Low-speed signal photoelectric conversion module of universal multimedia interface

• US 10,447,396 B1
• Filed: 11/08/2018
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: EverPro Technologies Company Ltd.
• Original Assignee: EverPro Technologies Company Ltd.
• Inventors: Li, Yan, Qin, Rui, Cheng, Yufeng, Jiang, Hui, Tang, Jinkuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Wolf, Darren E
• Application Number:
  US16/184,029
• Time in Patent Office: 341 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/2589 Bidirectional transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/40 Transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/50 Transmitters
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/60 Receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/66 Non-coherent receivers, e.g. using direct detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/14 Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex

Abstract

A photo-electric conversion module for low-speed signals of universal multimedia interface. A protocol analysis module configured to analyze directions of half duplex signals and perform conversion to full duplex signals; a packing and encoding module configured to pack received full duplex signal in a frame format and send the encapsulated signals to an electric-photo conversion module; the electric-photo conversion module configured to convert an electric signal to an optical signal and send the optical signal via an optical fiber; an unpacking and decoding module configured to perform frame unpacking and decoding on a received high-speed electric signal and send a full duplex signal obtained through protocol analysis to the protocol analysis module for protocol analysis again; and a photo-electric conversion module.

Claims

1. A low-speed signal photo-electric conversion module of universal multimedia interface, comprising:

a protocol analysis module configured to analyze half duplex signals in various multimedia control protocols according to protocol specifications of multimedia control signals, determine a signal direction related to the protocol, convert a low-speed signal of a multimedia interface to a full duplex signal, and send the full duplex signal to a packing and encoding module, or perform protocol analysis again on a full duplex signal outputted by an unpacking and decoding module and obtained through protocol analysis to recover the half duplex signal, and then send the half duplex signal to the multimedia interface;

the packing and encoding module configured to pack a full duplex signal of the multimedia interface and a full duplex signal converted from a half duplex signal through protocol analysis, encapsulate all multimedia interface low-speed control signals of the same moment in a frame format, and send the encapsulated signals to an electric-photo conversion module;

the electric-photo conversion module configured to convert an electric signal to an optical signal and send the optical signal via an optical fiber;

the unpacking and decoding module configured to perform frame unpacking and decoding on a received high-speed electric signal, convert the signal to a low-speed signal, directly send a full duplex signal in the low-speed control signal to the multimedia interface, send a full duplex signal obtained through protocol analysis to the protocol analysis module for protocol analysis again to recover the half duplex signal, and send the half duplex signal to the multimedia interface after the signal direction is determined; and

a photo-electric conversion module configured to receive an optical signal sent via an optical fiber, convert the optical signal to an electric signal, and send the electric signal to the unpacking and decoding module.

2. The photo-electric conversion module according to claim 1, wherein the multimedia control signal comprises one or more of HDMI, DP, and user-defined protocols.

3. The photo-electric conversion module according to claim 1, wherein the protocol analysis module being configured to analyze half duplex signals in various multimedia control protocols according to protocol specifications of multimedia control signals, and determine a signal direction related to the protocol comprises:

for an I²C signal in HDMI, performing, by the protocol analysis module, analysis data by data and bit by bit according to the historical state and current state of the I²C signal to determine directions of the relevant half duplex signal SCL and SDA in I²C;

for a CEC signal in HDMI, performing, by the protocol analysis module, analysis data by data and bit by bit according to the historical state and current state of the CEC signal to determine the direction of the CEC signal; and

for an AUX signal in DP, performing, by the protocol analysis module, analysis according to the current state of the AUX signal to determine the direction of the AUX signal.

4. The photo-electric conversion module according to claim 1, wherein the frame comprises a frame identifier and frame content, the frame content having different bits at different locations to store control signals of a plurality of protocols.

5. The photo-electric conversion module according to claim 4, wherein a null bit “

0”

can be inserted into the frame content to maintain distinctiveness and uniqueness of the frame identifier.

6. The photo-electric conversion module according to claim 4, wherein the packing and encoding module performs line coding on the packed data to convert the same to high-speed signals suitable for optical signal transmission, and sends the high-speed signals to the electric-photo conversion module.

7. The photo-electric conversion module according to claim 6, wherein the packing and encoding module introduces 0/1 jump in frame, such that “

0”

becomes “

01” and

“

1”

becomes “

10,”

or “

0”

becomes “

10” and

“

1”

becomes “

01,”

or “

0” and

“

1”

become other more complicated 0/1 jump codes.

8. The photo-electric conversion module according to claim 4, wherein the packing and encoding module can transmit null signals.