IP Library Granted Patent US 9,912,843
Granted Patent B2
US 9,912,843 · App. 15/424,069 · Granted Mar 6, 2018

HDMI receiving circuit and method for determining transmission mode

Inventors: Chun Wen Yeh (Hsinchu Hsien, TW); Shuo-Ting Kao (Hsinchu Hsien, TW); Te-Chuan Wang (Hsinchu Hsien, TW)
Assignee: MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
H04N5/04G09G5/008H04N5/44G09G2370/12
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Patent No.
US 9,912,843
App. No.
15/424,069
Granted
Mar 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) receiving circuit receives an image signal and an input clock transmitted via HDMI and generates output data. The HDMI receiving circuit includes: a sampling circuit, sampling the image signal according to a transmission mode and the input clock to generate the output data; a data comparison circuit, coupled to the sampling circuit, determining whether the output data includes predetermined data to generate a determination result; and a control circuit, coupled to the sampling circuit and the data comparison circuit, determining the transmission mode according to the determination result.

Claims (32)

1. A High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) receiving circuit, receiving an image signal and an input clock transmitted via HDMI and generating output data, comprising:

a sampling circuit, sampling the image signal according to a transmission mode and the input clock to generate the output data;

a data comparison circuit, coupled to the sampling circuit, determining whether the output data comprises predetermined data to generate a determination result; and

a control circuit, coupled to the data comparison circuit, determining the transmission mode according to the determination result,

wherein the predetermined data comprises one of vertical synchronization information and horizontal synchronization information.

2. The HDMI receiving circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a clock detecting circuit, coupled to the control circuit, determining whether a frequency of the input clock satisfies a predetermined range.

3. The HDMI receiving circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a clock generating circuit, generating a reference clock; and

a clock detecting circuit, coupled to the clock generating circuit, determining whether the input clock is stable according to the reference clock.

4. A method for determining a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) transmission mode, applied to an HDMI receiver that receives an image signal and an input clock transmitted via HDMI, the method comprising:

sampling the image signal according to a transmission mode and the input clock to generate output data;

determining whether the output data comprises predetermined data to generate a determination result; and

determining the transmission mode according to the determination result,

wherein the output data comprises a plurality of sets of image data, and the predetermined data comprises one of vertical synchronization information and horizontal synchronization information.

5. The method according to claim 4 , further comprising:

generating a reference clock; and

determining whether the input clock is stable according to the reference clock.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the step of sampling the image signal according to the transmission mode and the input clock to generate the output data comprises:

multiplying a frequency of the input clock according to the transmission mode to generate a sampling clock; and

sampling the image signal according to the sampling clock to generate the output data.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the step of multiplying the frequency of the input clock according to the transmission mode to generate the sampling clock multiplies the frequency of the input clock by one of ten times and forty times according to the transmission mode to generate the sampling clock.

8. A High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) receiving circuit, receiving an image signal and an input clock transmitted via HDMI and generating output data, comprising:

a sampling circuit, sampling the image signal according to a transmission mode and the input clock to generate the output data;

a data comparison circuit, coupled to the sampling circuit, determining whether the output data comprises predetermined data to generate a determination result; and

a control circuit, coupled to the data comparison circuit, determining the transmission mode according to the determination result,

wherein the predetermined data is one of a scrambled character vector (SCV) and a control code.

9. A method for determining a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) transmission mode, applied to an HDMI receiver that receives an image signal and an input clock transmitted via HDMI, the method comprising:

sampling the image signal according to a transmission mode and the input clock to generate output data;

determining whether the output data comprises predetermined data to generate a determination result; and

determining the transmission mode according to the determination result,

wherein the predetermined data is one of a scrambled code vector (SCV) and a control code.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Jun 12, 2020
From: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
To: MEDIATEK INC.
Reel/Frame 052931/0468 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2017
From: YEH, CHUN WEN; KAO, SHUO-TING; WANG, TE-CHUAN
To: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 041168/0732 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 105119511 A · Jun 22, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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