CABLE FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNAL

• US 20160006479A1
• Filed: 07/02/2015
• Published: 01/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: MAEDA, Yasuhiro
• Granted Patent: US 9,419,679 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/04 Control of transmission; Equalising
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/50 Systems for transmission between fixed stations via two-conductor transmission lines H04B3/54 takes precedence

Abstract

A cable for transmitting signals between two systems is disclosed. The cable provides a connector, which encloses a circuit unit comprising at least one of a transmitter and a receiver and plugged with the system, and a co-axial cable pulled out from the connector. The circuit unit includes at least a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter receives an input signal in the differential form from the system and outputs a transmitting signal in the single-ended form to the co-axial cable. The receiver receives the transmitting signal in the single-ended form from the co-axial cable and outputs an output signal in the differential form to the system.

Claims

1. A cable for connecting between two apparatuses, comprising:

a connector including a circuit unit electrically connected to one of the systems, the connector being plugged to the one of the systems; and

a metal wire electrically connected to the circuit unit in the connector,

wherein the circuit unit provides at least one of a transmitter and a receiver, the transmitter receiving an input differential signal from one of the apparatuses and generating a transmitting single-ended signal to the metal wire, the receiver receiving the transmitting single-ended signal from the metal wire and generating an output differential signal to the one of the apparatuses.

2. The cable of claim 1,

wherein the metal wire is connected to the transmitter or the receiver in an AC mode.

3. The cable of claim 1,

wherein the transmitter includes a pair of output terminals, one of the output terminals being terminated and another of the output terminals being connected in an AC mode to the metal wire.

4. The cable of claim 1,

wherein the receiver includes a pair of input terminals, one of the input terminals being terminated and another of the input terminals being connected to the metal wire.

5. The cable of claim 1,

wherein the connector includes a circuit board having an area on which the circuit unit is disposed, an interface having an electrode electrically connected to the circuit unit and one of the apparatuses, and another interface having a pad electrically connected to the circuit unit and the metal wire.

6. The cable of claim 5,

wherein the circuit unit includes a part disposed on one surface of the circuit board and another part disposed on another surface of the circuit board opposite to the one surface thereof.

7. The cable of claim 6,

wherein the interface includes a plurality of electrodes, a part of the electrodes being arranged on one surface of the circuit board and another part of the electrodes being arranged on another surface of the circuit board opposite to the one surface thereof, and

wherein the part of the electrodes are electrically connected to the part of the circuit unit, and the another part of the electrodes are electrically connected to the another part of the circuit unit.

8. The cable of claim 5,

wherein the circuit unit is disposed on the area only in one surface of the circuit board.

9. The cable of claim 8,

wherein the interface includes a plurality of electrodes, apart of the electrodes being arranged on the one surface of the circuit board and electrically connected to the circuit unit, another part of the electrodes being arranged on another surface of the circuit board opposite to the one surface and electrically connected to the circuit unit through via holes.

10. The cable of claim 5,

wherein the another interface provides a plurality of pads arranged in only one surface of the circuit board.

11. The cable of claim 5,

wherein the another interface provides a plurality of pads, a portion of the pads being arranged in one surface of the circuit board and another portion of the pads being arranging in another surface of the circuit board.

12. The cable of claim 11,

wherein the portion of the pads and the another portion of the pads are unevenly arranged along edges of the circuit board.

13. The cable of claim 5,

wherein the connector further provides a housing to enclose the circuit board and the circuit unit therein, the circuit board in one surface thereof has a distance against the housing facing the one surface which is shorter than a distance between another surface of the circuit board and the housing facing the another surface.