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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189692 | Signal transmitter apparatus provided with signal correction circuit for suppressing radiation of electromagnetic waves between transmission lines A voltage memory stores a signal level of a transmission signal from a signal generator at a timing of a clock signal, and outputs the transmission signal. A voltage difference detector detects a signal level of a transmission signal at a timing subsequent to the ti... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189691 | Apparatus for receiving differential signal using a differential amplifier The invention relates to a receiver for a differential data bus with two resistive branches (1, 2, 3; 4, 5, 6), with a differential amplifier with two transistors (9, 10), with a resistor (13), and with a control logic (16) that controls ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184723 | Feedback system and apparatus for video compensation A system and apparatus for compensating cable losses in a video signal transmission system includes feedback circuits to determine the spectral attenuation of a received signal and to control an equalizer circuit to amplify selected frequencies of the received signa... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8175172 | High speed digital galvanic isolator with integrated low-voltage differential signal interface Various types of high-speed digital galvanic isolators and corresponding integrated low voltage differential signal (“LVDS”) interfaces are disclosed herein. According to some embodiments, phantom power is provided to one side of a galvanic isolator from the oth... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175170 | Transmitter, receiver, method for transmitting, method for receiving, fixed length serial burst data transfer system, semiconductor device, and hybrid semiconductor device A transmitter included in a fixed length serial burst data transmission system in which the transmitter and a receiver are coupled to each other through at least two data signal lines includes a dual-rail encoder encoding fixed length serial transmit data into corre... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175173 | Methods and systems for transmitting signals differentially and single-endedly across a pair of wires Provided herein are systems and methods for transmitting signals across a pair of wires. In accordance with specific embodiments, a differential signal is transmitted across the pair of wires during one period of time, and two single-ended signals are transmitted ac... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175171 | Transmitter, receiver, transmitting method, receiving method, variable-length serial burst data transfer system, semiconductor device and hybrid semiconductor device A transmitter for use in a variable-length serial burst data transmission system having the transmitter and a receiver that are connected by at least two data signal lines and a burst start line includes a dual-rail encoder and a burst start signal receiving part. W... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8160162 | Method for transmitting a signal via a power line network, transmitter, receiver, power line communication modem and power line communication system A method for transmitting signals over a power line network, wherein within the power line network at least one transmitter and at least one receiver communicate via at least two channels, each channel including a respective feeding port of at least one transmitter ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155214 | Asymmetric decision feedback equalization slicing in high speed transceivers An asymmetric DFE receiver circuit is disclosed. The receiver circuit includes a voltage measuring unit configured to determine a signal voltage of a received signal, and a comparator unit configured to calculate a difference between the signal voltage and an evalua... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8144792 | Communication channel calibration for drift conditions A method and system provides for execution of calibration cycles from time to time during normal operation of the communication channel. A calibration cycle includes de-coupling the normal data source from the transmitter and supplying a calibration pattern in its p... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8085858 | Power saving techniques for a partial functionality communication link Power saving techniques for a device including an active mode of operation for transmitting a first data stream of at least two data types over wires, and a low power partial functionality mode of operation for transmitting a second data stream over a subset of the ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085857 | Digital-compatible multi-state-sense input A method and an apparatus are described for sensing of a multi-state signal. An embodiment of a method includes driving a digital input line with a signal, the signal alternating between a first state and a second state. The method further includes sensing one or mo... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8059724 | Method and system for reducing common mode noise interference in a differential communication channel A data transmission system and method includes providing a current to a first conductor by a current source to transmit a first binary digit while isolating a second conductor from the current source. In response to a command to transmit a second binary digit, amoun... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054892 | Compensating transmission line to reduce sensitivity of performance due to channel length variation Described embodiments provide a method and system for signal compensation in a SERDES communication system that includes monitoring the quality of a data signal after passing through a transmission channel. The quality of the data signal is monitored with at least o... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050333 | Data transfer device of serializer/deserializer system In a data transfer device which cancells an offset of a differential amplifier for amplifying a received signal and an offset caused by characteristics of a differential transmission line and selects optimum conditions such as pre-emphasis amount of an output pre-em... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045626 | Differential transmitter, differential receiver, signal transmitter, and signal transmitting system According to one embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to realize a signal transmitter which is capable of reducing power consumption and which can be easily designed. A differential transmitter block outputs differential output signals fixed to a pred... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8036283 | Data/strobe encoding scheme circuit and data/strobe encoding method In a data/strobe encoding scheme circuit in which data and a strobe signal are transmitted through different lines, changes respectively in the data and the strobe signal are employed as clock signals for a latching operation, and the data is transmitted to a succee... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8036284 | Method and apparatus for transmitting data with reduced coupling noise A first integrated circuit is coupled to a first connector. A second connector is coupled to the first connector through multiple conductors, in which alternating pairs of conductors are reversed. A second integrated circuit is coupled to the second connector throug... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8027390 | Method and system to extend a useable bandwidth of a signal generator A system to extend an operating bandwidth of a signal generator comprises a signal generator, an output port, a first transmission line extending between the signal generator and the output port, a mixer adapted to receive a first signal from the signal generator, a... