Chip Port State Detection Circuit for Fast, Low-Power Identification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing chip port state detection technologies are inadequate for fast, low-power, and real-time identification of multiple identical chips in a communication terminal, as they often require complex and power-intensive processes to distinguish between different chip states.

Innovation Solution

A chip port state detection circuit comprising a port detection conversion circuit, reference voltage generation, first and second comparators, and a dynamic bias current generation circuit, which converts port states into voltages, compares them with reference voltages, and outputs logic signals to determine chip IDs, ensuring fast and low-power detection.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Use of energy by moving object

If conventional port state detection methods are used to identify multiple identical chips, then chip identification can be achieved, but the detection process is slow and consumes excessive power

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepower consumptionVSAvoiddetection accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Use of energy by moving objectVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The port state detection is segmented into multiple voltage threshold comparisons. The detection circuit divides the voltage range into multiple segments using different reference voltages, allowing the system to determine port state through sequential threshold comparisons rather than a single complex measurement, thereby reducing power consumption while maintaining accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The invention changes the detection parameter from direct current measurement to voltage threshold comparison. By converting port state detection into voltage level comparisons against multiple reference thresholds, the system achieves faster detection speed and lower power consumption while maintaining reliable state identification

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Measurement precision

If complex detection processes are used to distinguish chip states, then detection accuracy can be improved, but the detection speed decreases and power consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestate detection accuracyVSAvoiddetection speed
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSSpeed

Solution Approach 1:

The detection circuit performs preliminary voltage threshold comparisons using multiple reference voltages before final state determination. This preliminary action of comparing against predetermined voltage thresholds enables rapid elimination of impossible states, achieving both high precision and fast detection speed

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The invention replaces complex mechanical or sequential detection processes with an electrical voltage comparison system. By using electrical potential differences and comparator circuits, the system achieves simultaneous multi-threshold evaluation, dramatically improving detection speed while maintaining precision

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple identical chips are used in a communication terminal, then system functionality is enhanced, but the complexity of identifying and distinguishing each chip increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvechip configurabilityVSAvoididentification system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The detection circuit is designed with universal reference voltage generation that can identify multiple identical chips using the same circuit architecture. Each chip can be configured with different port states, and the universal detection mechanism handles all identification tasks through standardized voltage threshold comparisons, enhancing adaptability without increasing system complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS12352829B2Chip port state detection circuit, chip, and communication terminal
Publication Date: 2025.07.08 SHANGHAI VANCHIP ELECTRONICS TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

Disclosed in the present invention are a chip port state detection circuit, a chip, and a communication terminal. The chip port state detection circuit, by means of a port detection conversion circuit, converts the state of a port to be detected into a corresponding voltage and respectively outputs same to a first comparator and a second comparator, which, after comparing same with a corresponding input reference voltage, output a logic signal to a chip ID determination circuit to obtain a chip ID corresponding to the state of the chip port to be detected, in order to distinguish multiple identical chips.