Contactless Transmission Coupler for Data Networks

A receiver for a contactless transmission coupler transmitting data of a wired data network, comprising:

• an antenna receiving a high-frequency signal;
• a high-frequency step connected to the antenna, receiving the high-frequency signal from the antenna, and generating a transmission signal by shifting the high-frequency signal into an intermediate frequency band;
• a demodulator connected to the high-frequency step, receiving the transmission signal from the high-frequency step, and demodulating the transmission signal into a sequence of bits representing a physical layer of a network protocol employed on the wired data network;
• a converter connected to the demodulator, receiving the sequence of bits from the demodulator, and converting the sequence of bits into a digital signal;
• and
• an output connected to the converter, receiving the digital signal from the converter, and outputting the digital signal.

A contactless transmission coupler for transceiving data of a wired data network, comprising:

• a transmitter including
• (a) a network connection receiving a transmitter data signal,
• (b) a converter connected to the network connection, receiving the transmitter data signal from the network connection, and converting the transmitter data signal into a transmitter sequence of bits representing a physical layer of a network protocol employed on the wired data network,
• (c) a modulator connected to the converter, receiving the transmitter sequence of bits from the converter, and modulating a transmitter transmission signal with the transmitter sequence of bits,
• (d) a transmitter high-frequency step connected to the modulator, receiving the transmitter transmission signal from the modulator, and generating a transmitter high-frequency signal by shifting the transmitter transmission signal into a high-frequency band, and
• (e) an antenna connected to the transmitter high-frequency step, receiving the transmitter high-frequency signal from the transmitter high-frequency step, and emitting the transmitter high-frequency signal;
• and
• a receiver including
• (a) the antenna receiving a receiver high-frequency signal,
• (b) a receiver high-frequency step connected to the antenna, receiving the receiver high-frequency signal from the antenna, and generating a receiver transmission signal by shifting the receiver high-frequency signal into an intermediate frequency band,
• (c) a demodulator connected to the receiver high-frequency step, receiving the receiver transmission signal from the receiver high-frequency step, and demodulating the receiver transmission signal into a receiver sequence of bits representing the physical layer of the network protocol employed on the wired data network,
• (d) the converter connected to the demodulator, receiving the receiver sequence of bits from the demodulator, and converting the receiver sequence of bits into a receiver digital signal, and
• (e) the network connection connected to the converter, receiving the receiver digital signal from the converter, and outputting the receiver digital signal.