Technique for RFFE and SPMI register-0 write datagram functional extension

• US 10,496,568 B2
• Filed: 10/09/2018
• Issued: 12/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Mishra, Lalan Jee, O'Shea, Helena Deirdre, Wietfeldt, Richard Dominic, Chen, ZhenQi
• Primary Examiner(s): Tseng, Cheng Yuan
• Application Number:
  US16/155,554
• Publication Number:
  US 20190163649A1
• Time in Patent Office: 420 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/1668 Details of memory controller
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4291 using a clocked protocol
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0604 Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0659 Command handling arrangements, e.g. command buffers, queues, command scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0673 Single storage device

Abstract

Systems, methods, and apparatus for functionally extending a capability of a write datagram for RFFE and SPMI devices are provided. A sending device sets a configuration register to indicate an operation mode of a write command and generates a command code field in the write command. A most significant bit of the command code field has a value of 1 and remaining bits of the command code field are defined based on the operation mode. The sending device further includes payload bytes in a payload field of the write command based on the operation mode and sends the write command to a receiver via a bus interface. The sending device may also set a page-address register to include a page-address to be used if page segmented access (PSA) is enabled for the write command and set the configuration register to indicate whether the PSA for the write command is enabled.

Claims

1. A method of sending a write command to a receiver via a bus interface, comprising:

setting three or four consecutive bits in a configuration register to indicate an operation mode of the write command;

generating a command code field in the write command, wherein a most significant bit of the command code field has a value of 1 and remaining bits of the command code field are defined based on the operation mode;

including payload bytes in a payload field of the write command based on the operation mode; and

sending the write command to the receiver.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein if the operation mode is a first mode:

the remaining bits of the command code field are defined as data bits to be processed by the receiver; and

the payload field includes no payload bytes.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein a first consecutive bit is set to a value of 0, a second consecutive bit is set to a value of 0, and a third consecutive bit is set to a value of 0 in the configuration register if the operation mode is the first mode.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein if the operation mode is a second mode:

the remaining bits of the command code field are defined as code bits corresponding to one of 128 command codes; and

the payload field includes at least one payload byte that corresponds to the code bits and is to be processed by the receiver.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein a first consecutive bit is set to a value of 1, a second consecutive bit is set to a value of 0, and a third consecutive bit is set to a value of 0 in the configuration register if the operation mode is the second mode.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein if the operation mode is a third mode:

the most significant bit and the remaining bits of the command code field are defined as address bits corresponding to a register address; and

the payload field includes at least one payload byte that is to be processed by the receiver with respect to the register address.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein:

a first consecutive bit is set to a value of 0, a second consecutive bit is set to a value of 0, and a third consecutive bit is set to a value of 1 in the configuration register if the operation mode is the third mode and the payload field includes one payload byte that is to be processed by the receiver at a lower half of a page associated with the register address;

the first consecutive bit is set to a value of 0, the second consecutive bit is set to a value of 1, and the third consecutive bit is set to a value of 0 in the configuration register if the operation mode is the third mode and the payload field includes two payload bytes that are to be processed by the receiver at the lower half of the page associated with the register address;

the first consecutive bit is set to a value of 0, the second consecutive bit is set to a value of 1, and the third consecutive bit is set to a value of 1 in the configuration register if the operation mode is the third mode and the payload field includes three payload bytes that are to be processed by the receiver at the lower half of the page associated with the register address;

the first consecutive bit is set to a value of 1, the second consecutive bit is set to a value of 0, and the third consecutive bit is set to a value of 1 in the configuration register if the operation mode is the third mode and the payload field includes one payload byte that is to be processed by the receiver at an upper half of the page associated with the register address;

the first consecutive bit is set to a value of 1, the second consecutive bit is set to a value of 1, and the third consecutive bit is set to a value of 0 in the configuration register if the operation mode is the third mode and the payload field includes two payload bytes that are to be processed by the receiver at the upper half of the page associated with the register address; and

the first consecutive bit is set to a value of 1, the second consecutive bit is set to a value of 1, and the third consecutive bit is set to a value of 1 in the configuration register if the operation mode is the third mode and the payload field includes three payload bytes that are to be processed by the receiver at the upper half of the page associated with the register address.

8. The method of claim 6, further including:

setting a page-address register to include a page-address to be used if page segmented access (PSA) is enabled for the write command; and

setting the configuration register to indicate whether the PSA for the write command is enabled.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the setting the configuration register includes:

setting a single bit in the configuration register to indicate whether the PSA for the write command is enabled.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein if the PSA is enabled, the page-address included in the page-address register concatenated with the register address provides a register space location in which the receiver is to process the at least one payload byte.

11. A sending device for sending a write command to a receiver, comprising:

a bus interface; and

a processing circuit configured to;

set three or four consecutive bits in a configuration register to indicate an operation mode of the write command,

generate a command code field in the write command, wherein a most significant bit of the command code field has a value of 1 and remaining bits of the command code field are defined based on the operation mode,

include payload bytes in a payload field of the write command based on the operation mode, and

send the write command to the receiver via the bus interface.

