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Transmission apparatus

US5400017A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 18, 1992
Grant dateMar 21, 1995
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Expiry dateDec 18, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E60/00
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A transmission device is disclosed wherein a plurality of control units each having a transmitting/receiving block connected to one another through a positive signal line and a negative signal line, and bidirectional signal transmission is carried out with a predetermined polarity among the control units. The signal lines of the transmission device are connected to a power superposing source for applying a predetermined DC voltage to the signal lines and each of the control units include a signal switch connected to the transmitting/receiving block for inverting and switching a transmission signal sent or received by the transmitting/receiving block, and a polarity judging device adapted to supply a homopolar signal when the potential of the positive signal line is higher than the potential of the negative signal line, and adapted to supply a heteropolar signal when the potential of the positive signal line is lower than the potential of the negative signal line. The control unit further includes a changeover control adapted to supply a switching signal to the signal switch such that the signal switch inverts and switches the transmission signal, when the polarity judging device su…

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