Interface device and method of operating the same
AssigneeSK hynix Inc.
InventorsDae Sik PARK, Byung Cheol KANG, Seung Duk CHO
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Abstract
A method of operating an interface device including a first elastic buffer is provided. The method of operating the interface device includes performing a link equalization operation, checking a transmission mode of the interface device, and determining a transmission parameter of the interface device based on a status of the first elastic buffer or a status of a second elastic buffer included in another interface device communicating with the interface device when the transmission mode is a transmission parameter adjustment mode.
Claims20
A method of operating a system that includes a first interface device including a first buffer and structured to be operable to be in communication with a second interface device that is not included in the system and includes a second buffer, the method comprising:
- determining, by the first interface device, an interval for inserting one or more skip ordered sets based on a link characteristic that includes a status of the first buffer;
- and inserting, by the first interface device, the one or more skip ordered sets at the determined interval into data to be transmitted to the second interface device.
A system including a first interface device communicating with a second interface device that is not included in the system, the first interface device comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive data;
- a first buffer in communication with the receiver and configured to store the received data;
- a buffer status monitor in communication with the first buffer and configured to monitor a status of the first buffer;
- a skip ordered-set generator configured to determine an interval for inserting one or more skip ordered sets based on a link characteristic that includes a status of the first buffer, and to generate the one or more skip ordered sets to be inserted into transmission data at the determined interval;
- and a transmitter in communication with the skip ordered-set generator and configured to output the transmission data and the one or more skip ordered sets to the second interface device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.