US 2020/0287334 A1 · REDRIVER TO AUTONOMOUSLY DETECT CABLE ORIENTATION

Abstract

A redriver includes a plurality of channels coupled to an interface, a number of detectors coupled to the plurality of channels, and a controller that determines an orientation of the interface based on states detected by the number of detectors. The controller determines that the interface is in a first orientation when a first combination of states is detected for the plurality of channels, and determines that the interface is in a second orientation when a second combination of states is detected for the plurality of channels.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A redriver, comprising:

a plurality of channels configured to be coupled to an interface;
a number of detectors coupled to the plurality of channels;
and
a controller configured to determine an orientation of the interface based on states detected by the number of detectors based upon presence or absence of termination resistors, the controller configured to determine that the interface is in a first orientation when a first combination of states is detected for the plurality of channels and to determine that the interface is in a second orientation when a second combination of states is detected for the plurality of channels.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/293,804Filed 6 Mar 2019

Published

10 Sep 2020

Term ends

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Classification9 codes

G06F 13/4045
Using bus bridges: where the bus bridge performs an extender function
H01R 13/6683
With built-in electronic circuit: with built-in sensor
G06F 13/4022
Coupling between buses: using switching circuits, e.g. switching matrix, connection or expansion network
H01R 13/64
Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00: means for preventing incorrect coupling

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Abstract

Claims20