Systems and methods for die-to-die communication

• US 10,447,328 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2016
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
• Inventors: Chen, Huan-Neng, Jou, Chewn-Pu, Kuo, Feng-Wei, Cho, Lan-Chou, Shen, William Wu
• Primary Examiner(s): Lamarre, Guy J
• Application Number:
  US15/194,776
• Publication Number:
  US 20170373714A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,204 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/0078 with a common intermediate frequency amplifier for the different intermediate frequencies, e.g. when using switched intermediate frequency filters
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/40 Circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0061 Error detection codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1854 Scheduling and prioritising arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2027/0022 using the carrier of the associated receiver of a transceiver

Abstract

Systems and methods for die-to-die communication are provided. A first transceiver disposed on a first die includes a transmission section configured to modulate first data onto a carrier signal having a first frequency. The first transceiver includes a reception section configured to receive signals from a transmission line. The reception section includes a filter configured to pass frequencies within a first passband that includes a second frequency. The first frequency is outside of the first passband. A second transceiver is disposed on a second die and is configured to communicate with the first transceiver via the transmission line. The second transceiver includes a transmission section configured to modulate second data onto a carrier signal having the second frequency. The second transceiver includes a reception section including a filter configured to pass frequencies within a second passband that includes the first frequency. The second frequency is outside of the second passband.

Claims

1. A system for simultaneous bidirectional die-to-die communications, the system comprising:

a first transceiver disposed on a first die, the first transceiver including;

a transmission section configured to modulate first data onto a carrier signal having a first frequency for transmission via a bidirectional differential transmission line, and

a reception section configured to receive signals from the bidirectional differential transmission line, the reception section including a filter configured to pass frequencies within a first passband that includes a second frequency, the first frequency being outside of the first passband; and

a second transceiver disposed on a second die and configured to communicate with the first transceiver via the bidirectional differential transmission line, the second transceiver including;

a transmission section configured to modulate second data onto a carrier signal having the second frequency for transmission via the bidirectional differential transmission line, and

a reception section including a filter configured to pass frequencies within a second passband that includes the first frequency, the second frequency being outside of the second passband.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first and second frequencies are radio frequencies, and the first and second transceivers comprise radio-frequency (RF) transceivers.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the transmission section of the second transceiver is configured to transmit, via the bidirectional differential transmission line, the modulated second data at a same time that the first transceiver transmits the modulated first data.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the bidirectional differential transmission line is configured to carry the modulated first data and the modulated second data simultaneously.

5. The system of claim 3,

wherein the modulated first data includes an error detection code or error correction code and payload data, and

wherein the modulated second data includes a resend request, the second transceiver being configured to (i) detect an error in received data based on the error detection code or error correction code, and (ii) transmit the resend request at a same time that the first transceiver transmits the payload data, the resend request being transmitted based on the second transceiver'"'"'s detection of the error.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the first and second passbands are non-overlapping.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the first filter comprises a low-pass filter, and the second filter comprises a high-pass filter.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the first and second filters comprise bandpass filters having different passbands.

9. The system of claim 1,

wherein the transmission section of the first transceiver is configured to transmit, via the bidirectional differential transmission line, a timing signal modulated at a third frequency, and

wherein the reception section of the second transceiver comprises:

a second filter configured to pass frequencies within a third passband that includes the third frequency, the second transceiver being configured to receive and process the timing signal to determine a timing of the modulated first data.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the timing signal is a DQS data strobe signal, and the third frequency is a baseband frequency.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the first transceiver exchanges a data with the second transceiver, wherein the data further comprises at least one of an error detection code and an error correction code for error check and contemporaneous bidirectional data transmission.

12. A method for simultaneously and bidirectionally communicating data between two dies, the method comprising:

modulating, using a first transceiver disposed on a first die, first data onto a carrier signal having a first frequency;

transmitting, using the first transceiver, the modulated first data via a bidirectional differential transmission line;

filtering signals received at the first transceiver via the bidirectional differential transmission line using a first filter, wherein the first filter is configured to pass frequencies within a first passband that includes a second frequency, the first frequency being outside of the first passband;

modulating, using a second transceiver disposed on a second die, second data onto a carrier signal having the second frequency;

transmitting, using the second transceiver, the modulated second data via the bidirectional differential transmission line; and

filtering signals received at the second transceiver via the bidirectional differential transmission line using a second filter, wherein the second filter is configured to pass frequencies within a second passband that includes the first frequency, the second frequency being outside of the second passband.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving the modulated first data at the second transceiver, the modulated first data passing through the second filter; and

receiving the modulated second data at the first transceiver, the modulated second data passing through the first filter.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the transmitting of the modulated second data occurs at a same time as the transmitting of the modulated first data.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the modulated first data includes an error detection code or error correction code and payload data, and wherein the modulated second data includes a resend request, the method further comprising:

detecting, using the second transceiver, an error in received data based on the error detection code or error correction code; and

transmitting, using the second transceiver, the resend request at a same time that the first transceiver transmits the payload data, the resend request being transmitted based on the second transceiver'"'"'s detection of the error.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the first and second passbands are non-overlapping.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

transmitting, using the first transceiver, a timing signal modulated at a third frequency via the bidirectional differential transmission line; and

filtering signals received at the second transceiver via the bidirectional differential transmission line using a third filter, wherein the third filter is configured to pass frequencies within a third passband that includes the third frequency.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

receiving the timing signal at the second transceiver, the timing signal passing through the third filter; and

processing the timing signal to determine a timing of the modulated first data.

19. A simultaneous bidirectional communications system, comprising:

a first transceiver including;

a transmission section configured to modulate first data onto a carrier signal having a first frequency for transmission via a bidirectional differential transmission line, and

a reception section configured to receive signals from the bidirectional differential transmission line, the reception section including a filter configured to pass frequencies within a first passband that includes a second frequency, the first frequency being outside of the first passband; and

a second transceiver configured to communicate with the first transceiver via the bidirectional differential transmission line, the second transceiver including;

a transmission section configured to modulate second data onto a carrier signal having the second frequency for transmission via the bidirectional differential transmission line, and

a reception section including a filter configured to pass frequencies within a second passband that includes the first frequency, the second frequency being outside of the second passband.

20. The communications system of claim 19, wherein the first and second frequencies are radio frequencies, and the first and second transceivers comprise radio-frequency (RF) transceivers.

21. The communications system of claim 19, wherein the transmission section of the second transceiver is configured to transmit, via the bidirectional differential transmission line, the modulated second data at a same time that the first transceiver transmits the modulated first data.