Mediatek Corporation

M31 Technology Corporation

Ming-yen Tsai

Tze-hsiang Chao

Ching-Yu Kuo

Tsung-Hsuan Wu

Ping Hsien Chiang

Various techniques pertaining to a special dual clear-to-send (CTS) mode for improvement in collision avoidance in wireless communications are described. A first station (STA) transmits a request-to-send (RTS) and, in response, receives a first CTS from a second STA. The first STA waits to receive a second CTS from the second STA before transmitting data to the second STA responsive to the first CTS being of a first type and the second CTS being of a second type different from the first type. The first STA then transmits the data to the second STA upon passage of a waiting period.

Special dual CTS mode for improvement in collision avoidance

An impedance calibration circuit includes a variable impedance circuit, a detection circuit and a control circuit. The variable impedance circuit includes conduction paths connected in parallel between an output terminal and a supply terminal coupled to a first supply voltage. The variable impedance circuit is configured to adjust an impedance at the output terminal by enabling one or more of the conduction paths according to a calibration code. The detection circuit is configured to detect a change in impedance of the conduction paths by applying a second supply voltage to a reference terminal through a detection path, and accordingly generate an input voltage at the reference terminal. An electric potential of the second supply voltage is equal to an electric potential of the first supply voltage. The control circuit is configured to compare the input voltage with reference voltages to generate the calibration code.

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Ming-yen Tsai