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Modulator-demodulator apparatus and system

US5259000A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 23, 1988
Grant dateNov 2, 1993
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Expiry dateSep 23, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M11/06
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a MODEM having modulation and demodulation circuits and a circuit for controlling the modulation and demodulation, a modulator-demodulator apparatus includes a register for accepting a macro-instruction from an external source; a circuit for interpreting and executing the macro-instruction; and a circuit for outputting a response to the macro-instruction, whereby the MODEM is controlled in response to the macro-instruction accepted from the outside source. The modulator-demodulator apparatus is suitably integrated over a single semiconductor substrate.

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