# US 10,763,901 B2 · Transmission device, transmission method, and communication system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,763,901 B2 - Document ID: US10763901B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/468,104 - Filed: 2017-11-29 - Published: 2019-10-03 - Granted: 2020-09-01 - Earliest claimed: 2016-12-14 - Assignees: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation - Applicants: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation - Inventors: Hiroaki Hayashi; Masatsugu Sugano - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10763901B2 ## CPC - H04B 1/04: Circuits - H03K 19/20: characterised by logic function, e.g. AND, OR, NOR, NOT circuits (H03K19/003 - H03K19/01 take precedence) - H04L 25/02: Details {; arrangements for supplying electrical power along data transmission lines (systems for transmitting signals via power distribution lines H04B3/54)} - H04L 25/49: using code conversion at the transmitter; using predistortion; using insertion of idle bits for obtaining a desired frequency spectrum; using three or more amplitude levels {; Baseband coding techniques specific to data transmission systems (spectral shaping H04L25/03828)} - H04L 25/493: by transition coding, i.e. the time-position or direction of a transition being encoded before transmission - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H03K: PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal oscillations with pulses H03C; transmission of digital information H04L; discriminator circuits detecting phase difference between two signals by counting or integrating cycles of oscillation H03D3/04; automatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses where the type of generator is irrelevant or unspecified H03L; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A transmission device of the disclosure includes: a plurality of delay sections having changeable delay amounts; a driver section that includes a plurality of drivers and transmits a data signal indicating a sequence of symbols using the plurality of drivers, the plurality of drivers being provided to correspond to the plurality of delay sections and setting a voltage at a corresponding output terminal to a mutually different voltage on the basis of a signal delayed by a corresponding delay section of the plurality of delay sections; and a controller that sets the respective delay amounts of the plurality of delay sections on the basis of a transition of a symbol in the sequence of symbols. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A transmission device comprising: a plurality of delay sections having changeable delay amounts; a driver section that includes a plurality of drivers and transmits a data signal indicating a sequence of symbols using the plurality of drivers, the plurality of drivers being provided to correspond to the plurality of delay sections and setting a voltage at a corresponding output terminal to a mutually different voltage on a basis of a signal delayed by a corresponding delay section of the plurality of delay sections; and a controller that sets the respective delay amounts of the plurality of delay sections on a basis of a transition of a symbol in the sequence of symbols, wherein the plurality of delay sections include a first delay section, a second delay section, and a third delay section, the plurality of drivers include a first driver that selectively sets a voltage at a first output terminal to one of a first voltage, a second voltage, and a third voltage interposed between the first voltage and the second voltage, a second driver that selectively sets a voltage at a second output terminal to one of the first voltage, the second voltage, and the third voltage, and a third driver that selectively sets a voltage at a third output terminal to one of the first voltage, the second voltage, and the third voltage, and the voltages at the first output terminal, the second output terminal, and the third output terminal are different from one another. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The transmission device according to claim 1, wherein for first symbol transitions that cause all the voltage at the first output terminal, the voltage at the second output terminal, and the voltage at the third output terminal to change, the controller causes a delay amount of one delay section of the first delay section, the second delay section, and the third delay section to be larger than delay amounts of delay sections other than the one delay section. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The transmission device according to claim 2, wherein for a second symbol transition that causes the voltage at the first output terminal to change from the third voltage to the first voltage or the second voltage, the delay amount of the first delay section is caused to be larger than the delay amount of the second delay section and the delay amount of the third delay section. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The transmission device according to claim 3, wherein the controller causes the delay amount of the first delay section in the second symbol transition to be larger than the delay amount of the first delay section in a third symbol transition other than the second symbol transition. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The transmission device according to claim 1, further comprising a signal generator that generates a symbol signal on a basis of a transition signal indicating the transition of the symbol, wherein the first delay section delays a first signal in accordance with the symbol signal, the second delay section delays a second signal in accordance with the symbol signal, the third delay section delays a third signal in accordance with the symbol signal, and the controller sets the respective delay amounts of the plurality of delay sections through detecting the transition of the symbol on a basis of the transition signal. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the first delay section delays a first signal including a first sub-signal and a second sub-signal, and the first driver includes a first transistor that is provided in a path from a first power source to the first output terminal, and is turned on or off on a basis of the first sub-signal, and a second transistor that is provided in a path from a second power source to the first output terminal, and is turned on or off on a basis of the second sub-signal. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The transmission device according to claim 1, further comprising a voltage generator that generates the third voltage, wherein the first delay section delays a first signal including a first sub-signal, a second sub-signal, and a third sub-signal, and the first driver includes a first transistor that is provided in a path from a first power source to the first output terminal, and is turned on or off on a basis of the first sub-signal, a second transistor that is provided in a path from a second power source to the first output terminal, and is turned on or off on a basis of the second sub-signal, and a third transistor that is provided in a path from the voltage generator to the first output terminal, and is turned on or off on a basis of the third sub-signal. