5-volt low level serial transceiver

• US 5,325,395 A
• Filed: 03/31/1992
• Issued: 06/28/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: the united states of america as represented by the secretary of the navy
• Original Assignee: the united states of america as represented by the secretary of the navy
• Inventors: Tran, Trung H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): VO, DON NGUYEN
• Application Number:
  US07/861,411
• Time in Patent Office: 819 Days
• Field of Search: 375/7, 375/8, 375/36, 455/127, 455/73, 379/338, 379/349, 370/26, 370/32
• US Class Current: 375/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/38 Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/0266 Arrangements for providing Galvanic isolation, e.g. by means of magnetic or capacitive coupling

Abstract

A transceiver has a transmitter portion using active comparators coupled to single low level positive bias source to enable low powered drain transmit and receive conversion of TTL input signals to LLS (low level serial) data output signals for a coaxial data transmission cable. The transceiver also provides a constant impedance for a coaxial or triaxial transmission cable during active transmission periods, standby periods and power-off periods to provide a cost effective method to transmit and receive data.

Claims

1. A low level serial digital transceiver presenting a constant impedance to a cable during active mode, stand-by mode and power-off mode operation and using reduced power in the active and stand-by mode comprising:

an isolator portion coupled to said cable having a fixed impedance connected to provide said constant impedance during operation in said active mode, stand-by mode and power-off mode;

a transmitter portion connected to said isolator portion and coupled to receive two separate transistor-transistor logic data streams having means actuated by receiving said two separate transistor-transistor logic data streams for amplifying said two separate transistor-transistor logic data streams to convert the information thereof into representative low-level serial signals during operation in said active mode at a predetermined amplitude during operation in said active mode;

a receiver portion connected to the isolator portion and having a comparator circuit coupled to receive low-level serial data signals from said isolator portion of a predetermined magnitude during operation in said stand-by mode to convert received said low-level serial data signals to representative transistor-transistor logic signals; and

a single power source of positive polarity only, being coupled to said transmitter portion and said receiver portion to enable the operation thereof in the active and stand-by mode.

2. A low level serial digital transceiver according to claim 1 in which said comparator circuit includes two parallel connected operational amplifiers connected to a voltage divider to establish said predetermined magnitude and the amplifying means of said transmitter portion includes a pair of field effect transistors each coupled to receive one of said two separate transistor-transistor logic data streams.

3. A low level serial digital transceiver according to claim 1 in which said cable is a coaxial date transmission cable.

4. A low level serial digital transceiver according to claim 2 in which said cable is a coaxial date transmission cable.

5. A low level serial digital transceiver according to claim 3 in which said isolator portion is a coupling transformer.

6. A low level serial digital transceiver according to claim 4 in which said isolator portion is a coupling transformer.