IP Library Granted Patent US 8,891,346
Granted Patent B2
US 8,891,346 · App. 12/833,320 · Granted Nov 18, 2014

Data transmission circuit and data transmission/reception system with reduced jitter

Inventor: Guen-Il Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
H04B3/32H04L25/028
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,891,346
App. No.
12/833,320
Granted
Nov 18, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A data transmission/reception system includes a data transmission circuit and a data reception circuit. The data transmission circuit includes a pattern detection unit configured to detect a pattern of data to be loaded on inner lines among a plurality of transmission lines and generate an inversion signal, and a transmission unit configured to transmit data to the plurality of transmission lines and the inversion signal to an inversion line, and invert some of the data to be loaded on the inner lines in response to the inversion signal. The data reception circuit is configured to invert the data inverted by the transmission unit among the data transferred to the plurality of transmission lines, in response to the inversion signal.

Claims (13)

1. A data transmission circuit comprising:

a pattern detection unit configured to detect a pattern of data to be loaded on two inner lines, among four transmission lines, and generate an inversion signal; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit data to the four transmission lines and the inversion signal to an inversion line, and invert some of the data to be loaded on the two inner lines in response to the inversion signal,

wherein the inversion signal is in an inactive state when the data to be loaded on one line of the two inner lines and the data to be loaded on the other line of the two inner lines have the same logic value, and the inversion signal is in an active state when the data to be loaded on one line of the two inner lines and the data to be loaded on the other line of the two inner lines have different logic values.

2. The data transmission circuit of claim 1 , wherein the transmission unit inverts the data to be loaded on one line of the two inner lines when the inversion signal is in an active state.

3. A data transmission/reception system comprising a data transmission circuit and a data reception circuit,

wherein the data transmission circuit comprises:

a pattern detection unit configured to detect a pattern of data to be loaded on two inner lines, among four transmission lines, and generate an inversion signal; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit data to the four transmission lines and the inversion signal to an inversion line, and invert some of the data to be loaded on the two inner lines in response to the inversion signal, and

the data reception circuit is configured to invert the data inverted by the transmission unit among the data transferred to the four transmission lines, in response to the inversion signal,

wherein the inversion signal is in an inactive state when the data to be loaded on one line of the two inner lines and the data to be loaded on the other line of the two inner lines have a same logic value, and the inversion signal is in an active state when the data to be loaded on one line of the two inner lines and the data to be loaded on the other line of the two inner lines have different logic values.

4. The data transmission/reception system of claim 3 , wherein the data transmission circuit and the data reception circuit are provided in the same semiconductor device.

5. The data transmission/reception system of claim 3 , wherein the data transmission circuit and the data reception circuit are provided in different semiconductor devices.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 15, 2014
From: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 033990/0403 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2010
From: LEE, GEUN-IL
To: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 024658/0950 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2010-0039982 · Apr 29, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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