IP Library Granted Patent US 9,111,043
Granted Patent B2
US 9,111,043 · App. 13/767,095 · Granted Aug 18, 2015

Semiconductor device and mobile terminal device

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Patent No.
US 9,111,043
App. No.
13/767,095
Granted
Aug 18, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a semiconductor device and a mobile terminal device capable of operating with stability. A semiconductor device includes an HSIC physical layer circuit fixedly connected to another semiconductor device through a bus line, a USB link control unit that operates with either a USB host function or a USB device function, and link-connects to the another semiconductor device, a nonvolatile storage unit that stores selection data, the selection data being used to select the USB function with which the USB link control unit operates, and a semiconductor substrate on which the HSCI physical control unit, the USB link control unit, and the nonvolatile storage unit are formed.

Claims (47)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

an HSIC physical layer circuit fixedly connected to another semiconductor device through a bus line;

a USB link control unit that operates with a USB function of either a host function or a device function, and link-connects to the another semiconductor device through the HSIC physical layer circuit;

a nonvolatile storage unit that stores selection data, the selection data being used to select the USB function with which the USB link control unit operates; and

a semiconductor substrate on which the HSIC physical layer circuit, the USB link control unit, and the nonvolatile storage unit are formed,

wherein a first state of the selection data indicates selection of the host function and a second state of the selection data indicates selection of the device function,

wherein the nonvolatile storage unit is only programmable to either of said first and second states,

wherein the nonvolatile storage unit outputs the selection data to the USB link control unit when the semiconductor device is started up and commencing at a first power-on period before the HSIC physical layer circuit becomes operational,

wherein the bus line includes a STROBE signal line and a DATA signal line,

wherein the HSIC physical layer circuit controls a first power-on state of the STROBE signal line and the DATA signal line to be a same logic state during said first power-on period, and

wherein the HSIC physical layer circuit controls a second power-on state of the STROBE signal line and the DATA signal line according to the selection data during a second power-on period.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the USB link control unit comprises:

a host setting unit that generates a setting signal used for an operation as the host function;

a device setting unit that generates a setting signal used for an operation as the device function; and

a select unit that outputs the setting signal generated by the host setting unit or the setting signal generated by the device setting unit according to the selection data.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein the HSIC physical layer circuit controls the bus line according to the setting signal output from the USB link control unit.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein when the USB link control unit operates as the host function according to the selection data, the HSIC physical layer circuit brings the bus line into an IDLE state when the semiconductor device is started up during a third power-on period.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein when the USB link control unit operates as the device function according to the selection data, the HSIC physical layer circuit brings the bus line into a CONNECT state when the semiconductor device is started up during a third power-on period.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein when the USB link control unit operates as the host function according to the selection data, the HSIC physical layer circuit brings the bus line into a RESET state after the bus line is brought into the CONNECT state.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the nonvolatile storage unit is an electric fuse.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the nonvolatile storage unit is a nonvolatile memory.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a memory that stores a program to be executed in the another semiconductor device, wherein

when the USB link control unit operates as the host function according to the selection data, a program stored in the memory is transferred to the another semiconductor device.

10. A mobile terminal device comprising:

an application processor that executes an application process; and

a base-band processor that executes a base-band process, the base-band processor being fixedly connected to the application processor through a bus line, wherein

each of the application processor and the base-band processor comprises

an HSIC physical layer circuit fixedly connected to the bus line;

a USB link control unit that operates with a USB function of either a host function or a device function, and link-connects to the application processor or the base-band processor through the HSIC physical layer circuit;

a nonvolatile storage unit that stores selection data, the selection data being used to select the USB function with which the USB link control unit operates; and

a semiconductor substrate on which the HSIC physical layer circuit, the USB link control unit, and the nonvolatile storage unit are formed,

wherein a first state of the selection data indicates selection of the host function and a second state of the selection data indicates selection of the device function,

wherein the nonvolatile storage unit is only programmable to either of said first and second states,

wherein the USB link control unit comprises

a host setting unit that a setting signal used for an operation as the host function;

a device setting unit that generates a setting signal used for an operation as the device function; and

a select unit that outputs the setting signal generated by the host setting unit or the setting signal generated by the device setting unit according to the selection data,

wherein the HSIC physical layer circuit controls the bus line according to the setting signal output from the USB link control unit,

wherein the nonvolatile storage unit outputs the selection data to the USB link control unit when the semiconductor device is started up and commencing at a first power-on period before the HSIC physical layer circuit becomes operational,

wherein the bus line includes a STROBE signal line and a DATA signal line,

wherein the HSIC physical layer circuit controls a first power-on state of the STROBE signal line and the DATA signal line to be a same logic state during said first power-on period, and

wherein the HSIC physical layer circuit controls a second power-on state of the STROBE signal line and the DATA signal line according to the setting signal output from the USB link control unit during a second power-on period.

11. The mobile terminal device according to claim 10 , wherein the nonvolatile storage unit is an electric fuse.

12. The mobile terminal device according to claim 10 , wherein the nonvolatile storage unit is a nonvolatile memory.

13. The mobile terminal device according to claim 10 , wherein

the application processor or the base-band processor comprises a memory that stores a program to be executed in the application processor or the base-band processor, and

when the USB link control unit operates as the host function according to the selection data, a program stored in the memory is transferred to the application processor or the base-band processor.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044928/0001 →
MERGER Recorded Mar 17, 2015
From: RENESAS MOBILE CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035186/0340 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2013
From: SASAKI, SATOSHI
To: RENESAS MOBILE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029827/0007 →