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8027389 | Interface circuit A transmission circuit (101) for transmitting data onto a transmission line, and a mask circuit (102) for generating a mask signal (105) for removing a reflected wave based on a transmission timing notification signal (104) supplied form ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8027391 | Differential transmission line connector A differential transmission line connector with little unwanted radiation noise is provided. A connector connects a differential transmission pattern for multiple transmission of a group of three differential signals and a differential transmission cable. The differ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8009743 | Method and system for powering a device using a data communications signal line A system and method for transferring power using a data communications signal line. The data communications signal line is in a high impedance powerless state when idle. A main device is electrically coupled to the data communications signal line. The main device ge... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8009744 | Twisted pair communication system, apparatus and method thereof A communication system comprises a twisted pair communication link operably coupled to at least two driver stages for providing at least two independent input signals on the twisted pair communication link. The at least two independent input signals on the twisted p... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7995660 | Receiver termination circuit for a high speed direct current (DC) serial link A method for matching receiver and transmitter common-mode voltages for a high-speed direct current (DC) serial connection between the receiver and the transmitter includes measuring, at the receiver, a common-mode voltage of the transmitter. The common-mode voltage... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7974348 | Two-wire serial handshaking communication interface and method thereof A two-wire serial handshaking communication interface and a method thereof is provided for a transmission of a data bit representative between a first transmitting component and a second transmitting component, wherein the first transmitting component includes a fir... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7953162 | Use of differential pair as single-ended data paths to transport low speed data Provided herein are systems and methods for transmitting signals across a pair of wires. In accordance with specific embodiments, a differential signal is transmitted across the pair of wires during one period of time, and two single-ended signals are transmitted ac... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7944978 | High bandwidth data transport system Preparing data for transmission includes determining bit loading per frequency bin based on channel estimation data to create a data symbol, performing a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) on the interleaved data symbol array, mapping FFT data output sub-channel to a freq... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7940846 | Test circuit for serial link receiver A test circuit for a serial link receiver includes a first current source coupled to a first input of the serial link receiver, and a second current source coupled to a second input of the serial link receiver. The first current source is symmetrically matched to th... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7936829 | Driving multiple consecutive bits in a serial data stream at multiple voltage levels Driving multiple consecutive bits having a same logic value in a serial data stream involves driving a first bit of the multiple consecutive bits in the serial data stream at an initial voltage level, and driving at least two additional bits of the multiple consecut... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7903746 | Calibrating parameters in a storage subsystem with wide ports A mechanism uses in-situ bidirectional cable wrapping for determining different cable lengths. A calibration mechanism calibrates the high speed transmitter/receiver pair characteristics, and, thus, optimizes the transmission performance between subsystems. The cali... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7894537 | Adaptive data alignment An apparatus including a transmit circuit, a receive circuit, and a control circuit. The control circuit may be configured to present a plurality of transmit data lanes in response to (i) a plurality of transmit data sources and (ii) a plurality of first skew contro... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7869525 | Dynamic bus inversion method and system A dynamic bus inversion (DBI) method and system are described. In various embodiments, a transmitter transmits data over a multi-bit high-speed bus to a receiver. In an embodiment, the transmitter determines whether to invert the bus based on the number of data bits... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7864870 | Ultra wideband waveform generator circuit The invention relates to a novel ultra wideband (UWB) waveform generator circuit (1) placed on a substrate, with transmission lines, loads and ports; wherein the circuit takes as input a waveform and generates as output the derivative of said waveform, charac... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7860173 | Common field bus for data and energy transfer Data communication in an electrical system according to the present invention uses the time difference between two successive current or voltage pulses to represent different data values. The time differences (Δt9−Δt16) can assume more than two dif... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7835453 | Differential transmitter circuit A driver circuit is configured as a frequency compensated differential amplifier having one input coupled to a first data signal and a second input coupled to a second data signal. Each stage of the differential amplifier is biased with a current source. The driver ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7826538 | Remote determination of network transmitter identity and output strength Use of power line carrier communications which introduces a high frequency analog signal onto a cable used to convey power in a portion of an electric distribution network to send a data communication received at a distant receiver through the use of pick-up coil. C... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7822126 | Interference cancellation system and method An interference cancellation system and method for a communication system comprising a data bus carrying primary signals having an A component and a non-A component are provided. The interference cancellation system has an input port, an A data extraction block and ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7792196 | Single conductor bidirectional communication link A driver is coupled to a single conductor wire that may be electromagnetically shielded to drive serial signals on the wire, and a receiver is coupled to the wire and to the driver to receive serial signals from the wire at the same time. ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7778333 | Reduction of aggregate EMI emissions of multiple transmitters A power efficient and reduced electromagnetic interference (EMI) emissions multi-transmitter system for unshielded twisted pair (UTP) data communication applications. For each transmitter, digital transmit data is converted to a current-mode differential signal anal... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7778332 | Method and device for crosstalk test in multi-subscriber communication line Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a device for crosstalk test in multi-subscriber communication line. The core of embodiments includes: first, transmitting a test signal in a selected line; then, receiving the signal in the line to be tested,... | 08/17/2010 |
