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Simultaneous bidirectional transmission circuit

US5872471A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 24, 1996
Grant dateFeb 16, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 24, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L5/1423
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a simultaneous bidirectional transmission circuit for conducting simultaneous two-way communication between LSIs via a transmission line, an input/output circuit connected to the transmission line is included in an LSI. The input/output circuit has a driver and a receiver. The driver sends out an output signal depending on a logical signal within the LSI to the transmission line. The receiver receives a mixed signal having a mixture of a received signal and the output signal via the transmission line. The signal to be received by the receiver in an LSI has been sent out to the transmission line by the other party i.e., another LSI in communication therewith. The receiver receives the logical signal output as well. The receives derives a difference between the mixed signal and the logical signal output, thereby removing the component of the logical signal from the mixed signal, and outputs the received signal. The receiver has a reference circuit for receiving the logical signal and outputting it to a bias circuit, a bias circuit for generating a divided voltage signal in conjunction with internal resistance of the reference circuit, and a differential receiver for receiving the …

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