Abstract: A universal serial bus type-C (USB-C) connecter chip, a test system and a calibration method of the USB-C connecter chip are provided. The USB-C connecter chip includes the determination circuit and a calibration control circuit, wherein the determination circuit is configured to determine whether a detection voltage on a detection pin of the USB-C connecter chip reaches a threshold voltage. In a first calibration phase, the calibration control circuit sets the detection voltage to a first direct current (DC) level to obtain a first calibration value of the threshold voltage. In a second calibration phase, the calibration control circuit sets the detection voltage to a second DC level to obtain a second calibration value of the threshold voltage. More particularly, the calibration control circuit determines a final calibration value of the threshold voltage according to the first calibration value and the second calibration value.

Abstract: A method for switching control commands across platforms and a smart device are provided. The smart device, such as a smart screen, connects with a data source by a communication circuitry, displays content received from the data source by a display screen, and includes an input circuitry that provides an input interface circuitry for allowing a control device to connect with the smart device. When an operating system of the smart device receives a command for launching a menu interface from the control device, the menu interface that provides an option of at least one data source is activated. When the data source is selected, the content received from the data source is displayed on the display screen. In the meantime, a signal channel is established between the smart device and the data source in order to forward commands generated by the control device to the data source.

Abstract: An electronic device used in a wireless communication network is wirelessly coupled between an access point device and a station device, and it comprises a receiver circuit, a decryption circuit, an address swap circuit, an encryption circuit, and a transmitter circuit. The receiver circuit receives a wireless packet. The decryption circuit decrypts the received wireless packet to generate a decrypted wireless packet. The address swap circuit changes information of at least one MAC address recorded in a MAC header of the decrypted wireless packet to generate an address-swapped packet so as to disguise itself as the access point device or the station device. The encryption circuit encrypts the address-swapped packet to generate an encrypted packet. The transmitter circuit sends the encrypted packet into the air.

Abstract: A method for fast starting up a television display function and a television system are provided. In the method, when a television device is powered on, the television system operated in the television device performs a hardware initialization and a fast start-up procedure. In the fast start-up procedure, a set of picture-quality parameters is loaded to the television system from a storage circuit. Display parameters of the television device are configured according to the picture-quality parameters, accordingly, a display of the television device starts to display a picture. The picture can be produced from image signals received through an external source such as a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) or a Display Port, a type-C interface, or other sources of the television device. The picture-quality parameters are collected and stored in the storage circuit during operation of the television system after the operating system booting procedure is completed.

Abstract: A method for using in a circuit design process includes: deriving information regarding a specific cell from a cell library; generating an initial dataset based on the information regarding the specific cell; constructing or optimizing a machine learning model based on the initial dataset; and generating one or more target characteristic data regarding the specific cell based on the constructed or optimized machine learning model.

Abstract: A balun includes a first coil, a second coil, a third coil, a fourth coil, and a capacitor. The first coil is coupled between an unbalanced pin and a first ground terminal. The second coil is coupled between the first ground terminal and a second ground terminal. The third coil is coupled between a first balanced pin and a connection point and is inductively coupled to the first coil. The fourth coil is coupled between the connection point and a second balanced pin and is inductively coupled to the second coil. The capacitor is coupled between the connection point and a third ground terminal.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for performing debug control in a chip are provided, wherein the apparatus includes a first counter, a first determination circuit, a second counter and a second determination circuit. The first counter counts a number of execution times of a specific system request in the chip to generate a first counting result, and the first determination circuit generates a first determination result according to the first counting result. The second counter counts a number of cycles of an execution clock to generate a second counting result, and the second determination circuit generates a second determination result according to the second counting result. When the first determination result indicates that the first counting result reaches a first threshold and the second determination result indicates that the second counting result reaches a second threshold, execution of the chip is suspended at a breakpoint state.

Abstract: A communication device includes a wireless transceiver circuit and a processor. The wireless transceiver circuit transmits and receives wireless signals. The processor processes the wireless signals to obtain information regarding a first period configured by a serving network device in order to measure signal strength of the serving network device and obtain information regarding a second period configured by the serving network device in order to detect a neighbor network device. The processor further determines whether an event related to low communication delay is triggered. When determining that the event related to low communication delay is not triggered, the processor performs a detection operation to detect the neighbor network device according to the second period. When determining that the event related to the low communication delay is triggered, the processor performs the detection operation to detect the neighbor network device according to a third period shorter than the second period.

Abstract: The present invention provides a processing circuit of a display, which includes a statistical circuit, a backlight brightness calculation circuit and a local dimming control circuit. The statistical circuit is configured to calculate brightness characteristic of each region of multiple regions in image data. The backlight brightness calculation circuit is configured to determine backlight brightness of each region according to ambient light brightness of the display and the brightness characteristics of each region. The local dimming control circuit is coupled to the backlight brightness calculation circuit, and is configured to generate a corresponding backlight control signal according to the backlight brightness of each region to control at least one backlight source in a display panel of the display corresponding to the region.

