of a USB signal, such that the USB interfaces in each case have three pairs of USB signal conductors (SSTX+, SSTX−

;

SSRX+, SSRX−

;

D+, D−

) for the differential transmission of USB data signals which are coupled via a phantom circuit with the two pairs of transmitter signal conductors.

9. The USB signal transmission system of claim 8, wherein the first USB signal conductor pair is an SSTX signal conductor pair (SSTX+, SSTX−

), the second USB signal conductor pair is an SSRX signal conductor pair (SSRX+, SSRX−

) and the third USB signal conductor pair is a D signal conductor pair (D+, D−

).

10. The USB signal transmission system of claim 8, wherein the two pairs of transmitter signal conductors are arranged in a cable in a star quad form.

11. The USB signal transmission system of claim 8, including, additionally, a supply conductor pair running between the two adapters which is connected with supply conductor pairs (VBUS, GND) of the USB interfaces.

12. The USB signal transmission system of claim 8, including a USB3 connection socket and/or a USB3 connection cable connected to at least one of the USB interfaces.

13. The USB signal transmission system of claim 8, including a shielding starting out from the first USB interface and running via both adapters and the transmitter signal conductor pairs up to the second USB interface for electromagnetic shielding of the data signals.

14. The USB signal transmission system of claim 8, including a circuit board arranged in each of the adapters containing logical switching elements such as digital addition and/or subtraction.

20. The USB signal transmission system of claim 10, wherein the cable in the star quad form is designed in the form of an HSD connection.

21. The USB signal transmission system of claim 12, including a shielding starting out from the first USB interface and running via both adapters and the transmitter signal conductor pairs up to the second USB interface for electromagnetic shielding of the data signals.

15. An adapter for a USB signal transmission system including a first interface in the form of a USB interface with three USB signal conductor pairs (SSTX+, SSTX−

;

SSRX+, SSRX−

;

D+, D−

), each pair being configured for the differential transmission of a USB data signal, and with a second interface with two transmitter signal conductor pairs, each pair being configured for the differential transmission of a data signal, such that a first common mode component is added to the differential USB data signal which is to be fed via the first USB signal conductor pair (SSTX+, SSTX−

) in order to generate a first differential transmission signal for transmission via the first transmitter signal conductor pair (32) and a second common mode component is added to the differential USB data signal which is to be fed via the second USB signal conductor pair (SSRX+, SSRX−

) in order to generate a second differential transmission signal for transmission via the second transmitter signal conductor pair (34), wherein the first common mode component corresponds to a signal portion (D+) of the differential USB data signal which is to be fed via the third USB signal conductor pair (D+, D−

) or a multiple or a fraction thereof and the second common mode component corresponds to a reference portion (D−

) of the differential signal which is to be fed via the third USB signal conductor pair (D+, D) or a multiple or fraction thereof.

16. The adapter of claim 15, wherein the second interface is an HSD interface.

17. The adapter of claim 15, including a USB3 socket and/or a USB3 cable connected to the USB interface and an HSD socket or an HSD cable connected to the second interface.

22. A USB signal transmission system including two adapters connected together via two pairs of transmitter signal conductors, wherein each of the adapters has a USB interface for the input/output of a USB signal, such that the USB interfaces in each case have three pairs of USB signal conductors (SSTX+, SSTX−

;

SSRX+, SSRX−

;

D+, D−

) for the differential transmission of USB data signals which are coupled via a phantom circuit with the two pairs of transmitter signal conductors;

wherein the two pairs of transmitter signal conductors are arranged in a cable in a star quad form; and

wherein said adapter includes a first interface in the form of a USB interface with three USB signal conductor pairs (SSTX+, SSTX−

;

SSRX+, SSRX−

;

D+, D−

), each pair being configured for the differential transmission of a USB data signal, and with a second interface with two transmitter signal conductor pairs, each pair being configured for the differential transmission of a data signal, such that a first common mode component is added to the differential USB data signal which is to be fed via the first USB signal conductor pair (SSTX+, SSTX−

) in order to generate a first differential transmission signal for transmission via the first transmitter signal conductor pair (32) and a second common mode component is added to the differential USB data signal which is to be fed via the second USB signal conductor pair (SSRX+, SSRX−

) in order to generate a second differential transmission signal for transmission via the second transmitter signal conductor pair (34), wherein the first common mode component corresponds to a signal portion (D+) of the differential USB data signal which is to be fed via the third USB signal conductor pair (D+, D−

) or a multiple or a fraction thereof and the second common mode component corresponds to a reference portion (D) of the differential signal which is to be fed via the third USB signal conductor pair (D+, D) or a multiple or fraction thereof.