Abstract: A wireless audio system supports Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) Audio, and includes a first audio sink device and a second audio sink device. The first audio sink device establishes a first LE isochronous (ISO) link between the first audio sink device and an audio source device. The second audio sink device establishes a second LE ISO link between the second audio sink device and the audio source device. In addition, the first audio sink device sets up a first snoop link that snoops audio packets transmitted over the second LE ISO link, and the second audio sink device sets up a second snoop link that snoops audio packets transmitted over the first LE ISO link.

Abstract: A signal quality measurement apparatus includes a processing circuit and a signal quality measurement circuit. The processing circuit receives a reference signal from a first circuit and a signal under test from a second circuit, and refers to the reference signal to derive a signal after processing from the signal under test, wherein the signal under test is derived from predetermined signal processing of the reference signal. The signal quality measurement circuit calculates a signal quality value according to the reference signal and the signal after processing.

Abstract: An Ethernet device includes a link test pulse (LTP) generator circuit, a hybrid circuit, a transmit (TX) circuit, a receive (RX) circuit, and a post-processing circuit. The LTP generator circuit generates an LTP signal that is compliant with an IEEE 802.3 standard. The TX circuit transmits the LTP signal to an Ethernet cable through the hybrid circuit. The RX circuit receives an RX signal from the hybrid circuit during a period in which the LTP signal is transmitted through the hybrid circuit. The post-processing circuit performs a cable diagnosis of the Ethernet cable according to the RX signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an active noise cancellation integrated circuit for stacking at least one anti-noise signal and at least one non-anti-noise signal, an associated method, and an active noise cancellation headphone using the same. The method is applicable to an audio playback device with at least one ANC filtering unit and at least one non-ANC filtering unit. The method includes: acquiring a non-anti-noise signal from a non-ANC filtering unit; generating a decoupled signal by processing the non-anti-noise signal with the transfer function of a physical channel and operations of an ANC filtering unit; performing a signal superposition, wherein an anti-noise signal from the ANC filtering unit is superposed with the decoupled signal; and performing an audio playback based on the superposed signal and an audio signal such that noise is eliminated.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a first circuit block and a second circuit block. The first circuit block is allocated in a first power domain, and includes a first clock counter and an updating circuit. The first clock counter is arranged to generate a first counter value according to a first reference clock. The updating circuit is arranged to receive a second counter value, and update the first counter value according to the second counter value. The second circuit block is allocated in a second power domain, and includes a second clock counter arranged to generate the second counter value according to a second reference clock. The first power domain and the second power domain are controlled independently.

Abstract: A calibration circuit of a pulse-frequency modulation (PFM) converter includes a signal generator circuit and a calibration control circuit. The signal generator circuit generates and outputs an emulated slope signal to a comparator circuit under a calibration mode, wherein the emulated slope signal has an emulated slope following an initial voltage, and the emulated slope corresponds to a slope of a sensed signal indicative of electrical characteristic of an inductor of the PFM converter. The calibration control circuit refers to an output signal that is generated from a PFM control circuit in response to an output signal of the comparator circuit, to calibrate at least one circuit of the PFM converter.

Abstract: A frequency offset (FO) estimation method includes: sampling a frequency-modulated repetition-coded segment of a packet to generate a plurality of samples; obtaining a frequency deviation (FD) value for each of a plurality of target samples selected from the plurality of samples; and estimating an FO value through accumulating complete FD values of the plurality of target samples.

Abstract: A charge pump of a phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit includes a current source circuit, a current sink circuit, and a biasing circuit. The biasing circuit includes a current digital-to-analog converter (IDAC) and a low-pass filter (LPF). The IDAC provides a reference current in response to a current value setting, wherein a first voltage is established due to the reference current. The LPF applies low-pass filtering to the first voltage to generate a filter output as a second voltage, wherein bias voltages of the current source circuit and the current sink circuit are controlled by the second voltage.

Abstract: An Ethernet physical-layer transceiver includes a control circuit and a processing circuit. The control circuit sequentially employs a plurality of different phase combinations of a transmitter clock and a receiver clock for transmission and reception of data over a cable, and obtains a plurality of sets of samples from the cable under the plurality of different phase combinations of the transmitter clock and the receiver clock, respectively. The processing circuit performs channel characteristic analysis according to the plurality of sets of samples provided by the control circuit.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a wireless multi-source packet. A processing unit of a first audio-data transmitter device obtains data-slot assignments indicating that a first data slot is assigned to a second audio-data transmitter device and a second data slot is assigned to first audio-data transmitter device for data transmission from a audio-data receiver device; tunes in a first physical channel in the first data slot to obtain a first frame from the second audio-data transmitter device; obtains a second frame including a chunk of second audio data originated by the first audio-data transmitter device; encapsulates the first frame and the second frame into a payload of a media packet; and transmits the media packet at a second physical channel to the audio-data receiver device in the second data slot.

