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Method for common transmission of digital source and control data between data sources and data sinks connected through data lines

US5940398A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Becker GmbH · DE

Inventors

Andreas Stiegler · Ettlingen, DE
Herbert Hetzel · Schweigen-Rechtenbach, DE
Hans-Peter Mauderer · Gaggenau, DE
Matthias Winkelmann · Blankenloch, DE
Patrick Heck · Durmersheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 2, 1996
Grant date	Aug 17, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 2, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH02J2310/46
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for common transmission of digital source and control data between data sources and sinks being connected through data lines, includes transmitting the source and control data in a format specifying a clocked sequence of individual bit groups of equal length. In these bit groups, certain bit positions are each reserved for the source and control data and the bit positions reserved for the source data form a cohesive region within one bit group. The region of a bit group reserved for the source data is subdivided into a plurality of partial bit groups of equal length. The source data assigned to each partial bit group are allocated to a certain data source/data sink as a function of the control data.

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