An apparatus comprising an encoder is configured to: detect a first edge in the input signal and, in response, provide a pulse generation sequence comprising the encoder being configured to: generate, in the output signal, a first pulse, wherein the first pulse is provided over first and second minimum time periods irrespective of an edge subsequent the first edge being present in the input signal; and obtain a first sample of the input signal; and obtain a second sample at an end of the first pulse; and if the first sample and the second sample are indicative of different voltage levels, generate a second pulse; or if the first and second sample and the same maintain the voltage level in the output signal.

An apparatus comprising an encoder is configured to: detect a first edge in the input signal and, in response, provide a pulse generation sequence comprising the encoder being configured to: generate, in the output signal, a first pulse, wherein the first pulse is provided over first and second minimum time periods irrespective of an edge subsequent the first edge being present in the input signal; and obtain a first sample of the input signal; and obtain a second sample at an end of the first pulse; and if the first sample and the second sample are indicative of different voltage levels, generate a second pulse; or if the first and second sample and the same maintain the voltage level in the output signal.

An apparatus includes a bi-phase mark coded (BMC) input port configured to receive BMC signals from a universal serial bus (USB) cable. The apparatus further includes a threshold adjustment circuit configured to generate a threshold, and a comparator configured to compare an input BMC signal from the BMC input port and the threshold and based on the comparison, generate an adjusted input BMC signal. The threshold adjustment circuit is further configured to adjust the threshold based upon the input BMC signal.

The proposed technology generally relates the field of data transmission, in particular it relates to decoding an encoded data signal received at an audio interface of a portable electronic device, wherein the encoded data signal is encoded with an encoding scheme having an adjustable encoder clock frequency. The proposed method comprises pre-processing the received encoded data signal; scanning the received encoded data signal for a known start sequence and when a known start sequence is successfully detected then calculating an actual frequency based on the detected start sequence; interpreting, a data block succeeding the start sequence using the assessed actual frequency; and assessing whether to request adjustment of the adjustable encoder clock frequency based on the scanning and/or the interpretation. The proposed technology relates to a method performed in a portable communications device well as a corresponding device and computer program.

The proposed technology generally relates the field of data transmission, in particular it relates to decoding an encoded data signal received at an audio interface of a portable electronic device, wherein the encoded data signal is encoded with an encoding scheme having an adjustable encoder clock frequency. The proposed method comprises pre-processing the received encoded data signal; scanning the received encoded data signal for a known start sequence and when a known start sequence is successfully detected then calculating an actual frequency based on the detected start sequence; interpreting, a data block succeeding the start sequence using the assessed actual frequency; and assessing whether to request adjustment of the adjustable encoder clock frequency based on the scanning and/or the interpretation. The proposed technology relates to a method performed in a portable communications device well as a corresponding device and computer program.

A voltage sampling system is provided. The voltage sampling system includes a voltage sampling device, two optic-fiber transmission lines and a control device. The voltage sampling device includes a voltage-dividing resistor module, a common mode rejection circuit and an analog-to-digital converter. The voltage-dividing resistor module generates a first and a second divided voltages according to a voltage source. The common mode rejection circuit receives the first and the second divided voltages to perform a common-mode noise rejecting process to generate an output voltage. The analog-to-digital converter converts the output voltage to generate a digital data signal. The two optic-fiber transmission lines transmit the digital data signal and a clock signal respectively. The control device receives the digital data signal from the analog-to-digital converter and the clock signal to perform a digital data processing.

A drive control method, assembly, and a display device. The method is applied to a timer controller. The method comprises: generating a point-to-point configuration instruction that comprises n configuration data where n≥2; sending the point-to-point configuration instruction to a first source driver chip through a first signal line, the first source driver chip being any one of a plurality of source driver chips; and receiving a configuration response instruction sent by the first source driver chip according to the point-to-point configuration instruction through the first signal line, the configuration response instruction comprising configuration response data for each of the n configuration data.

A drive control method, assembly, and a display device. The method is applied to a timer controller. The method comprises: generating a point-to-point configuration instruction that comprises n configuration data where n≥2; sending the point-to-point configuration instruction to a first source driver chip through a first signal line, the first source driver chip being any one of a plurality of source driver chips; and receiving a configuration response instruction sent by the first source driver chip according to the point-to-point configuration instruction through the first signal line, the configuration response instruction comprising configuration response data for each of the n configuration data.

This document discusses, among other things, a signal receiving circuit, configured to receive an input voltage signal. The signal receiving circuit can comprise an input voltage regulating circuit and a comparing circuit. The input voltage regulating circuit can carry out a waveform pre-regulation for the input voltage signal to obtain a first voltage signal, and the comparing circuit can compare the first voltage signal with a second voltage signal, and output a comparison voltage signal having a pulse width that satisfies a first predetermined condition indicative that the input voltage signal is correctly identifiable. The present document further discusses a signal detecting circuit and a signal receiving method.

The present disclosure relates to an encoder and an encoding method thereof, as well as a decoder and a decoding method thereof, which can be used to reduce the number of wires necessary for data transmission and transmit more data at a faster speed with the same number of wires, thereby improving the efficiency of data transmission. The encoder may comprises two input terminals configured to receive two input signals simultaneously, each input terminal comprises a wire identifying a positive voltage and a wire identifying a negative voltage; and a plurality of output terminals, wherein each output terminal comprises a wire identifying a positive voltage and a wire identifying a negative voltage, a combination of the two input signals corresponds to one of the plurality of output terminals, and the output terminal to which the current combination of the two input signals corresponds is configured to output signals through the two wires of the output terminal.