Adaptive electronic transmission signal cancellation apparatus for full duplex communication
First Claim
1. A bidirectional communication system, configured for full duplex communication, comprising:
- a communication channel;
a main transmitter having an output for asserting a transmit signal;
a transmit signal path electrically coupled between the communication channel and the output of the main transmitter;
a receiver having an input for receiving a receive signal;
a receive signal path electrically coupled between the communication channel and the input of the receiver, the receive signal path further coupled, in parallel fashion, to the transmit signal path; and
a transmit signal cancellation circuit electrically coupled to the receive signal path, the transmit signal cancellation circuit developing a cancellation signal, representing a transmit signal, and asserting the cancellation signal on the receive signal path so as to prevent the transmit signal from being asserted to the input of the receiver, wherein the transmit signal cancellation circuit includes a first replica transmitter having an output electrically coupled to the receive signal path between the main transmitter and the receiver, and a cancellation impedance circuit electrically coupled into the receive signal path between the output of the first replica transmitter and the output of the main transmitter, and between the output of the main transmitter and the input of the receiver.
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Abstract
An adaptive electronic transmission signal cancellation circuit for separating transmit data from receive data in a bidirectional communication system operating in full duplex mode is disclosed. The output of a main transmitter responsive to a first bias current is connected to the output of a receiver through an internal resistor. A first replica transmitter responsive to a second bias current and matched to the main transmitter current gain and rise/fall time characteristics is connected to the input terminal of the receiver, and produces a cancellation voltage between the output terminal of the main transmitter and the input terminal of the receiver as a function of the second bias current and the internal resistor. A second replica transmitter matched to the current gain and rise/fall time characteristics of the main transmitter and the first replica transmitter and responsive to the second bias current is connected to the output terminal of the main transmitter for canceling excess current, developed by the first replica transmitter, at the output terminal of the main transmitter.
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17 Claims
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1. A bidirectional communication system, configured for full duplex communication, comprising:
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a communication channel;
a main transmitter having an output for asserting a transmit signal;
a transmit signal path electrically coupled between the communication channel and the output of the main transmitter;
a receiver having an input for receiving a receive signal;
a receive signal path electrically coupled between the communication channel and the input of the receiver, the receive signal path further coupled, in parallel fashion, to the transmit signal path; and
a transmit signal cancellation circuit electrically coupled to the receive signal path, the transmit signal cancellation circuit developing a cancellation signal, representing a transmit signal, and asserting the cancellation signal on the receive signal path so as to prevent the transmit signal from being asserted to the input of the receiver, wherein the transmit signal cancellation circuit includes a first replica transmitter having an output electrically coupled to the receive signal path between the main transmitter and the receiver, and a cancellation impedance circuit electrically coupled into the receive signal path between the output of the first replica transmitter and the output of the main transmitter, and between the output of the main transmitter and the input of the receiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
a line interface circuit coupled between the channel at one port and the transmit signal path and the receive signal path at another port, the line interface circuit including a load impedance; and
wherein the digital-to-analog converters are current mode devices, the load impedance defining a voltage mode transmit signal from a current mode transmit signal output by the main transmitter.
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8. The communication system according to claim 7, the first replica transmitter defining a current mode cancellation signal, the cancellation impedance circuit defining a voltage mode cancellation signal from the current mode cancellation signal.
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9. A method for separating a transmit signal from a simultaneously asserted receive signal in a bidirectional, full duplex transmission system having a transmitter and a receiver sharing a common signal path, comprising the steps of:
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generating a transmit signal on the common signal path;
generating a first cancellation signal corresponding to the transmit signal, the first cancellation signal representing a mirror image of a voltage component of the transmit signal;
generating a second cancellation signal corresponding to the transmit signal, the second cancellation signal representing a direct image of a current component of the transmit signal; and
electrically combining the first and second cancellation signals with the transmit signal on the common signal path so as to substantially remove the transmit signal from the common signal path. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
providing a communication channel;
providing an interface circuit coupled between the communication channel and the common signal path, the interface circuit including a load impedance element; and
wherein the transmit signal is a differential current mode signal, the load impedance element defining a differential voltage mode signal therefrom.
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11. The method according to claim 10, the first cancellation signal generating step comprising:
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generating a first differential current mode cancellation signal; and
converting the first differential current mode cancellation signal to a first differential voltage mode cancellation signal by passing the first differential current mode cancellation signal through a cancellation impedance element.
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12. The method according to claim 11, the second cancellation signal generating step comprising:
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generating a second differential current mode cancellation signal; and
wherein the positive and negative portions of the second differential current mode cancellation signal are combined with respective positive and negative portions of the transmit signal and with respective negative and positive portions of the first differential current mode signal.
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13. The method of claim 9, wherein the first cancellation signal and the second cancellation signal are generated by a digital to analog block.
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14. A bidirectional communication system, configured for full duplex communication, comprising:
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a communication channel;
a main transmitter having an output for asserting a transmit signal;
a transmit signal path electrically coupled between the communication channel and the output of the main transmitter;
a receiver having an input for receiving a receive signal;
a receive signal path electrically coupled between the communication channel and the input of the receiver, the receive signal path further coupled, in parallel fashion, to the transmit signal path; and
a transmit signal cancellation circuit electrically coupled to the receive signal path, the transmit signal cancellation circuit developing a cancellation signal, representing a transmit signal, and asserting the cancellation signal on the receive signal path so as to prevent the transmit signal from being asserted to the input of the receiver, wherein the transmit signal cancellation circuit includes a replica transmitter having an output electrically coupled to the receive signal path between the main transmitter and the receiver.
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15. An adaptive transmission signal cancellation circuit for separating transmit data from receive data in a bidirectional communication system comprising:
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a transmit DAC having positive and negative output terminals for asserting differential analog transmit signals;
a receive ADC having positive and negative input terminals for receiving differential analog receive signals, the receiver'"'"'s input terminals electronically coupled to the transmitter'"'"'s respective like output terminals over a common signal path;
a replica DAC having positive and negative output terminals for asserting a differential cancellation signal at the input of the receive ADC for cancelling the transmit signal from the receive signal. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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