Data access arrangement having improved transmit-receive separation
AssigneeInfineon Technologies North America Corp.
InventorDavid Whitney
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Abstract
A data access arrangement (DAA) having a transhybrid circuit for separating a transmit signal from a received signal by providing a transmit cancellation signal to the inverting input of a servo-feedback differential amplifier on the receive channel of the DAA. The cancellation signal is provided by a photodiode optically coupleable with a light emitting diode within a optical isolator on the transmission channel of the DAA. The gain of the cancellation signal can be independently controlled.
Claims12
An interface circuit having a first port and a second port, the first port having a transmit line and a separate receive line, the second port having a bidirectional line, the interface circuit electrically isolating the first port and the second port, the interface circuit comprising:
- a first optical isolation circuit electrically coupled to the transmit line, the first optical isolation circuit comprising:
- a first light source electrically coupled to the transmit line, the first light source generating a first illumination signal corresponding to a signal on the transmit line;
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- a first light detector optically coupled to the first light source for receiving the first illumination signal and generating a corresponding electrical signal;
- a line driver electrically coupled to the first light detector, the line driver driving the bidirectional line in response to the electrical signal generated by the first light detector;
- a differentiator having a first input, a second input and an output, the first input of the differentiator being electrically coupled to the bidirectional line;
- a second light detector optically coupled to the first light source for receiving the first illumination signal and generating a corresponding electrical signal, the second light detector being electrically coupled to the second input of the differentiator;
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- a second optical isolation circuit electrically coupled to the differentiator output, the second optical isolation circuit comprising:
- a first light source electrically coupled to the differentiator output, the first light source generating an illumination signal corresponding to an electrical signal generated at the differentiator output;
- a first light detector optically coupled to the first light source for detecting the illumination signal and generating a corresponding electrical signal, the first light detector being electrically coupled to the receive line;
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- a second light detector optically coupled to the first light source for detecting the illumination signal and generating a corresponding electrical signal, the second light detector being electrically coupled to the first input of the differentiator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.