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IP3 USB 3.0

This course covers USB3.0 and related specifications: OTG 3.0, xHCI, UAS and AV classes

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Objectives
  • The course details the hardware implementation and clarifies the operation of 8b10b encoder/decoder.
  • All tests required to qualify the physical layer are detailed.
  • The course also covers the PIPE interface, which is used to interconnect the Link layer and the PHY.
  • A lot of sequences are used to explain the flow control mechanism, the error recovery mechanism and packet acknowledgment.
  • The dual operation of USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 is clarified, especially the initialization sequence used by the device to select the operation speed.
  • The course explains all requirements regarding low power management, particularly the consequences on hub design.
  • The enumeration is studied step by step.
  • The one-day part on xHCI, UAS and AV classes are covered on request only.

  • Note that this course is a mature course already delivered to main companies developing SoCs for wireless solutions.
A more detailed course description is available on request at training@ac6-training.com
Prerequisites
  • Knowledge of USB 2.0 is required, see our course reference IP2 - USB 2.0 course
  • For on-site courses, an additional day covering USB 2.0 fundamentals may be prepended to this USB 3.0 course.

SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
  • Dual-bus approach
  • Dual simplex operation, concurrent IN and OUT transactions
  • Explicitely routed packet traffic instead of USB 2.0 broadcast
  • Multi-level link power management
  • New features of data flow model
  • Robustness
DATA FLOW MODEL
  • USB 3.0 transaction model
  • Low power link state transitions
  • Latency tolerance messaging
  • Bus interval adjustment
  • Link-level power management
  • Super-speed packet format
  • Bulk transfers, stream ID
SOFTWARE ORGANIZATION
  • Host Controller Driver, purpose of EHCI, xHCI
  • USB driver
  • Enumeration
  • Client drivers
  • Virtual communication between client drivers and endpoint through communication pipes
  • Overview of UAS and Video Display new classes
USB OTG 3.0
  • Objectives of OTG specification
  • Session Request Protoco
  • OTG 2.0 Host Negotiation Protocol
  • Impact on PHY layer, voltage thresholds and timeouts
  • Impact on Link and upper layers
  • Differences between OTG 2 and OTG 3
  • Embedded Host
  • OTG 3 Role Swapping Protocol
  • Symmetry, SSPC-OTG
  • Defining who is the default Host through Port capabilities
PHYSICAL LAYER
  • AC-coupled lines
  • Receiver detection
  • Low Frequency Periodic Signaling, utilization of LFPS
  • Spread Spectrum Clocking
  • 8b10b coding scheme
  • Elasticity buffer
  • Pre-emphasis, receiver equalization
  • Lane polarity inversion detection
  • Qualifying the physical layer, eye-diagrams
  • Mathematical processing that must be performed in the oscilloscope
  • Tests required by the USB Implementer Forum
  • Loopback BERT
PIPE INTERFACE
  • Interface clocking and reset
  • 16- or 32-bit data bus width
  • Rx polarity
  • Selecting transmitter voltage levels
  • Rx status codes
  • Clock tolerance compensation
  • Transmitting and detecting LFPS
  • Low power states
LINK LAYER
  • Flow control, header buffer credit
  • Buffering for data and protocol layer informations
  • Transmitter timers
  • Packetization
  • Specified encoded control sequences
  • Packet replay in case of error detection
  • Power-on reset, in-band reset
  • Link training and status state machine, understanding the main important transitions
  • Clarifying which transitions are required to enter test modes (loopback and compliance)
PROTOCOL LAYER
  • End-to-end communication rules
  • Burst of back-to-back data packets
  • End-to-end flow control, NRDY / ERDY transaction packets
  • Link management packet
  • TP sequences, highlighting differences with USB 2.0
  • Host flexibility in performing isochronous transactions
HUB
  • Repeater / forwarder
  • Routing outbound packets to explicit downstream ports
  • Aggregating inbound packets to the upstream port
  • Propagating time-stamp packet
  • USB 3.0 new descriptors and requests
SUPER SPEED POWER MANAGEMENT
  • Power states of links, devices and functions
  • Driving the power management policy
  • Related in-band protocol mechanisms
  • Inactivity timers
  • Enabling remote wake sources
ENUMERATION
  • Device states
  • Function suspend
  • New commands: SetSel()
  • Binary Device Object Store (BOS)
  • SuperSpeed device capability
  • Interface association
  • SuperSpeed endpoint companion descriptor
EXTENSIBLE HOST CONTROLLER INTERFACE (xHCI)
  • Host Controller hardware requirements
  • Memory structures, buffer rings and TRBs
  • Transfer ring, command ring, event ring
  • Transaction scheduling
  • Error detection and handling
  • Device attachment / removal
  • Utilization of doorbell
  • Single Root I/O virtualization
  • Debug capability
UAS CLASS
  • Mass storage class specification
  • SCSI architecture model
  • Command queuing
  • SAM-4 command identifier
  • Transport protocol, command Information Unit
  • Utilization of USB 3 streams
  • Task management
  • Transport protocol services
  • Pipe usage class descriptor
AUDIO / VIDEO CLASS
  • AV profile definition, Basic Device Profile
  • AVCore, AVCluster, Hierarchy
  • AVFunction, AVData
  • Multi-channel audio
  • Track selector
  • Channel configuration
  • TV set example
  • Feature unit VideoControls
  • Video Processing Unit
  • AVControl interface
  • AV synchronization types, asynchronous, synchronous, adaptive
  • AV description document
  • Request and control sequences, HDMI controls
  • Support of HDCP 2