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Data transmission system with a digital alarm facility

US4933672A · kind A · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 22, 1988
Grant dateJun 12, 1990
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Expiry dateAug 22, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L1/0083
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The data transmission system includes a data transmitter for transmitting either data bits or a sequence of N alarm bits in a first binary state. The transmitter includes a decode circuit (16) providing a detection signal each time that, in a data bit stream, a sequence of n bits in the first binary state has been loaded in a shift register (14), a XOR circuit (18) modifying the binary state of the bit following the sequence of n bits in response to the detection signal provided by the decode circuit (16), thereby providing a modified data bit stream on the transmit line (20), the number n being chosen so that no modified data bit stream can be formed of N bits in the first binary state which could be confused with the sequence of N alarm bits. On the reception side, the data receiver performs the reciprocal operation of the data transmitter.

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