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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2018
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon-si, KR;
Sung-Ha Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Jung-Hoon Chun, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION OF SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY, Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A serial communication interface circuit includes a transmitter configured to convert first parallel data into first serial data and transmit the first serial data through an output port; a receiver configured to receive second serial data through an input port and convert the second serial data into second parallel data; a test controller configured to generate at least one test control signal; and an embedded external loopback circuit configured to form an external loopback path between the output port and the input port to receive the first serial data and output the second serial data according to at least one channel model in response to the at least one test control signal in a test mode.