IP Library Granted Patent US 10,680,575
Granted Patent B2
US 10,680,575 · App. 16/301,470 · Granted Jun 9, 2020

Device, differential signal line processing method and differential signal line processing apparatus

Inventor: Fangxi Hou (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
H03H7/427H03H1/00H03H7/422H04N5/2251H03H2001/0092
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Patent No.
US 10,680,575
App. No.
16/301,470
Granted
Jun 9, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a device, a differential signal line processing method and a differential signal line processing apparatus. The device includes a first component and a second component; the first component and the second component perform signal transmission via multiple sets of differential signal lines; the device further includes at least one common-mode filter, each common-mode filter of the at least one common-mode filter being serially connected between the first component and the second component via one set of differential signal lines, and a group delay of the each common-mode filter being adopted for adjusting a delay of signal transmission on the one set of differential signal lines connected to the common-mode filter.

Claims (29)

1. A device, comprising a first component and a second component, wherein the first component and the second component perform signal transmission via multiple sets of differential signal lines; the device further comprises:

at least one common-mode filter, each common-mode filter of the at least one common-mode filter being serially connected between the first component and the second component via one set of differential signal lines, and a group delay of the each common-mode filter being adopted for adjusting a delay of signal transmission on the one set of differential signal lines connected to the common-mode filter.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a length of each set of differential signal lines in the multiple sets of differential signal lines has a negative correlational relationship with the group delay of the common-mode filter serially connected to the set of differential signal lines.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a number of the at least one common-mode filter is the same as a number of the multiple sets of differential signal lines; and each set of differential signal lines connected between the first component and the second component is serially connected to one common-mode filter.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one common-mode filter comprises: at least one inductance common-mode filter.

5. The device according to any one of claim 1 wherein the first component comprises a camera module, and the second component comprises a processor.

6. The device according to any one of claim 1 wherein the first component and the second component are located in the device; and the device comprises user equipment.

7. A differential signal line processing method, comprising:

acquiring lengths of multiple sets of differential signal lines connected between a first component and a second component; and

selecting, according to the lengths of the multiple sets of differential signal lines, at least one common-mode filter respectively having a group delay meeting a predetermined condition, wherein each common-mode filter of the at least one common-mode filter is serially connected between the first component and the second component via one set of differential signal lines, and the group delay of the each common-mode filter is adopted for adjusting a delay of signal transmission on the one set of differential signal lines connected to the common-mode filter.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein selecting, according to the lengths of the multiple sets of differential signal lines, the at least one common-mode filter respectively having the group delay meeting the predetermined condition comprises:

selecting, according to the lengths of the multiple sets of differential signal lines, multiple common-mode filters respectively having the group delay meeting the predetermined condition, a number of the multiple common-mode filters being equal to a number of the multiple sets of differential signal lines.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein selecting, according to the lengths of the multiple sets of differential signal lines, the multiple common-mode filters respectively having the group delay meeting the predetermined condition, the number of the multiple common-mode filters being equal to the number of the multiple sets of differential signal lines comprises:

for each set of differential signal lines in the multiple sets of differential signal lines, selecting the common-mode filter corresponding to the each set of differential signal lines, so that a delay of any set of differential signal lines is equal to delays of other sets of differential signal lines, wherein the other sets of differential signal lines are sets of differential signal lines except for the any set of differential signal lines in the multiple sets of differential signal lines.

10. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one common-mode filter comprises: at least one inductance common-mode filter.

11. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the first component comprises a camera module, and the second component comprises a processor.

12. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the first component and the second component are located in the device; and the device comprises user equipment.

13. A differential signal line processing apparatus, comprising:

an acquisition module, configured to acquire lengths of multiple sets of differential signal lines connected between a first component and a second component; and

a selection module, configured to select, according to the lengths of the multiple sets of differential signal lines acquired by the acquisition module, at least one common-mode filter respectively having a group delay meeting a predetermined condition, wherein each common-mode filter of the at least one common-mode filter is serially connected between the first component and the second component via one set of differential signal lines, and the group delay of the each common-mode filter is adopted for adjusting a delay of signal transmission on the one set of differential signal lines connected to the common-mode filter.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein

the selection module is configured to select, according to the lengths of the multiple sets of differential signal lines, multiple common-mode filters respectively having the group delay meeting the predetermined condition, a number of the multiple common-mode filters being equal to a number of the multiple sets of differential signal lines.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein

the selection module is configured to, for each set of differential signal lines in the multiple sets of differential signal lines, select the common-mode filter corresponding to the each set of differential signal lines, so that a delay of any set of differential signal lines is equal to delays of other sets of differential signal lines, wherein the other sets of differential signal lines are sets of differential signal lines except for the any set of differential signal lines in the multiple sets of differential signal lines.

16. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the at least one common-mode filter comprises: at least one inductance common-mode filter.

17. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the first component comprises a camera module, and the second component comprises a processor.

18. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the first component and the second component are located in the device; and the device comprises user equipment.

19. The method according to claim 7 , wherein a length of each set of differential signal lines in the multiple sets of differential signal lines has a negative correlational relationship with the group delay of the common-mode filter serially connected to the set of differential signal lines.

20. A non-volatile computer-readable storage medium, storing a program code for executing the acts in the method according to claim 7 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2020
From: ZTE CORPORATION
To: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052186/0563 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2018
From: HOU, FANGXI
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047493/0494 →