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Hardware arrangement for specifying data format in asynchronous transmission

US5274679A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 11, 1992
Grant dateDec 28, 1993
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Expiry dateMay 11, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L25/38
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In order to detect the format of asynchronously, serially transmitted character data using a command signal which includes a plurality of command character data, wherein the beginning of each of the command character data is identified by a start bit, and the character length of each of the character signals is L (a positive integer), the start bit is detected and a train of pulses generated to enable each of the character data to be sampled; the character signal is sampled and converted into a corresponding parallel signal; each of the parallel character signals outputted are ascertained; the number of character data received is counted and it is determined if a predetermined matching is achieved.

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