SerDes Concurrent Activation to Limit Transient Signal Noise
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Solution Overview
Problem
Serializer/deserializer components experience performance degradation due to transient behavior when activated or deactivated during communications, leading to signal noise and power consumption inefficiencies.
Innovation Solution
A system is configured to identify information to be transmitted or received, concurrently activating both transmission and reception components of the serializer/deserializer to mitigate transient behavior, ensuring signal integrity and power savings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If the serializer/deserializer components are activated or deactivated individually during communications, then power consumption is reduced, but signal noise increases and performance degrades
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the activation and deactivation operations of the serializer and deserializer components by implementing a common control signal that simultaneously activates or deactivates both components. This combining of operations eliminates the transient behavior that occurs when one component is activated while the other remains inactive, thereby maintaining signal integrity while still achieving power consumption reduction when both components are deactivated together.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the serializer/deserializer components are activated or deactivated individually during communications, then device control flexibility is improved, but transient behavior increases causing performance degradation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the control of serializer and deserializer activation into a unified control mechanism that responds to communication conditions. This merging maintains adaptability by allowing the system to activate or deactivate based on communication needs while preventing performance degradation through simultaneous operation of both components during active communication periods.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary action by proactively activating both the serializer and deserializer components before communication begins and deactivating them together after communication ends. This preliminary coordination prevents transient behavior during communication operations, ensuring maintained performance while still providing the flexibility to activate components only when needed.
3Productivity
If the serializer/deserializer components are activated or deactivated individually, then component-level optimization is improved, but system stability deteriorates due to transient behavior
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the activation and deactivation control of serializer and deserializer components through a common control signal mechanism. This combining approach maintains component efficiency by allowing selective activation based on communication needs while simultaneously stabilizing the system by ensuring both components operate together during active communication, eliminating transient instability.
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AI summary
Methods, systems, and devices for techniques for enabling and disabling of a serializer/deserializer are described. In some examples, a system may be configured to identify information to be transmitted by a serializer/deserializer over a communication channel and activate, based on identifying the information to be transmitted, both a transmission component and a reception component of the serializer/deserializer that are coupled with the communication channel. Additionally or alternatively, in some examples, a system may be configured to identify information to be received by a serializer/deserializer over a communication channel and activate, based on identifying the information to be received, both a transmission component and a reception component of the serializer/deserializer that are coupled with the communication channel.