• USB 3.2 and xHCI

    9th - 13th December 2019 Cititel Penang

  • Each generation of the USB is backward compatible and a USB 3.2 topology may include devices operating at USB 2.0 Low Speed (LS), Full speed (FS), and High Speed (HS) as well as USB 3.x SuperSpeed (SS) Gen 1 and Gen 2. Prior to USB 3.2, USB cables, plugs, and receptacles were based on single-lane serial bus communications with an independent set of signals for USB 2.0 and SS Gen 1/Gen 2 communications. USB 3.2 adds an option for doubling the bandwidth of single-lane 5 Gb/s SS Gen 1 or 10 Gb/s SS Gen 2 by employing the extra Tx/Rx signal pair already present in USB Type-C (USB-C) interfaces. The result: a dual-lane SS Gen 1 or Gen 2 interface (referred to in the USB 3.2 Specification as Gen 1x2 or Gen 2x2, respectively). In this scheme, data is alternately “striped” across two lanes and sent in parallel—it effectively doubles bus bandwidth for a given clock speed. The peak transfer rate under USB 3.2 is now Gen 2x2: 10 Gb/s x 2 lanes = 20 Gb/s. Note that traditional single-lane SS Gen 1 (Gen 1x1) and SS Gen 2 (Gen 2x1) are still available and that the scheme has no impact on legacy USB protocol on the USB 2.0 signals.

  • In addition to the new Enhanced SuperSpeed (ESS) Gen 1x2, Gen 2x2 features, USB 3.2 carries forward the many SuperSpeed protocol optimizations first introduced in USB 3.0/USB 3.1 and designed to mitigate some of the disadvantages of USB 2.0 bus operations. These include unicast instead of broadcast packets, device asynchronous messages, packet bursting, end-to-end and link level flow control, link level error handling, link-level power management, and many others. Several significant enhancements to SuperSpeed Plus (SSP) hubs have also been added in the USB 3.2 specification. All of the above topics are covered in the USB 3.2 part of the class.

    All generations of USB rely on platform host controllers to manage devices attached to each bus instance. USB 2.0 employed UHCI/OHCI and EHCI compliant host controllers to handle low, full, and high speed devices. The advanced capabilities of USB 3.x require new generations of USB host controllers. Course topics on the last day include Intel’s eXtensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI). A single host controller based on xHCI can manage both USB 2.0 and Enhanced SuperSpeed (ESS) topologies as well as attached devices of any USB speed. The xHCI operational model, software interface (registers, memory data structures), doorbell-based work notification, and hardware transaction scheduling are all described.

  • Who should attend

    This five-day course is designed with hardware, software, and validation engineers in mind. Features and limitations of each generation of USB are described as is the role of xHCI compliant host controllers in managing attached devices and hubs.

  • Course Outline

    Comprehensive USB 3.2

    Background

    • USB 2.0 Introduction and Protocol Limitations
    • USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Baseline Feature Set
    • USB 3.1 Enhancements

    USB 3.2 Introduction

    • New Feature List
    • USB 3.2 Platform Elements
    • USB 3.2 SuperSpeed Interface Basics

    End-to-End Protocol

    • SS Gen 1 End-to-End Protocol
    • SS Gen 2 End-to-End Protocol Changes

    Port-to-Port Protocol

    • SS Gen 1 Port-to-Port Protocol
    • SS Gen 2 Port-to-Port Protocol Changes

    Chip-to-Chip Protocol

    • SS Gen 1 Chip-to-Chip Protocol
    • SS Gen 2 Chip-to-Chip Protocol Changes

    ESS Link Reset Events

    • Power On Reset
    • Warm Reset
    • Hot Reset
    • Reset Propagation

    Link Training and Recovery/Retraining

    • SS Gen 1 Link Training
    • SS Gen 1 Link Recovery/Retraining
    • SS Gen 2 Link Training Differences
    • SS Gen 2 Link Recovery/Retraining Differences

    Enumeration and Configuration

    • ESS Device Configuration Overview
    • When Attachment is Detected
    • USB 3.2 ESS Descriptors

    ESS Power Management

    • Link Power Management
    • Function Suspend
    • Function Wake

    USB 3.2 Hubs

    • USB 3.2 Hub Key Features
    • Deferred Transactions
    • SS Hub Architecture
    • SSP Hub Architecture

  • eXtensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI) for USB

    Overview of xHCI

    • Motivations and Goals
    • Dual Bus Topology
    • xHC Implementation Options
    • Root Hub Ports

    xHCI Resources, Big Picture

    xHC Internal Registers

    • PCI Configuration Registers
    • MMIO Registers

    xHCI Memory Data Structures

    • Slot IDs, Doorbells, and Scheduling
    • Command Ring
    • Event Rings
    • Device Context Data Structure
    • Transfer Rings

    xHCI Interrupts

    • Interrupters and Event Rings
    • MSI-X Configuration
    • Interrupt Moderation

    xHC Reset and Initialization

    • Host Controller Reset Types
    • Host Controller Initialization

    Device Attachment & Initialization

    • Root Hub Port Status Change
    • Enable Slot & Address Device Commands
    • Device Context Setup
    • Configuration Selection

  • Appendices

    A : SuperSpeed (SS) Packet Formats

    B : ESS Bulk EP Streaming and UAS

    C : Latency Tolerance Message (LTM)

    D : ESS Signaling

    E : USB Type-C & Power Delivery Overview

  • Recommended Prerequisites

    Background in USB 2.0 protocol is necessary

  • The Trainer

    Professor Pamela Frinzi is a consultant with MindShare, Inc., a world-renowned technology training company as well as a Professor at Kennesaw State University (formerly Southern Polytechnic State University) in Marietta, Ga. She has 28 years experience, teaching courses such as digital electronics, circuit analysis, test engineering, data communications, and engineering ethics.

     

    As a corporate technical consultant for 12+ years, Pamela Frinzi has developed and taught courses in SATA, USB, and PCI Express. Pamela Frinzi is now an industry expert in USB 3.1 protocol as well as the latest USB Type-C and Power Delivery standards. She has traveled all over the world training engineers for companies such as Dell, Intel, HP, Harmon-Kardon, Qualcomm, Synopsis, and Denali. Prior to her career as a technology educator, Pamela was a Senior Design Engineer for Colonial Pipeline Company in Atlanta, Ga. She was responsible for hardware and software design systems for control and communication system.


    Pamela has both her MS (Summa Cum Laude) and BS (Cum Laude) degrees in Electrical Engineering Technology from Southern Polytechnic State University.

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