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US3154697A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Data transmitting apparatus employing switches and diodes to selectively transmit pulses of desired polarity

Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1962-12-31
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Granted: 1964-10-27
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Expires: 1982-12-31
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Albert X Widmer
  • 👤 Abramson Paul

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 05:31
CPC Classifications
G; G08; G08C; G08C15/00; G08C15/06; G08C15/12

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 113 words
IN A DATA TRANSMITTING APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVELY TRANSMITTING A SUCCESSION OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE PULSES ON A COMMON TRANSMISSION LINE THE COMBINATION OF: (A) A PLURALITY OF SEQUENTIALLY OPERATIVE SIGNAL GENERATORS EACH ADAPTED IN TURN TO PRODUCE A BI-POLAR ELECTRICAL SIGNAL; (B) MEANS FOR SEGREGATING EACH RESPECTIVE BI-POLAR SIGNAL INTO ITS POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE COMPONENT PULSES; (C) SELECTING MEANS FOR SELECTING PREDETERMINED ONES OF SAID SEGREGATED POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE PULSES FOR TRANSMISSION ON SAID TRANSMISSION LINE; (D) AND MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID TRANSMISSION LINE AND TO SAID SELECTING MEANS AND OPERATIVE RESPONSIVE SOLELY TO THE ENERGY CONTENT OF SAID SEGREGATED POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE PULSES FOR RECOMBINING SAID PULSES FOR TRANSMISSION ON SAID LINE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 113 words
IN A DATA TRANSMITTING APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVELY TRANSMITTING A SUCCESSION OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE PULSES ON A COMMON TRANSMISSION LINE THE COMBINATION OF: (A) A PLURALITY OF SEQUENTIALLY OPERATIVE SIGNAL GENERATORS EACH ADAPTED IN TURN TO PRODUCE A BI-POLAR ELECTRICAL SIGNAL; (B) MEANS FOR SEGREGATING EACH RESPECTIVE BI-POLAR SIGNAL INTO ITS POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE COMPONENT PULSES; (C) SELECTING MEANS FOR SELECTING PREDETERMINED ONES OF SAID SEGREGATED POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE PULSES FOR TRANSMISSION ON SAID TRANSMISSION LINE; (D) AND MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID TRANSMISSION LINE AND TO SAID SELECTING MEANS AND OPERATIVE RESPONSIVE SOLELY TO THE ENERGY CONTENT OF SAID SEGREGATED POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE PULSES FOR RECOMBINING SAID PULSES FOR TRANSMISSION ON SAID LINE.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

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