Abstract: A noise reduction (NR) system includes a finite impulse response (FIR) filter and a filter manager circuit. The FIR filter is used to perform NR upon a filter input derived from an input signal. The filter manager circuit is used to determine a configuration of a minimum phase filter according to the input signal, and update the FIR filter by the configuration of the minimum phase filter.

Abstract: An active noise control (ANC) circuit is used for generating an anti-noise signal, and has a plurality of filters including at least one first filter and at least one second filter. The at least one first filter generates at least one first filter output, wherein each of the at least one first filter has a first filter type. The at least one second filter generates at least one second filter output, wherein each of the at least one second filter has a second filter type different from the first filter type. The anti-noise signal is jointly controlled by the at least one first filter output and the at least one second filter output. The at least one first filter and the at least one second filter are connected in a parallel fashion.

Abstract: A wireless communication method includes: deriving a first received signal at a target channel from a first radio-frequency (RF) signal received through a first antenna; deriving a plurality of different parameters from signal strength of the first received signal; and performing a first packet detection operation for detecting if a packet is included in the first received signal by jointly considering the plurality of different parameters of the first received signal.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a first circuit block and a second circuit block. The first circuit block is allocated in a first power domain, and includes a first clock counter and an updating circuit. The first clock counter is arranged to generate a first counter value according to a first reference clock. The updating circuit is arranged to receive a second counter value, and update the first counter value according to the second counter value. The second circuit block is allocated in a second power domain, and includes a second clock counter arranged to generate the second counter value according to a second reference clock. The first power domain and the second power domain are controlled independently.

Abstract: A frequency offset (FO) estimation method includes: sampling a frequency-modulated repetition-coded segment of a packet to generate a plurality of samples; obtaining a frequency deviation (FD) value for each of a plurality of target samples selected from the plurality of samples; and estimating an FO value through accumulating complete FD values of the plurality of target samples.

Abstract: A 100BASE-TX transceiver includes a receive (RX) circuit, a transmit (TX) circuit, a clock generator circuit, a clock and data recovery (CDR) circuit, and a clock multiplexer circuit. The RX circuit receives an input data to generate an RX data. The TX circuit transmits a TX data according to a TX clock, to generate an output data. The clock generator circuit generates an output clock. The CDR circuit generates an RX recovered clock according to the RX data. The clock multiplexer circuit receives the output clock and the RX recovered clock, and outputs the TX clock that is selected from the output clock and the RX recovered clock.

Abstract: An output driver includes a first pre-driver circuit, a first driver circuit, a second pre-driver circuit, a second driver circuit, and a feedback network. The first pre-driver circuit pre-drives a first data input signal to generate a first pre-driving output signal. The first driver circuit drives the first pre-driving output signal to generate a first data output signal. The second pre-driver circuit pre-drives a second data input signal to generate a second pre-driving output signal, wherein the first data input signal and the second data input signal are a differential input of the output driver. The second driver circuit drives the second pre-driving output signal to generate a second data output signal. The feedback network performs a latching operation upon the first pre-driving output signal and the second pre-driving output signal according to the first data output signal and the second data output signal.

Abstract: A feedback control circuit of a pulse-frequency modulation (PFM) converter includes an on-time timer circuit and a detection circuit. The on-time timer circuit generates an on-time control signal for controlling an on-time duration of a switch circuit included in a power stage circuit of the PFM converter. The detection circuit controls the on-time timer circuit to adaptively adjust the on-time control signal according to a pulse interval between two successive inductor current pulses of the PEM converter.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and an apparatus for receiving Bluetooth packets and correcting error bits therein. The method, which is performed by a processing unit, includes: receiving Bluetooth packets from radio frequency (RF) signal; verifying a unique synthesized packet with a checksum thereof when the unique synthesized packet can be generated from the Bluetooth packets; and transmitting a synthesized packet that has passed a verification to a program module for an application when the unique synthesized packet passes the verification.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first die, a second die, and a hybrid-type adhesive. The second die is stacked on the first die through the hybrid-type adhesive. The hybrid-type adhesive includes a conductive adhesive and a non-conductive adhesive. The conductive adhesive is disposed between the non-conductive adhesive and the first die. The non-conductive adhesive is disposed between the conductive adhesive and the second die.