US 12,072,821 B2
Communication device and communication system with encapsulation/de-encapsulation of data and commands
Toshihisa Hyakudai, San Diego, CA (US); and Junya Yamada, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kangawa (JP)
Filed by Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on May 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/740,865.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/190,451, filed on May 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0374376 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 13/362 (2006.01); H04L 69/08 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 13/362 (2013.01) [H04L 69/08 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A serializer/deserializer (“SerDes”) communication device comprising:
a communication interface configured to receive control data from a master device, the control data including first data in an I2C bulk mode format of a first protocol to be transmitted from a communication partner SerDes device to a slave image sensor;
a memory configured to store the first data received by the communication interface;
an encapsulator configured to convert the first data stored in the memory into second data of a second protocol different from the first protocol;
and a controller configured to transmit the second data converted by the encapsulator to the communication partner SerDes device,
wherein the communication partner SerDes device converts the second data into third data in an I2C byte mode format of the first protocol, and transmits the third data to the slave image sensor.