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A communication system comprising: the transmission device according to claim 1; and a reception device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The communication system according to claim 8, wherein for first symbol transitions that cause all the voltage at the first output terminal, the voltage at the second output terminal, and the voltage at the third output terminal to change, the controller causes a delay amount of one delay section of the first delay section, the second delay section, and the third delay section to be larger than delay amounts of delay sections other than the one delay section. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The communication system according to claim 9, wherein for a second symbol transition that causes the voltage at the first output terminal to change from the third voltage to the first voltage or the second voltage, the delay amount of the first delay section is caused to be larger than the delay amount of the second delay section and the delay amount of the third delay section. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The communication system according to claim 10, wherein the controller causes the delay amount of the first delay section in the second symbol transition to be larger than the delay amount of the first delay section in a third symbol transition other than the second symbol transition. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The communication system according to claim 8, further comprising a signal generator that generates a symbol signal on a basis of a transition signal indicating the transition of the symbol, wherein the first delay section delays a first signal in accordance with the symbol signal, the second delay section delays a second signal in accordance with the symbol signal, the third delay section delays a third signal in accordance with the symbol signal, and the controller sets the respective delay amounts of the plurality of delay sections through detecting the transition of the symbol on a basis of the transition signal. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The communication system according to claim 8, wherein the first delay section delays a first signal including a first sub-signal and a second sub-signal, and the first driver includes a first transistor that is provided in a path from a first power source to the first output terminal, and is turned on or off on a basis of the first sub-signal, and a second transistor that is provided in a path from a second power source to the first output terminal, and is turned on or off on a basis of the second sub-signal. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The communication system according to claim 8, further comprising a voltage generator that generates the third voltage, wherein the first delay section delays a first signal including a first sub-signal, a second sub-signal, and a third sub-signal, and the first driver includes a first transistor that is provided in a path from a first power source to the first output terminal, and is turned on or off on a basis of the first sub-signal, a second transistor that is provided in a path from a second power source to the first output terminal, and is turned on or off on a basis of the second sub-signal, and a third transistor that is provided in a path from the voltage generator to the first output terminal, and is turned on or off on a basis of the third sub-signal. ### Claim 15 A transmission method comprising: setting respective delay amounts of a plurality of delay sections on a basis of a transition of a symbol in a sequence of symbols; and causing a plurality of drivers provided to correspond to the plurality of delay sections to set a voltage at a corresponding output terminal to a mutually different voltage on a basis of a signal delayed by a corresponding delay section of the plurality of delay sections, wherein the plurality of delay sections include a first delay section, a second delay section, and a third delay section, wherein the plurality of drivers include a first driver that selectively sets a voltage at a first output terminal to one of a first voltage, a second voltage, and a third voltage interposed between the first voltage and the second voltage, a second driver that selectively sets a voltage at a second output terminal to one of the first voltage, the second voltage, and the third voltage, and a third driver that selectively sets a voltage at a third output terminal to one of the first voltage, the second voltage, and the third voltage, and wherein the voltages at the first output terminal, the second output terminal, and the third output terminal are different from one another. ### Claim 16 A communication system comprising: a transmission device; and a reception device, the transmission device including: a plurality of delay sections having changeable delay amounts, a driver section that includes a plurality of drivers and transmits a data signal indicating a sequence of symbols using the plurality of drivers, the plurality of drivers being provided to correspond to the plurality of delay sections and setting a voltage at a corresponding output terminal to a mutually different voltage on a basis of a signal delayed by a corresponding delay section of the plurality of delay sections, and a controller that sets the respective delay amounts of the plurality of delay sections on a basis of a transition of a symbol in the sequence of symbols, wherein the plurality of delay sections include a first delay section, a second delay section, and a third delay section, the plurality of drivers include a first driver that generates a first transmission signal through selectively setting a voltage at a first output terminal to one of a first voltage, a second voltage, and a third voltage interposed between the first voltage and the second voltage, a second driver that generates a second transmission signal through selectively setting a voltage at a second output terminal to one of the first voltage, the second voltage, and the third voltage, and a third driver that generates a third transmission signal through selectively setting a voltage at the second output terminal to one of the first voltage, the second voltage, and the third voltage, and the reception device includes a first amplifier that generates a first differential signal through amplifying a difference between the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal, a second amplifier that generates a second differential signal through amplifying a difference between the second transmission signal and the third transmission signal, a third amplifier that generates a third differential signal through amplifying a difference between the third transmission signal and the first transmission signal, and a clock generator that generates a clock signal on a basis of the first differential signal, the second differential signal, and the third differential signal. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The communication system according to claim 16, wherein the clock generator generates the clock signal through generating a clock pulse on a basis of, of the first differential signal, the second differential signal, and the third differential signal, a signal that has first made a transition in a case where the symbol has made a transition.