Method for transmitting data and electronic device therefor

• US 10,608,845 B2
• Filed: 06/22/2017
• Issued: 03/31/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Shin-Ho, Song, Taesin, Jang, Jinyong
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Dhaval V
• Application Number:
  US16/316,687
• Publication Number:
  US 20190312755A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,013 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/02 Details ; arrangements for supplying electrical power along data transmission lines systems for transmitting signals via power distribution lines H04B3/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/0272 Arrangements for coupling to multiple lines, e.g. for differential transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/028 Arrangements specific to the transmitter end
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/40 Transmitting circuits; Receiving circuits repeater circuits, relay circuits H04L25/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/4917 using multilevel codes

Abstract

Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus and a method for transmitting data between internal modules in an electronic device. Here, a transmission apparatus of a digital interface may comprise: multiple transmission lines connected to a reception apparatus; and multiple transmission circuits connected in parallel to each other and provided for each of the transmission lines, wherein the transmission apparatus may be configured to transmit data having different voltages to the reception apparatus, using at least one transmission circuit among the multiple transmission circuits for each of the transmission lines on the basis of a variation of the voltage of data to be transmitted through each of the transmission lines. Other embodiments are also possible.

Claims

1. A transmission apparatus comprising:

multiple transmission lines connected to a destination circuit; and

for each one of the multiple transmission lines, a multiple transmission circuits connected in parallel to each other and the one of the multiple transmission lines,

wherein the transmission apparatus is configured to transmit data using different voltages to the destination circuit, using a number of transmission circuits among the multiple transmission circuits connected to each of the transmission lines, the number selected based at least in part on an amount of voltage variation of voltage corresponding to data and voltage corresponding to data transmitted at a previous time point, for data to be transmitted through each of the transmission lines.

2. The transmission apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transmission apparatus is configured to, in response to the voltage corresponding to data to be transmitted through the transmission line being maintained, transmit data to the destination circuit, using one transmission circuit among the multiple transmission circuits connected in parallel to the transmission line.

3. The transmission apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transmission apparatus is configured to, in response to the voltage corresponding to data to be transmitted through the transmission line being one-step varied with the voltage corresponding to data transmitted to the destination circuit at a previous time point, transmit data to the destination circuit, using one transmission circuit among the multiple transmission circuits connected in parallel to the transmission line.

4. The transmission apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transmission apparatus is configured to, in response to the voltage of corresponding to data to be transmitted through the transmission line being two-step varied with the voltage corresponding to data transmitted to the destination circuit at a previous time point, and the voltage corresponding to data being varied at the previous time point, transmit data to the destination circuit, using two transmission circuits among the multiple transmission circuits connected in parallel to the transmission line.

5. The transmission apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transmission apparatus is configured to, in response to the voltage corresponding to data to be transmitted through the transmission line being two-step varied with the voltage corresponding to data transmitted to the destination circuit at the previous time point, and the voltage corresponding to data being maintained at the previous time point, transmit data to the destination circuit, using three transmission circuits among the multiple transmission circuits connected in parallel to the transmission line.

6. The transmission apparatus of claim 1, wherein each transmission circuit comprises a pull up device and a pull down device which are connected with a corresponding transmission line.

7. The transmission apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus comprises a digital interface of a C-PHY scheme.

8. The transmission apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a control module configured to select numbers of transmission circuits to be used for transmitting data for each of the transmission line, on the basis of the voltage variations of voltage corresponding to the data to be transmitted through each of the transmission lines and the voltage corresponding to data transmitted through each of the transmission lines at the previous time point.

9. The transmission apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transmission apparatus is configured to transmit data through each of the transmission lines, based on a transmission time point corresponding to a voltage variation of data to be transmitted.

10. The transmission apparatus of claim 9, wherein the transmission apparatus is configured to:

in response to the voltage of the data being maintained, identify the transmission time point of the data based on first delay time; and

transmit the data, based on the identified transmission time point.

11. The transmission apparatus of claim 9, wherein the transmission apparatus is configured to:

in response to the voltage of the data being two-step varied with the voltage corresponding to data transmitted to the destination circuit at a previous transmission time point, identify the transmission time point of the data based on second delay time; and

transmit the data, based on the identified transmission time point.

12. An method of a transmission apparatus of a digital interface which comprises multiple transmission lines connected with a destination circuit, the method comprising:

identifying a voltage corresponding to data to be transmitted through each of the transmission lines;

selecting numbers of transmission circuits to be used for data transmission among multiple transmission circuits connected in parallel to each other and provided for each of the transmission lines, on the basis of a voltage variation of voltage corresponding to data to be transmitted through each of the transmission lines and a voltage corresponding to data transmitted at a previous time point; and

transmitting data having different corresponding voltages to the destination circuit through the selected numbers of transmission circuit for each of the transmission lines.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein selecting the transmission circuit comprises, in response to the voltage corresponding to the data to be transmitted through the transmission line being maintained, selecting any one transmission circuit among the multiple transmission circuits connected in parallel to the transmission line.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein selecting the transmission circuit comprises, in response to the voltage corresponding to the data to be transmitted through the transmission line being one-step varied with the voltage corresponding to data transmitted to the destination circuit at the previous time point, selecting any one transmission circuit among the multiple transmission circuits connected in parallel to the transmission line.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein selecting the transmission circuit comprises:

in response to the voltage corresponding to the data to be transmitted through the transmission line being two-step varied with the voltage corresponding to data transmitted to the destination circuit at the previous time point, identifying whether the voltage corresponding to the data was varied at the previous time point; and

in response to the voltage corresponding to the data having been varied at the previous time point, selecting two transmission circuits among the multiple transmission circuits connected in parallel to the transmission line.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising, in response to the voltage corresponding to the data being maintained at the previous time point, selecting three transmission circuits among the multiple transmission circuits connected in parallel to the transmission line.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the digital interface comprises a digital interface of a C-PHY scheme.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the transmitting of data further comprises transmitting data through at least one transmission circuit, based on a transmission time point corresponding to a voltage variation corresponding to the data for each of the transmission lines.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the transmitting of data further comprises:

in response to the voltage corresponding to the data being maintained, identifying the transmission time point of the data based on first delay time; and

transmuting the data, based on the identified transmission time point.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the transmitting of data further comprises:

in response to the voltage of the data being two-step varied with the voltage corresponding to data transmitted to the destination circuit at the previous time point, identifying the transmission time point of the data based on second delay time; and

transmitting the data, based on the identified transmission time point.