Bidirectional data link
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorsAbishek MANIAN, Amit RANE
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Abstract
A bidirectional data link includes a forward channel transmitter circuit and a forward channel receiver circuit. The forward channel transmitter circuit includes a forward channel driver circuit, and a back channel receiver circuit. The back channel receiver circuit is coupled to the forward channel driver circuit. The back channel receiver circuit includes a summation circuit and an active filter circuit. The summation circuit is coupled to the forward channel driver circuit. The active filter circuit is coupled to the summation circuit. The forward channel receiver circuit includes a forward channel receiver, and a back channel driver circuit. The back channel driver circuit is coupled to the forward channel receiver.
Claims5
A bidirectional data link, comprising:
- a forward channel transmitter circuit, comprising:
- a forward channel driver circuit;
- and
- a back channel receiver circuit coupled to the forward channel driver circuit, the back channel receiver circuit comprising:
- a summation circuit coupled to the forward channel driver circuit;
- and
- an active filter circuit coupled to the summation circuit;
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- a forward channel receiver circuit, comprising:
- a forward channel receiver;
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- a back channel driver circuit coupled to the forward channel receiver.
A transceiver circuit, comprising:
- a forward channel driver circuit comprising a differential output;
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- a back channel receiver circuit coupled to the differential output, the back channel receiver circuit comprising:
- a summation circuit;
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- an active filter circuit coupled to the summation circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.