Multiplex communications – Communication techniques for information carried in plural... – Combining or distributing information via time channels
Patent
1995-09-29
1997-12-30
Olms, Douglas W.
Multiplex communications
Communication techniques for information carried in plural...
Combining or distributing information via time channels
375211, H04B 336
Patent
active
057038830
ABSTRACT:
An expandable repeater controller for a local area network. The expandable repeater controller has with three expansion ports. An interface signal is transmitted through an EXPOUT port when the expandable repeater controller is going to transmit data through a DAT port. The interface signal is received through an EXPIN port if the expandable repeater controller is required to receive data through DAT port. The operational status of the expandable repeater controller is determined by logic levels of ports EXPOUT and EXPIN. The repeater controller of the invention is provided with an expansion port circuit which includes means for generating synchronous clock signals, means for dealing with data collision conditions and means for transmitting and receiving data as well as the interface signals. The repeater controller further includes an arbiter if more than two repeater controllers are connected for expansion. Two repeater controllers of the present invention are expanded by connecting the EXPOUT port of one controller to the EXPIN port of the other controller and connecting their DAT ports together. Three or more repeater controllers of the present invention are expanded by connecting their EXPOUT and EXPIN ports to the arbiter and connecting their DAT ports together.
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Jung Min
Olms Douglas W.
United Microelectronics Corporation
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