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Granted Patent B2
US 11,030,139 · App. 16/828,022 · Granted Jun 8, 2021

Circuit device, circuit device determination method, and electronic apparatus

Inventors: Kota Muto (Matsumoto, JP); Toshimichi Yamada (Chino, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
G06F13/4081G06F13/4282H03K19/0175G06F13/387G06F2213/0042
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Patent No.
US 11,030,139
App. No.
16/828,022
Granted
Jun 8, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A circuit device includes a control circuit configured to instruct, when a detection circuit detects that an amplitude level of a packet exceeds a disconnecting detection level, a packet output circuit to lower an amplitude level of a part or all of packets, and after the instruction, to determine that, when the detection circuit detects that an amplitude level of a packet again exceeds the disconnecting detection level, a USB device connected to a bus is disconnected.

Claims (18)

1. A circuit device comprising:

a packet output circuit configured to transmit a packet to a bus according to a USB standard in a manner capable of changing an amplitude level of the packet;

a detection circuit configured to detect whether an amplitude level of a packet transmitted to the bus exceeds a discoupling detection level; and

a control circuit configured to instruct, when the detection circuit detects that the amplitude level of the packet exceeds the discoupling detection level, the packet output circuit to lower an amplitude level of a part or all of packets, and after the instruction, to determine that, when the detection circuit detects that an amplitude level of a packet again exceeds the disconnecting detection level, a USB device connected to the bus is disconnected.

2. The circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein

D_th< 2 VL,

D_th being the disconnecting detection level, and

VL being the amplitude level of the packet output from the packet output circuit according to the instruction.

3. The circuit device according to claim 2 , wherein

DL <0.8 VH,

VH being the amplitude level of the packet output from the packet output circuit before the instruction.

4. The circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein

the control circuit determines that the USB device is not disconnected from the bus when the detection circuit detects that, after the instruction, the amplitude level of the packet does not exceed the disconnecting detection level.

5. The circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein

the packet output circuit transmits a packet supplied to a bus different from the bus to the bus.

6. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the circuit device according to claim 1 ; and

a central processing unit connected to the bus.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2020
From: MUTO, KOTA; YAMADA, TOSHIMICHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052209/0031 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-055925 · Mar 25, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200311007A1 · Oct 1, 2020