Method for pseudo-differential transmission using modal electrical variables
First Claim
1. A device for proportioning a device for transmitting through an interconnection having n transmission conductors and a return conductor distinct from a reference conductor, n being an integer greater than or equal to 2, the device for transmitting through an interconnection providing, in a known frequency band, m transmission channels, where m is an integer greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to n, comprising:
- means for modeling the interconnection, in a part of the known frequency band, taking into account the lumped impedances seen by the interconnection and caused by the circuits connected to the interconnection elsewhere than at the ends of the interconnection, as a (n+1)-conductor multiconductor transmission line, the multiconductor transmission line having uniform electrical characteristics over its length, the multiconductor transmission line using natural voltages referenced to the return conductor and natural currents as natural electrical variables;
means for determining, for the multiconductor transmission line and the known frequency band, a transition matrix from modal electrical variables to natural electrical variables, the transition matrix from modal electrical variables to natural electrical variables being non-diagonal in said part of the known frequency band;
means for proportioning a transmitting circuit, the transmitting circuit receiving m input signals of the transmitting circuit, the output of the transmitting circuit being coupled to the n transmission conductors, the output of the transmitting circuit delivering modal electrical variables defined by the transition matrix from modal electrical variables to natural electrical variables, each of the modal electrical variables being mainly determined by one and only one of the input signals of the transmitting circuit; and
means for proportioning a receiving circuit, the receiving circuit delivering m output signals of the receiving circuit, the input of the receiving circuit being coupled to the n transmission conductors and to the return conductor, the receiving circuit combining the natural voltages referenced to the return conductor according to linear combinations, each of the output signals of the receiving circuit being mainly determined by one and only one of the modal electrical variables defined by the transition matrix from modal electrical variables to natural electrical variables.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and a device for pseudo-differential transmission in interconnections used for sending a plurality of electrical signals.
The ends of an interconnection having 4 transmission conductors and a return conductor distinct from the reference conductor are each connected to a termination circuit. Three damping circuits are connected between the return conductor and the reference conductor. The transmitting circuits receive at their inputs the signals from the 4 channels of the two sources, and are connected to the conductors of the interconnection. A transmitting circuit in the activated state produces modal electrical variables, each modal electrical variable being allocated to one and only one channel. The receiving circuits are connected to the conductors of the interconnection, each receiving circuit being such that the 4 channels of a source connected to a transmitting circuit in the activated state are sent to the four channels of the destinations, without noticeable echo, internal crosstalk and external crosstalk.
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13 Claims
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1. A device for proportioning a device for transmitting through an interconnection having n transmission conductors and a return conductor distinct from a reference conductor, n being an integer greater than or equal to 2, the device for transmitting through an interconnection providing, in a known frequency band, m transmission channels, where m is an integer greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to n, comprising:
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means for modeling the interconnection, in a part of the known frequency band, taking into account the lumped impedances seen by the interconnection and caused by the circuits connected to the interconnection elsewhere than at the ends of the interconnection, as a (n+1)-conductor multiconductor transmission line, the multiconductor transmission line having uniform electrical characteristics over its length, the multiconductor transmission line using natural voltages referenced to the return conductor and natural currents as natural electrical variables; means for determining, for the multiconductor transmission line and the known frequency band, a transition matrix from modal electrical variables to natural electrical variables, the transition matrix from modal electrical variables to natural electrical variables being non-diagonal in said part of the known frequency band; means for proportioning a transmitting circuit, the transmitting circuit receiving m input signals of the transmitting circuit, the output of the transmitting circuit being coupled to the n transmission conductors, the output of the transmitting circuit delivering modal electrical variables defined by the transition matrix from modal electrical variables to natural electrical variables, each of the modal electrical variables being mainly determined by one and only one of the input signals of the transmitting circuit; and means for proportioning a receiving circuit, the receiving circuit delivering m output signals of the receiving circuit, the input of the receiving circuit being coupled to the n transmission conductors and to the return conductor, the receiving circuit combining the natural voltages referenced to the return conductor according to linear combinations, each of the output signals of the receiving circuit being mainly determined by one and only one of the modal electrical variables defined by the transition matrix from modal electrical variables to natural electrical variables. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A device for transmission providing, in a known frequency band, m transmission channels each corresponding to a signal to be sent from the input of at least one transmitting circuit to the output of at least one receiving circuit, where m is an integer greater than or equal to 2, comprising:
