Biphase multiple level communications

• US 7,912,143 B1
• Filed: 12/23/1998
• Issued: 03/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AND Yet, Inc.
• Original Assignee: AND Yet, Inc.
• Inventors: Graham, Martin H.
• Primary Examiner(s): BURD, KEVIN MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US09/221,291
• Time in Patent Office: 4,472 Days
• Field of Search: 375/239, 375/238, 375/288, 375/237, 341/58
• US Class Current: 375/288
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/1492 two levels are symmetric, in respect of the sign to the third level which is "zero"
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 5/09 Digital recording

Abstract

A novel data transmission method and apparatus is disclosed for communicating digital data using existing telephone wiring. According to the present invention, the digital data is represented by the time interval between two consecutive biphasic pulses. Biphasic pulses are used in the present invention because each biphasic pulse does not carry any dc component so DC component in the transmission line can be eliminated. In addition, additional data can be encoded in the amplitude or pulse width of each biphasic pulse so that higher data encoding ratio can be achieved.

Claims

1. A method for encoding data bits for transmission comprising:

(a) generating a first biphasic pulse having a first portion of a first polarity followed by a second portion of a second polarity;

(b) waiting a first period of time following the second portion of the first biphasic pulse during which period of time no amplitude dependent data bits are encoding, the duration of the first period of time being selected to represent a first plurality of data bits;

(c) generating a second biphasic pulse following the period of time, the second biphasic pulse having a third portion of the second polarity followed by a fourth portion of the first polarity;

(d) waiting a second period of time following the fourth portion of the second biphasic pulse during which period of time no amplitude dependent data bits are encoding, the duration of the second period of time being selected to represent a second plurality of data bits;

(e) repeating steps (a) and (b) with a third period of time representing a third plurality of data bits; and

(f) repeating steps (c) and (d) with a fourth period of time representing a fourth plurality of data bits.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each biphasic pulse has no DC component.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein each of the portions of the first and second biphasic pulses are single polarity pulses having an amplitude and a pulse width.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the amplitude of the single polarity pulses represents at least one data bit.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the pulse width of each of the single polarity pulses represents at least one data bit.

6. The method defined by claim 1, including the step of transmitting a signal generated by the steps of claim 1 onto a twisted pair line.

7. A method for decoding data bits from a received signal comprising:

(a) detecting a first biphasic pulse having a first polarity, the first biphasic pulse having a first portion of a first polarity followed by a second portion of a second polarity;

(b) detecting a second biphasic pulse having a second polarity, the second biphasic pulse having a third portion of the second polarity followed by a fourth portion of the first polarity;

(c) measuring the time between the first and second biphasic pulses;

(d) correlating the measured time from step (c) to a plurality of data bits;

(e) detecting a third biphasic pulse of the first polarity;

(f) measuring the time between the second biphasic pulse and the third biphasic pulse;

(g) correlating the measured time from step (e) to a plurality of data bits; and

(h) repeating steps (a) through (g).