Multi-level communication circuitry for communicating digital si

Details Multi-level communication circuitry for communicating digital si Multi-level communication circuitry for communicating digital si

1982-11-24

1984-12-18

Safourek, Benedict V.

Pulse or digital communications

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307270, 307360, 307463, H04L 2549

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044894171

ABSTRACT:
A communication circuit for transmitting multi-bit digital signals from one integrated circuit to another upon a single conductor utilizing a multi-level analog signal. The transmitting circuitry includes first through third drivers, only one of which is activated at any one time. The collector of an output transistor of a first of the drivers is coupled directly to the single bus conductor, the collector of an output transistor of the second driver is coupled to the bus through a single transistor, and the collector of an output transistor of the third driver is coupled to the bus through two series-connected diodes. The receiving circuitry is composed of three receivers, each including an input and output transistor pair coupled in a Darlington configuration. The base of the input transistor of the first receiver is coupled to the bus through a single diode connected in a first direction, the second receiver coupled to the input bus through a diode in a direction opposite the first direction, and the third receiver is coupled to the input bus via two series-connected diodes, this arrangement of diodes providing three different threshold voltage levels. The outputs of the three receivers are combined to yield an output digital signal which corresponds to the input digital signal.

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IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 18, No. 9, Feb. 1976.

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