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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1991
William C Mallard, Jr, Nashua, NH (US);
Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA (US);
Abstract
A transmission media driving system for receiving high data rate serial binary data signal, dividing the signal into two or more lower data rate signal paths, modified duobinary encoding the signals and transmitting the signals on respective two-conductor transmission lines. The system includes ample encoding circuits for generating control signals and a line driver circuit, associated with each encoding circuit, that is responsive to the control signals to drive one of the transmission lines with the modified duobinary encoded signal through a transformer. The driver circuit includes multiple current sources that are switched to conducting or nonconducting states in response to the control signals to drive currents through a primary winding of the transformer to achieve appropriate levels of the encoded signal.