Integrated circuit capable of controlling impedance and electronic device including the same

• US 11,051,396 B2
• Filed: 09/09/2019
• Issued: 06/29/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Cheolho, Yoon, Seungjoon
• Primary Examiner(s): Semenenko, Yuriy
• Application Number:
  US16/564,040
• Publication Number:
  US 20200092983A1
• Time in Patent Office: 659 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H03H 7/38 Impedance-matching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 19/0005 Modifications of input or output impedance
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/0213 Electrical arrangements not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/181 associated with surface mounted components
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10356 Cables
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10507 Involving several components

Abstract

Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device may include a printed circuit board (PCB) including at least one conducting wire, a first integrated circuit (IC) placed on the printed circuit board and including a transmit pin electrically connected to the at least one conducting wire, and a second IC placed on the printed circuit board and including a receive pin electrically connected to the at least one conducting wire, wherein the first IC is configured to transmit a specified signal having a first voltage through the transmit pin, and change an internal impedance of the first IC based on a reflected signal of the specified signal at a first time point.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a printed circuit board (PCB) including at least one conducting wire;

a first integrated circuit (IC) placed on the printed circuit board and including a transmit pin electrically connected to the at least one conducting wire; and

a second IC placed on the printed circuit board and including a receive pin electrically connected to the at least one conducting wire,

wherein the first IC is configured to;

transmit a specified signal having a first voltage through the transmit pin;

change an internal impedance of the first IC based on a reflected signal of the specified signal at a first time point; and

transmit information about an impedance of the at least one wire to the second IC; and

wherein the second IC is configured to change an internal impedance of the second IC based at least on the information about the impedance of the at least one wire.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second IC comprises a receive buffer including a plurality of impedance elements, and

wherein the second IC is configured to select one of the plurality of impedance elements included in the receive buffer.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the second IC further includes:

at least one demultiplexer configured to select the one of the plurality of impedance elements.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first IC is configured to

change a transmission power based on a loss voltage of the specified signal.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first IC includes a transmit buffer including a plurality of impedance elements, and

wherein the first IC is configured to select, as the internal impedance, a first impedance element of the plurality of impedance elements included in the transmit buffer.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the first impedance element has a standard impedance value of the printed circuit board.

7. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the first IC further includes:

at least one demultiplexer configured to select one of the plurality of impedance elements as the internal impedance.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the specified signal corresponds to a radio frequency (RF) signal,

wherein the first IC includes a plurality of variable inductors and a plurality of variable capacitors, and

wherein the first IC is configured to change the internal impedance by using the plurality of variable inductors and the plurality of variable capacitors.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first voltage is implemented with a differential voltage.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the specified signal is a step signal having a magnitude of the first voltage.