Transmission-reception equipment for a bus system

Claim 2

A transmission-reception equipment for a bus system having two signal conductors, having a difference bus transmission equipment connected respectively to the two signal conductors via difference outputs thereof and capable of two signal statuses, and having a difference bus reception equipment with two difference inputs connected respectively to the two signal conductors, having a repeater having a primary winding subdivided into first and second at least approximately identical halves and having a secondary winding having its two ends connected to the two signal conductors, respectively, having two ends of the two primary winding halves farthest opposed from one another connected to at least one difference bus receiver, and having a resistor connected between two adjacent center ends of the two primary winding halves, comprising the secondary winding having an at least approximately identical number of turns as the primary winding; two ends of the first primary winding half connected to two difference outputs of at least one first difference bus transmitter, two ends of the second primary winding half connected to two difference outputs of at least one second difference bust transmitter having its input side connected parallel to an input side of the first difference bus transmitter, and the value of resistance of said resistor being high in comparison to an output resistance of the bus line transmitters and low in comparison to an input resistance of the bus line receiver.

Claim 3

The transmission-reception equipment according to claim 1, wherein two first difference bus transmitters are connected parallel to one another t the input and output sides and two second difference bus transmitters are connected parallel to one another at the input and output sides.

Claim 4

The transmission-reception equipment according to claim 1, wherein the difference bus transmitters, respectively unlocked only for a fraction of a bit time span after every level transition of supplied transmission data and thereby outputing a positive or negative difference voltage pulse dependent on the new signal level, are provided at a transmission side, these difference bus transmitters being in a quiescent condition of high internal resistance during the remaining part of every bit time span; and wherein two difference line receivers are connected mutually opposite to those ends of the two primary winding halves farthest opposed from one another, a bi-stable RS flip-flop having its two inputs connected to the outputs of the two difference bus receivers, is provided at the reception side.

Claim 5

The transmission-reception equipment according to claim 3, wherein the difference bus transmitters are respectively unlocked only for about one-fourth of a bit time span and outputting a positive or negative difference voltage pulse and are in a quiescent condition of high internal resistance (tri-state condition) for about three-fourths of a bit time span.

Claim 6

The transmission-reception equipment according to claim 1, wherein a transmission data input of the difference bus transmitters are connected to a transmission data output of a local area networks controller and an output of the RS flip-flop is connected to a reception data input of the local area networks controller.

Claim 7

The transmission-reception equipment according to claim 1, wherein the difference bus transmitters, respectively unlocked only for a fraction of a bit time span after every level transition of supplied transmission data and thereby outputting a positive or negative difference voltage pulse dependent on the new signal level, are provided at a transmission side, these difference bus transmitters being in a quiescent condition of high internal resistance during the remaining part of every bit time span.

Claim 8

The transmission-reception equipment according to claim 1, wherein two difference line receivers are connected mutually opposite to those ends of the two primary winding halves farthest opposed from one another, a bi-stable RS flip-flop having its two inputs connected to the outputs of the two difference bus receivers, is provided at the reception side.

Claim 9

A transmission-reception equipment for a bus system having two signal conductors, having a difference bus transmission side connected to said conductors via difference outputs thereof and capable of two signal statuses, and having a difference bus reception side connected to the signal conductors via two difference inputs thereof, and having a repeater having a primary winding subdivided into two at least approximately identical halves and having a secondary winding, the secondary winding having two secondary ends connected to the two signal conductors, respectively, two ends of the two primary winding halves farthest opposed from one another connected to at least one difference bus receiver in the bus reception side and having a resistor connected between two adjacent center ends of the two primary winding halves, comprising: the secondary winding having an at least approximately identical number of turns as the primary winding; two ends of the first primary winding half connected to two difference outputs of at least one first difference bus transmitter in the bus transmission side; two ends of the second primary winding half connected to two difference outputs of at least one second difference bus transmitter in the bust transmission side, said second difference bus transmitter having an input connected to an input of said first difference bus transmitter; and the value of resistance of said resistor being high in comparison to an output resistance of the bus transmission side and low in comparison to an input resistance of the bus reception side.

Claim 10

A transmission-reception equipment for a bus system having two signal conductors, having a difference bus transmission side connected to said conductors via difference outputs thereof and capable of two signal statuses, and having a difference bus reception side connected to the signal conductors via two difference inputs thereof, and having a repeater having a primary winding subdivided into two at least approximately identical halves and having a secondary winding, the secondary winding having two secondary ends connected to the two signal conductors, respectively, two ends of the two primary winding halves farthest opposed from one another connected to at least one difference bus receiver in the bus reception side and having a resistor connected between two adjacent center ends of the two primary winding halves, comprising: the secondary winding having an at least approximately identical number of turns as the primary winding; two ends of the first primary winding half connected to two difference outputs of at least one first difference bus transmitter in the bus transmission side; two ends of the second primary winding half connected to two difference outputs of at least one second difference bus transmitter in the bust transmission side, said second difference bus transmitter having an input connected to an input of said first difference bus transmitter; and the value of resistance of said resistor being high in comparison to an output resistance of the bus transmission side and low in comparison to an input resistance of the bus reception side.

Claim 11

The transmission-reception equipment according to claim 8, wherein two first difference bus transmitters are connected parallel to one another at the input and output sides and two second difference bus transmitters are connected parallel to one another at the input and output sides.

Claim 12

The transmission-reception equipment according to claim 8 wherein the difference bus transmitters, respectively unlocked only for a fraction of a bit time span after every level transition of supplied transmission data and thereby outputting a positive or negative difference voltage pulse dependent on the new signal level, are provided at a transmission side, these difference bus transmitters being in a quiescent condition of high internal resistance during the remaining part of every bit time span; and wherein two difference line receivers are connected mutually opposite to those ends of the two primary winding halves farthest opposed from one another, a bi-stable RS flip-flop having its two inputs connected to the outputs of the two difference bus receivers, is provided at the reception side.

Claim 13

The transmission-reception equipment according to claim 10, wherein the difference bus transmitters are respectively unlocked only for about one-fourth of a bit time span and outputting a positive or negative difference voltage pulse and are in a quiescent condition of high internal resistance (tri-state condition) for about three fourths of a bit time span.

Claim 14

The transmission-reception equipment according to claim 8, wherein a transmission data input of the difference but transmitters are connected to a transmission data output of a local area networks controller and an output of the RS flip-flop is connected to a reception data input of the local area networks controller.