Patent · US Active

Communications module apparatus, integrated circuit and method of communicating data

US8644791B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Freeescale Semiconductor, Inc. · US

Inventors

Leonhard Link · Kirchseeon, DE
Jerome Casters · Toulouse, FR
Engelbert Wittich · Wartenberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 31, 2008
Grant date	Feb 4, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 26, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2012/40273
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communications module apparatus for an automotive network comprises an input for receiving data to be transmitted. The apparatus also comprises a first output for coupling to a first bus line and a second output for coupling to a second bus line. An alternating voltage signal transmission circuit for transmitting at least part of the received data is also provided. The alternating voltage signal transmission circuit is coupled to the first output and the second output.

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