Transmission link

• US 5,020,154 A
• Filed: 04/19/1990
• Issued: 05/28/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Zierhut, Hermann
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NEGASH, KINFE MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US07/511,196
• Time in Patent Office: 404 Days
• Field of Search: 455/608, 455/617, 455/61, 455/102, 455/103, 455/137, 332/108, 332/112, 332/119, 332/151
• US Class Current: 398/187
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 14/023 using pulse amplitude modulation

Abstract

A transmission link for transmitting a sequence of signals comprising pulse and interval signals, across a transmission medium from a transmitter to a receiver circuit of a receiver, whereby each pulse signal is modulated with a frequency. At least two frequencies are used to modulate the pulses, and a separate evaluation circuit is provided in the receiver for each modulating frequency. The output signals of the evaluation circuits are concatenated (linked in series) by a AND-gate circuit.

Claims

1. A transmission link for transmitting a sequence of pulses and intervals over a transmission medium comprising:

a transmitter including means for modulating pulses with at least two frequencies to form modulated pulse signals containing said two frequencies;

a receiver having a separate evaluation circuit corresponding to each modulation frequency, each evaluation circuit having as an input said modulated pulses and providing a demodulated output; and

an AND-gate circuit, having at least two inputs, each input being coupled to a respective output of one of said evaluation circuits, whereby said AND-gate circuit concatenates the demodulated pulse signals appearing at the outputs of said evaluation circuits

2. The transmission link of claim 1, wherein said means for modulating include first means for modulating each pulse signal with a first modulating frequency and second means for modulating each pulse with a second modulating frequency having a higher frequency magnitude than said first modulating frequency.

3. The transmission link of claim 2, wherein said first modulating frequency has a frequency magnitude in a range from 30 to 50 kHz and the second modulating frequency has a frequency magnitude in a range from 400 to 500 kHz.

4. The transmission link of claim 1, wherein said means for modulating include first means for modulating each pulse signal with a first modulating frequency to form a modulated pulse signal, and second and third means to modulate each modulated pulse signal alternately with a second and third modulating frequency.

5. The transmission link of claim 4, wherein said modulating means includes means to modulate each modulated pulse signal alternately with three or more additional modulating frequencies.

6. The transmission link of claim 1, wherein said transmission medium is infrared light.

7. The transmission link of claim 2, wherein said transmission medium is infrared light.

8. The transmission link of claim 3, wherein said transmission medium is infrared light.

9. The transmission link of claim 4, wherein said transmission medium is infrared light.

10. A method of transmitting a sequence of pulses and intervals over a transmission medium comprising:

modulating pulses with at least two frequencies to form modulated pulses containing said two frequencies;

transmitting said modulated pulses over the medium;

seperately receiving said modulated pulses;

evaluating said pulses at each modulating frequency; and

ANDing the respective results of said evaluations whereby said evaluation results will be concatenated.

11. The method of claim 10, comprising modulating each pulse signal with a first modulating frequency and a second modulating frequency having a higher frequency magnitude than the first modulating frequency.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein said first modulating frequency has a frequency magnitude in a range from 30 to 50 kHz and the second modulating frequency has a frequency magnitude in a range from 400 to 500 kHz.

13. The method of claim 10, comprising modulating each pulse signal with a first modulating frequency to form a modulated pulse signal, and further modulating each modulated pulse signal alternately with a second and third modulating frequency.

14. The method of claim 13, comprising modulating each modulated pulse signal alternately with three or more additional modulating frequencies.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein said transmission medium is infrared light.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein said transmission medium is infrared light.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein said transmission medium is infrared light.

18. The transmission link of claim 13, wherein said transmission medium is infrared light.