Electronic device and operating method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyeongsu Choi, Seongin Kang, Teck Sheng Ng, Bongchan Cho
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Abstract
An electronic device and an operating method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a receiver, a memory, a processor configured to search the memory for fixed rate link (FRL) transmission bandwidth data for a source device in response to an electrical connection to the source device, perform FRL link training with a bandwidth value of the FRL transmission bandwidth data determined according to a FRL transmission bandwidth data search result, and process a content signal transmitted with a transmission bandwidth when the FRL link training is completed, and a reproducing device configured to perform a reproducing operation based on the processed content signal.
Claims18
An electronic device comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive a signal transmitted from a source device;
- a memory configured to store first data;
- a processor configured to search the memory for fixed rate link (FRL) transmission bandwidth data corresponding to the source device in response to an electrical connection to the source device, perform FRL link training with a bandwidth value of the FRL transmission bandwidth data determined according to a FRL transmission bandwidth data search result, and process a content signal transmitted with a transmission bandwidth when the FRL link training is completed;
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- a reproducing device configured to perform a reproducing operation based on the content signal processed by the processor,
- wherein the processor is configured to search the memory for source equalizer characteristic data for a source equalizer included in the source device, and perform the FRL link training with a characteristic value of the source equalizer characteristic data determined according to a source equalizer characteristic data search result and the bandwidth value.
An electronic device comprising:
- a signal input/output module configured to communicate with a source device;
- a memory configured to store first data;
- a processor configured to search the memory for fixed rate link (FRL) transmission bandwidth data corresponding to the source device in response to an electrical connection to the source device, transmit FRL transmission bandwidth data determined according to a FRL transmission bandwidth data search result to the source device through the signal input/output module when FRL link training starts, and process a content signal received through the signal input/output module;
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- a reproducing device configured to perform a reproducing operation based on the content signal processed by the processor,
- wherein the processor is configured to search the memory for source equalizer characteristic data for a source equalizer included in the source device, and additionally transmit the source equalizer characteristic data determined according to a source equalizer characteristic data search result to the source device through the signal input/output module, when the FRL link training starts.
An operating method of an electronic device, the operating method comprising:
- toggling a hot plug detect signal;
- searching a memory for fixed rate link (FRL) transmission bandwidth data corresponding to a source device, the searching including searching the memory for sink equalizer characteristic data corresponding to the source device;
- transmitting transmission characteristic data determined according to a FRL transmission bandwidth data search result to the source device, when FRL link training starts;
- setting a characteristic value of a sink equalizer equalizing a signal received from the source device based on a sink equalizer characteristic data search result, after the FRL link training is completed;
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- performing a reproducing operation based on a content signal transmitted from the source device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.