Abstract: A communication method adopted by a Bluetooth system is provided. The Bluetooth system includes a master device and a slave device. The communication method includes the master device and the slave device establishing a connection, the master device sending a power-saving command to the slave device, in response to the power-saving command, the slave device sending a power-saving acknowledgement command to the master device, then terminating the connection and entering a slave power-saving mode, and in response to the power-saving acknowledgement command, the master device entering a master power-saving mode.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for pairing nodes, which including: sending, by a node to be paired, a pairing request packet whose sending address is a MAC address of itself to a relay node as its parent node; adding, by a relay node receiving the pairing request packet, the MAC address of the node to be paired to a refugee table after determining that it can provide a relay service for the node to be paired; changing, by the relay node, a receiving address of the pairing request packet to a MAC address of its parent node if it is a non-root node, and then forwarding uplink; returning, by the relay node, a pairing approval packet with receiving address being the MAC address of the node to be paired if it is a root node; wherein a pairing is successful if the node to be paired receives the pairing approval packet.

Abstract: A switch circuit operating beyond a component withstand voltage condition includes a bias circuit, at least one first transistor, a plurality of second transistors, and a third transistor. The bias circuit includes a plurality of bias components connected in series, and is coupled to a voltage source, to form a plurality of voltage drop nodes through the bias components. The second transistors are connected in series, are coupled to the voltage source, and are coupled to the voltage drop nodes in a one-to-one manner. A first transistor is arranged between any two adjacent second transistors among the second transistors. The third transistor is connected in series with the second transistors to form a switch path. When the third transistor receives a control signal and is turned on, the first transistors are turned off, and the second transistors are turned on, thereby turning on the switch path.

Abstract: A communication method for a communication system includes a first device sending a device power-on packet to the second device, in response to the device power-on packet, resetting a second device, after the second device is reset, the second device sending a first handshake packet to the first device, and in response to the first handshake packet, the first device returning a second handshake packet to the second device.

Abstract: A communication device includes a first transmitting signal processing circuit, a first receiving signal processing circuit, a baseband signal processing circuit, and a control unit. The first transmitting signal processing circuit is enabled in a sensing mode, and transmits a first radio frequency (RF) signal within a wireless communication environment, wherein the first RF signal comprises a predetermined packet. The first receiving signal processing circuit is enabled in the sensing mode, and receives a second RF signal, wherein the second RF signal includes a first packet originating from the predetermined packet. The baseband signal processing circuit generates the predetermined packet according to bit stream data, receives the first packet from the first receiving signal processing circuit, and performs a channel estimation operation according to the first packet in order to generate channel information.

Abstract: A DisplayPort (DP) output adapter and a method for controlling a clock signal of the DP output adapter are disclosed. The DP output adapter includes a clock generator, a storage device and a controller, wherein the storage device is coupled to the clock generator, and the controller is coupled to the clock generator and the storage device. The clock generator outputs the clock signal according to a control code, wherein the control code is associated with a frequency of the clock signal. The storage device stores input data received from a DP source device by the DP output adapter, and transmits output data stored in the storage device to a DP sink device according to the clock signal. In addition, the controller controls the control code according to a data amount of the storage device.

Abstract: The present invention provides a control method of an in-loop filter, which includes steps of: sequentially receiving multiple CTUs of image data; for a specific CTU of the multiple CTUs, dividing the specific CTU into multiple blocks; performing a deblocking-filtering operation on a first portion of vertical boundaries and horizontal boundaries of the multiple blocks to generate filtered pixel values; not performing the deblocking-filtering operation on a second portion of the vertical boundaries and the horizontal boundaries of the multiple blocks to generate non-filtered pixel values; performing the deblocking-filtering operation on a third portion of the vertical boundaries and the horizontal boundaries of the multiple blocks to generate partially filtered pixel values; and generating parameters according to the filtered pixel values, the non-filtered pixel values and the partially filtered pixel values, for use by a next filter.

Abstract: The present invention provides a signal processing method, wherein the signal processing method includes the steps of: receiving a MST packet that complies with a DP specification; converting the MST packet into multiple SST packets; determining a number of valid data symbols in a transfer unit included in the multiple SST packets based on information of a horizontal blanking interval indicated by the MST packet or the multiple SST packets; and transmitting the multiple SST packets to a back-end device.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method applied to an electronic device supporting NB-IoT, The method comprises steps of: selecting a cost function; simulating a first PDF of the cost function at a target center frequency, a second PDF of the cost function at a first adjacent center frequency of the target center frequency, a third PDF of the cost function at a second adjacent center frequency of the target center frequency, and a fourth PDF of the cost function at a pure noise center frequency, wherein the target center frequency is a center frequency of a frame transmitted by a base station; and calculating a probability that the electronic device successfully detects the target center frequency of the frame from the base station through a frequency scanning, according to the first PDF, the second PDF, the third PDF and the fourth PDF.

Abstract: An operation method of an electronic display device includes: receiving multiple data sources; providing a display screen to respectively display the multiple data sources of the multiple data source devices by activating multiple different windows; providing a peripheral control circuit to receive a user control signal from an external peripheral device to transfer the user control signal into the controller circuit; and, controlling the display screen based on the user control signal to control the display screen respectively displaying the multiple data sources through multiple different windows, to respectively and dynamically control and manage the picture positions on the display screen and dynamically controlling the window sizes of the multiple different windows.

Abstract: A clock self-control circuit, comprising: a clock signal generation circuit, configured to generate a target clock signal according to a clock enable signal; and a target circuit, configured to receive the target clock signal, and configured to operate according to the target clock signal and to generate the clock enable signal.