12. The sending device of claim 11, the processing circuit further configured to:

set a page-address register to include a page-address to be used if page segmented access (PSA) is enabled for the write command; and

set the configuration register to indicate whether the PSA for the write command is enabled.

13. The sending device of claim 12, wherein the processing circuit configured to set the configuration register is further configured to:

set a single bit in the configuration register to indicate whether the PSA for the write command is enabled.

14. A method of receiving a write command from a sender via a bus interface, comprising:

receiving a mode setting message for setting three or four consecutive bits in a configuration register to indicate an operation mode of the write command;

receiving the write command from the sender;

reading a command code field in the write command, wherein a most significant bit of the command code field has a value of 1 and remaining bits of the command code field are interpreted based on the operation mode; and

detecting whether a payload field of the write command includes payload bytes to be processed based on the operation mode.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein if the operation mode is a first mode:

the remaining bits of the command code field are interpreted as data bits to be processed; and

the payload field includes no payload bytes to be processed.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein a first consecutive bit is set to a value of 0, a second consecutive bit is set to a value of 0,and a third consecutive bit is set to a value of 0 in the configuration register if the operation mode is the first mode.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein if the operation mode is a second mode:

the remaining bits of the command code field are interpreted as code bits corresponding to one of 128 command codes; and

the payload field includes at least one payload byte that corresponds to the code bits and is to be processed.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein a first consecutive bit is set to a value of 1, a second consecutive bit is set to a value of 0, and a third consecutive bit is set to a value of 0 in the configuration register if the operation mode is the second mode.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein if the operation mode is a third mode:

the most significant bit and the remaining bits of the command code field are interpreted as address bits corresponding to a register address; and

the payload field includes at least one payload byte that is to be processed with respect to the register address.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein:

a first consecutive bit is set to a value of 0, a second consecutive bit is set to a value of 0, and a third consecutive bit is set to a value of 1 in the configuration register if the operation mode is the third mode and the payload field includes one payload byte that is to be processed at a lower half of a page associated with the register address;

the first consecutive bit is set to a value of 0, the second consecutive bit is set to a value of 1, and the third consecutive bit is set to a value of 0 in the configuration register if the operation mode is the third mode and the payload field includes two payload bytes that are to be processed at the lower half of the page associated with the register address;

the first consecutive bit is set to a value of 0, the second consecutive bit is set to a value of 1, and the third consecutive bit is set to a value of 1 in the configuration register if the operation mode is the third mode and the payload field includes three payload bytes that are to be processed at the lower half of the page associated with the register address;

the first consecutive bit is set to a value of 1, the second consecutive bit is set to a value of 0, and the third consecutive bit is set to a value of 1 in the configuration register if the operation mode is the third mode and the payload field includes one payload byte that is to be processed at an upper half of the page associated with the register address;

the first consecutive bit is set to a value of 1, the second consecutive bit is set to a value of 1, and the third consecutive bit is set to a value of 0 in the configuration register if the operation mode is the third mode and the payload field includes two payload bytes that are to be processed at the upper half of the page associated with the register address; and

the first consecutive bit is set to a value of 1, the second consecutive bit is set to a value of 1, and the third consecutive bit is set to a value of 1 in the configuration register if the operation mode is the third mode and the payload field includes three payload bytes that are to be processed at the upper half of the page associated with the register address.

21. The method of claim 19, further including:

receiving a page-address setting message for setting a page-address register to include a page-address to be used if page segmented access (PSA) is enabled for the write command,

wherein the mode setting message further sets the configuration register to indicate whether the PSA for the write command is enabled.

22. The method of claim 21,

wherein the mode setting message sets a single bit in the configuration register to indicate whether the PSA for the write command is enabled.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein if the PSA is enabled, the page-address included in the page-address register concatenated with the register address provides a register space location in which the at least one payload byte is to be processed.

24. A receiving device for receiving a write command from a sender, comprising:

a bus interface; and

a processing circuit configured to;

receive a mode setting message for setting three or four consecutive bits in a configuration register to indicate an operation mode of the write command,

receive the write command from the sender via the bus interface,

read a command code field in the write command, wherein a most significant bit of the command code field has a value of 1 and remaining bits of the command code field are interpreted based on the operation mode, and

detect whether a payload field of the write command includes payload bytes to be processed based on the operation mode.

25. The receiving device of claim 24, the processing circuit further configured to:

receive a page-address setting message for setting a page-address register to include a page-address to be used if page segmented access (PSA) is enabled for the write command,

wherein the mode setting message further sets the configuration register to indicate whether the PSA for the write command is enabled.

26. The receiving device of claim 25, wherein the mode setting message sets a single bit in the configuration register to indicate whether the PSA for the write command is enabled.