Sleep-mode detection method thereof
AssigneeSilicon Motion, Inc.
InventorChun-Yi Lo
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Abstract
A detection method applied to a storage device including transmitting a Devslp command to a signal pin of the storage device; pulling high the voltage level at a control pin of the storage device when a first response corresponding to the Devslp command is received to enable the storage device to enter a sleep mode; pulling low the voltage level at the control pin when a first predetermined period has elapsed; transmitting a Comwake signal to the signal pin; and determining that the sleep mode of the device under test meets a specification when the storage device receives a second response corresponding to the Comwake signal in a second predetermined period.
Claims14
A sleep-mode detection method, comprising:
- transmitting, using a testing module, a Devslp command to at least one signal pin of a second transmitting port of a device under test by a first transmitting port, wherein the first transmitting port is compatible with a first interface standard, and the second transmitting port is compatible with a second interface;
- pulling high, using the testing module, voltage level at a control pin of the second transmitting port by a third transmitting port compatible with a third interface when the first transmitting port receives a first response corresponding to the Devslp command from the device under test to enable the device under test to enter a sleep mode, wherein the third interface is different from the first interface and the second interface, and the third transmitting port is arranged to be coupled to the control pin of the second transmitting port;
- pulling low, using the testing module, the voltage level at the control pin and transmitting a Comwake signal to the signal pin by the third transmitting port after the voltage level at the control pin is pulling high a first predetermined period to enable the device under test to enter a normal operating mode from the sleep mode;
- determining, using the testing module, whether the first transmitting port receives a second response corresponding to the Comwake signal from the device under test in a second predetermined period;
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- determining, using the testing module, that the sleep mode of the device under test meets a specification and outputting a result indicating the sleep mode that meets the specification when the first transmitting port receives the second response in the second predetermined period.
A detection method applied to a storage device, comprising:
- transmitting, using a testing module, a Devslp command to a signal pin of the storage device;
- pulling high, using the testing module, voltage level at a control pin of the storage device when a first response corresponding to the Devslp command is received to enable the storage device to enter a sleep mode;
- pulling low, using the testing module, the voltage level at the control pin when a first predetermined period has elapsed;
- transmitting, using the testing module, a Comwake signal to the signal pin to enable the storage device to enter a normal operating mode from the sleep mode;
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- determining, using the testing module, that the sleep mode of the device under test meets a specification when the storage device receives a second response corresponding to the Comwake signal in a second predetermined period;
- wherein the Devslp command and the Comwake signal are outputted from a first transmitting port of an electronic device, the voltage level at the control pin of the storage device is pulled high or low by a second transmitting port of the electronic device, and the testing module is disposed in the electronic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.