Open collector / open drain integrated bidirectional digital...

Details Open collector / open drain integrated bidirectional digital... Open collector / open drain integrated bidirectional digital...

2007-07-26

2011-11-01

Payne, David C. (Department: 2611)

Pulse or digital communications

Transceivers

Transmission interface between two stations or terminals

Reexamination Certificate

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08050315

ABSTRACT:
An open collector/open drain interface, such as I2C interface between two or more integrated circuit devices, employs isolation techniques to provide electrical isolation of a digital signal for transmission of the signal between the devices. Uni-directional isolator channels are utilized to transmit bidirectional digital signals, and a selection of an isolator channel operating in an intended transmission direction is performed by direction control logic. Edge detection logic is utilized to determine changes in edges of a digital signal, thus determining a transmitting device and a transmission direction. The direction state is held in a direction state register. This state is held until the appropriate edge is detected on the transmit side, returning the isolator to the idle state. In the idle state neither side of the isolator is in a driven state. During transmission, the digital signal is transmitted through an isolator channel and sent to a receiving device.

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