Bus repeater for coupling a first and second bus
US6839789B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 15, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jan 4, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 22, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L5/1461
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A bus-repeater for coupling at least one first bus with a second bus, by way of which data may be transmitted in the form of serial digital signal pulse sequences and including at least one first and a second transmit-receive device, with which the first and, respectively, the second bus may be coupled and by way of which the bus-repeater may transmit signal pulse sequences, received via the first bus on the second bus, and vice versa. In accordance with the invention the bus-repeater includes locking device, which during transmission of a signal pulse received from the first bus to the second bus lock transmission by the bus-repeater of signal pulses, received from the second bus, via the first bus for a transmission locking time and vice versa.
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