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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 21, 2022
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

James Lionel Panian, San Marcos, CA (US);

John Eaton, San Diego, CA (US);

Lakshmi Baskaran, San Diego, CA (US);

Shrinivas Gopalan Uppili, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/28 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); H03K 19/0185 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/28 (2013.01); G06F 13/4221 (2013.01); H03K 19/018507 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0026 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects relate to techniques for controlling signal voltage levels across a wired data link for data communication between apparatuses. A first device can advertise multiple supported signal voltage levels to a peer device connected by the wired data link. The devices can implement the same signal voltage level(s) or different signal voltage levels. The peer devices can compare and select a compatible signal voltage level for data communication. The first device can provide a signal voltage indication signal that is configurable to a plurality of voltage levels corresponding to a plurality of signal voltages. At least one of the plurality of voltage levels can indicate that the first device can operate the data link at a plurality of signal voltages. In some examples, the wired data link can be a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) link.


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