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an interconnection having n transmission conductors and a return conductor distinct from a reference conductor, n being an integer greater than or equal to m, the interconnection being structurally combined with the reference conductor throughout the length of the interconnection, the interconnection being such that the interconnection can be modeled, in a part of the known frequency band, taking into account the lumped impedances seen by the interconnection and caused by the circuits connected to the interconnection elsewhere than at the ends of the interconnection, as a (n+1)-conductor multiconductor transmission line, the multiconductor transmission line having uniform electrical characteristics over its length, the multiconductor transmission line using natural voltages referenced to the return conductor and natural currents as natural electrical variables; at least one said transmitting circuit receiving m input signals of the transmitting circuit corresponding each to a transmission channel, the output of said at least one said transmitting circuit being coupled to the n transmission conductors, the output of said at least one said transmitting circuit delivering modal electrical variables when said at least one said transmitting circuit is in the activated state, the modal electrical variables being defined by a transition matrix from modal electrical variables to natural electrical variables of the (n+1)-conductor multiconductor transmission line, the transition matrix from modal electrical variables to natural electrical variables being non-diagonal, each of the modal electrical variables being mainly determined by one and only one of the input signals of the transmitting circuit; and at least one said receiving circuit delivering, when said at least one said receiving circuit is in the activated state, m output signals of the receiving circuit corresponding each to a transmission channel, the input of said at least one said receiving circuit being coupled to the n transmission conductors and to the return conductor, said at least one said receiving circuit combining the natural voltages referenced to the return conductor according to linear combinations, each of the output signals of the receiving circuit being mainly determined by one and only one of the modal electrical variables defined by the transition matrix from modal electrical variables to natural electrical variables. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for transmitting through an interconnection having n transmission conductors and a return conductor distinct from a reference conductor, n being an integer greater than or equal to 2, the method providing, in a known frequency band, m transmission channels each corresponding to a signal to be sent from the input of at least one transmitting circuit to the output of at least one receiving circuit, where m is an integer greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to n, the method comprising the steps of:
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numbering the transmission conductors from 1 to n and defining, for any integer j greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to n, at any given abscissa along the interconnection, a natural current of index j as the current flowing in the transmission conductor number j, and a natural voltage referenced to the return conductor of index j as the voltage between the transmission conductor number j and the return conductor; modeling the interconnection, in a part of the known frequency band, taking into account the lumped impedances seen by the interconnection and caused by the circuits connected to the interconnection elsewhere than at the ends of the interconnection, as a (n+1)-conductor multiconductor transmission line, the multiconductor transmission line having uniform electrical characteristics over its length, the multiconductor transmission line using the natural voltages referenced to the return conductor and the natural currents as natural electrical variables; determining, for the multiconductor transmission line and the known frequency band, a transition matrix from modal electrical variables to natural electrical variables, the transition matrix from modal electrical variables to natural electrical variables being non-diagonal in said part of the known frequency band; using one said transmitting circuit receiving m input signals of the transmitting circuit corresponding each to a transmission channel, the output of said transmitting circuit being coupled to the n transmission conductors, the output of said transmitting circuit delivering modal electrical variables defined by the transition matrix from modal electrical variables to natural electrical variables, each of the modal electrical variables being mainly determined by one and only one of the input signals of the transmitting circuit; and using one said receiving circuit delivering m output signals of the receiving circuit corresponding each to a transmission channel, the input of said receiving circuit being coupled to the n transmission conductors and to the return conductor, said receiving circuit combining the natural voltages referenced to the return conductor according to linear combinations, each of the output signals of the receiving circuit being mainly determined by one and only one of the modal electrical variables defined by the transition matrix from modal electrical variables to natural electrical variables. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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