Methods for controlling data transfer speed of a data storage device and a host device utilizing the same

• US 10,275,163 B2
• Filed: 11/22/2017
• Issued: 04/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Silicon Motion Incorporated California (Silicon Motion)
• Original Assignee: Silicon Motion Incorporated California (Silicon Motion)
• Inventors: Shih, Fu-Jen, Chen, Yen-Hung
• Primary Examiner(s): Yu, Jae U
• Application Number:
  US15/820,727
• Publication Number:
  US 20180157417A1
• Time in Patent Office: 524 Days
• Field of Search: 711103
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/42 Bus transfer protocol, e.g. handshake; Synchronisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/061 Improving I/O performance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0625 Power saving in storage systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0634 by changing the state or mode of one or more devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0679 Non-volatile semiconductor memory device, e.g. flash memory, one time programmable memory [OTP]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4405 Initialisation of multiprocessor systems

Abstract

A host device coupled to a data storage device via a predetermined interface includes a processor and a signal processing device. The processor accesses data stored in the data storage device via the predetermined interface. The signal processing device performs signal processing on the data. The processor transmits a first power mode change request packet to the data storage device via the predetermined interface, to request to change a data transfer speed of the predetermined interface from a first speed to a second speed. The processor receives a first power mode change confirm packet via the predetermined interface from the data storage device, and in response to the first power mode change confirm packet, the processor determines to keep the data transfer speed at the first speed and does not change the data transfer speed to the second speed.

Claims

1. A host device, coupled to a data storage device via a predetermined interface, comprising:

a processor, accessing data stored in the data storage device via the predetermined interface; and

a signal processing device, performing signal processing on the data,

wherein the processor transmits a first power mode change request packet to the data storage device via the predetermined interface, to request to change a data transfer speed of the predetermined interface from a first speed to a second speed;

the processor receives a first power mode change confirm packet via the predetermined interface from the data storage device, and

in response to the first power mode change confirm packet, the processor determines to keep the data transfer speed at the first speed and does not change the data transfer speed to the second speed.

2. The host device as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the processor determines that a status field in the first power mode change confirm packet is set to busy, the processor determines to keep the data transfer speed at the first speed and does not change the data transfer speed to the second speed.

3. The host device as claimed in claim 1, wherein after receiving the first power mode change confirm packet, the processor further receives a second power mode change request packet, requesting to change the data transfer speed from the first speed to the second speed, from the data storage device via the predetermined interface.

4. The host device as claimed in claim 1, wherein after receiving the first power mode change confirm packet, the processor further transmits a third power mode change request packet, requesting to change the data transfer speed from the first speed to the second speed, to the data storage device via the predetermined interface.

5. The host device as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the processor has not received a second power mode change request packet or a second power mode change confirm packet with a status field set to request accept from the data storage device within a predetermined time period, the processor performs a reboot process to reboot the data storage device.

6. The host device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor determines to transmit the first power mode change request packet according to a data processing speed required by the signal processing device.

7. The host device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data storage device comprises a Universal Flash Storage (UFS), and the predetermined interface is a UFS interface.

8. A method for controlling data transfer speed, comprising:

Transmitting, by a processer, a first power mode change request packet to a data storage device via a predetermined interface, to request the data storage device to change a data transfer speed of the predetermined interface from a first speed to a second speed;

Receiving, by a processer a first power mode change confirm packet via the predetermined interface from the data storage device by the processer; and

in response to the first power mode change confirm packet, keeping the data transfer speed at the first speed and not changing the data transfer speed to the second speed.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

determining content of a status field of the first power mode change confirm packet, wherein when the status field in the first power mode change confirm packet is set to busy, keeping the data transfer speed at the first speed and not changing the data transfer speed to the second speed.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

after receiving the first power mode change confirm packet, receiving, by the processor, a second power mode change request packet, which requesting to change the data transfer speed from the first speed to the second speed, from the data storage device.

11. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

after receiving the first power mode change confirm packet, transmitting, by the processor, a third power mode change request packet, which requesting to change the data transfer speed from the first speed to the second speed, to the data storage device.

12. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

Performing, by the processor, a reboot process to reboot the data storage device when a second power mode change request packet or a second power mode change confirm packet with a status field set to request accept has not been received by the processor from the data storage device within a predetermined time period.

13. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the data transfer speed comprises a transmission speed for a host device to transmit data to the data storage device and a reception speed for the host device to receive data from the data storage device.

14. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the data transfer speed is the data transfer speed of a UFS interface.