Method and apparatus for implementing a type 8B6T encoder and decoder
US5525983A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 25, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 25, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03M5/18
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method for transmitting an 8-bit binary format data word as a 6-trit ternary code word includes an encoder, a decoder, and a code assignment that produce, for each 8-bit data word value, an unique 6-trit ternary code word that is particularly optimized for transmission over twisted-pair cable. The logic circuitry of the invention is optimized to accomplish the translation using a small number of combinatorial logic gates. The present invention thus has advantages in size, speed and performance over other possible means for encoding an 8 bit data word to a 6 trit code word.
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