IP Library Granted Patent US 10,630,292
Granted Patent B1
US 10,630,292 · App. 16/700,970 · Granted Apr 21, 2020

Noise cancelling circuit and data transmission circuit

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Patent No.
US 10,630,292
App. No.
16/700,970
Granted
Apr 21, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

A noise cancelling circuit includes: a first parallel-serial conversion circuit which converts inputted 2N-bit parallel data into serial data; an inverting circuit which inverts one of odd-numbered bits and even-numbered bits included in the inputted 2N-bit parallel data; a second parallel-serial conversion circuit which converts, into serial data, parallel data outputted by the inverting circuit and parallel data of the other one of the odd-numbered bits and the even-numbered bits included in the inputted 2N-bit parallel data which were not inverted; a first buffer which receives output data of the first parallel-serial conversion circuit; and a second buffer which receives output data of the second parallel-serial conversion circuit.

Claims (48)

1. A noise cancelling circuit, comprising:

a first parallel-serial conversion circuit which converts 2N-bit parallel data into serial data in synchronization with a clock signal, where N is a natural number of 1 or more;

an inverting circuit which inverts one of odd-numbered bits and even-numbered bits included in the 2N-bit parallel data;

a second parallel-serial conversion circuit which converts, into serial data in synchronization with the clock signal, parallel data outputted by the inverting circuit and parallel data of the other one of the odd-numbered bits and the even-numbered bits included in the 2N-bit parallel data which were not inverted;

a first buffer which receives output data of the first parallel-serial conversion circuit; and

a second buffer which receives output data of the second parallel-serial conversion circuit, wherein

the first parallel-serial conversion circuit and the second parallel-serial conversion circuit are formed using substantially a same kind of circuit,

the first buffer and the second buffer are formed using substantially a same kind of circuit, and

the first buffer and the second buffer are connected to a common power source and connected to a common ground.

2. The noise cancelling circuit according to claim 1 , wherein

an output terminal of the second buffer is connected with a same kind of load as a load of an output terminal of the first buffer.

3. The noise cancelling circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising

a capacitor for smoothing power source noise, the capacitor being connected between the common power source and the common ground connected to the first buffer and the second buffer.

4. A data transmission circuit, comprising:

the noise cancelling circuit according to claim 1 ;

a third buffer connected to an output terminal of the first buffer included in the noise cancelling circuit, the third buffer outputting a differential signal; and

a fourth buffer connected to an output terminal of the second buffer included in the noise cancelling circuit, the fourth buffer being formed using substantially a same kind of circuit as a circuit of the third buffer.

5. The data transmission circuit according to claim 4 , wherein

the third buffer and the fourth buffer are connected to a common power source and connected to a common ground.

6. A data transmission circuit, comprising:

a plurality of noise cancelling circuits each serving as the noise cancelling circuit according to claim 1 ;

a fifth buffer which receives a plurality of pieces of serial data outputted from the first parallel-serial conversion circuits respectively included in the plurality of noise cancelling circuits, the fifth buffer outputting a multilevel signal; and

a sixth buffer which receives a plurality of pieces of serial data outputted from the second parallel-serial conversion circuits respectively included in the plurality of noise cancelling circuits, the sixth buffer outputting a multilevel signal, wherein

an output terminal of the sixth buffer is connected with a same kind of load as a load of an output terminal of the fifth buffer.

7. A noise cancelling circuit, comprising:

a first parallel-serial conversion circuit which converts N-bit parallel data into serial data in synchronization with a clock signal, where N is an odd number of 1 or more;

a selector section which receives the N-bit parallel data and which outputs parallel data by alternately switching in an update cycle of the N-bit parallel data between a mode in which inverted odd-numbered bits and non-inverted even-numbered bits with respect to the inputted N-bit parallel data are outputted and a mode in which non-inverted odd-numbered bits and inverted even-numbered bits with respect to the inputted N-bit parallel data are outputted;

a second parallel-serial conversion circuit which converts the parallel data outputted by the selector section into serial data in synchronization with the clock signal;

a first buffer which receives output data of the first parallel-serial conversion circuit; and

a second buffer which receives output data of the second parallel-serial conversion circuit, wherein

the first parallel-serial conversion circuit and the second parallel-serial conversion circuit are formed using substantially a same kind of circuit,

the first buffer and the second buffer are formed using substantially a same kind of circuit, and

the first buffer and the second buffer are connected to a common power source and connected to a common ground.

8. The noise cancelling circuit according to claim 7 , wherein

an output terminal of the second buffer is connected with a same kind of load as a load of an output terminal of the first buffer.

9. The noise cancelling circuit according to claim 7 , further comprising

a capacitor for smoothing power source noise, the capacitor being connected between the common power source and the common ground connected to the first buffer and the second buffer.

10. A data transmission circuit, comprising:

the noise cancelling circuit according to claim 7 ;

a third buffer connected to an output terminal of the first buffer included in the noise cancelling circuit, the third buffer outputting a differential signal; and

a fourth buffer connected to an output terminal of the second buffer included in the noise cancelling circuit, the fourth buffer being formed using substantially a same kind of circuit as a circuit of the third buffer.

11. The data transmission circuit according to claim 10 , wherein

the third buffer and the fourth buffer are connected to a common power source and connected to a common ground.

12. A data transmission circuit, comprising:

a plurality of noise cancelling circuits each serving as the noise cancelling circuit according to claim 7 ;

a fifth buffer which receives a plurality of pieces of serial data outputted from the first parallel-serial conversion circuits respectively included in the plurality of noise cancelling circuits, the fifth buffer outputting a multilevel signal; and

a sixth buffer which receives a plurality of pieces of serial data outputted from the second parallel-serial conversion circuits respectively included in the plurality of noise cancelling circuits, the sixth buffer outputting a multilevel signal, wherein

an output terminal of the sixth buffer is connected with a same kind of load as a load of an output terminal of the fifth buffer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2020
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052755/0870 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2020
From: FUNABASHI, MASAMI; KATO, SYUJI; SHINMYO, AKINORI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051927/0535 →