Serial interface controller supporting multiple transport protocols and control method

Abstract

The invention discloses a serial interface controller supporting multiple transport protocols, a control method and a computer supporting multiple transport protocols. The serial interface controller comprises a parameter storage unit, a variety setting unit, a bus data transport unit and a control logic processing unit, wherein the parameter storage unit is used for storing the information of control parameters of all the transfer protocols supported by the interface controller; the variety storage unit is used for setting the transport protocol variety abided by a serial interface to be controlled by the controller and generating transport protocol variety setting information; the bus data transport unit is used for transporting data between data processing equipment and the serial interface; the control logic processing unit is used for acquiring control parameter information which corresponds to the transport protocol variety setting information from the parameter storage unit according to the transport protocol variety setting information and controlling the serial interface according to the acquired control parameter information. The functions of a plurality of transport protocols following multiple transport protocols can be fulfilled by one physical serial interface.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of computers, and more specifically relates to a serial interface controller and a control method supporting multiple transmission protocols. Background technique [0002] With the in-depth development of digitalization of electronic equipment and the rapid development of integrated circuit technology, the scale of integrated circuit chips is getting larger and larger. [0003] The serial interface is widely used in large-scale integrated circuits, especially in SOC chips. However, the area of ​​the chip is limited and the pin resources are limited. Therefore, it is very important for the design of the SOC chip to realize a function that can support multiple serial protocols, reuse the same circuit, and realize the most functions with the least chip pins. [0004] Currently, there is a synchronous serial interface device capable of implementing multiple transmission protocols through multiple physical serial interfac...

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However, as mentioned above, due to the limited area of ​​the chip, if multiple physical interface controllers are used to control the synchronous serial interface that follows different transmission protocols, it will be limited by the chip area, and it is impossible to implement many protocols that follow different transmission protocols. Synchronous Serial Interface Protocol for Synchronous Serial Interface Devices

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