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Terminal unit in information transmission system

US4910628A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 13, 1988
Grant dateMar 20, 1990
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Expiry dateSep 13, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/285
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A terminal unit for use in an information transmission system disposed between an information transmission line in the information transmission system constituted of signal lines for transmitting a signal by conduction therethrough of a direct current having positive polarity and negative polarity and controlled equipment as one terminal of the system, including at least a coupling circuit for transmitting and receiving a signal to and from the transmission line by converting the signal into a direct current as aforesaid and converting such a direct current into the signal, a transmission control device controlling transmission and reception of a signal according to a protocol for signal transmission, and a transmission circuit and a reception circuit disposed between the coupling circuit and transmission control device for making signal transmission and reception, respectively, and further, comprising a polarity detection circuit for detecting polarity of the direct current voltage supplied from the signal lines and a polarity switching circuit for switching polarities of a signal delivered to the transmission line depending upon the result of detection in the polarity detection c…

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