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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370 851 ; 375257 ;
Abstract
A multiplex transmission system according to the present invention is provided with a plurality of multiplex nodes which are connected in parallel with two common buses so that data are transmitted between the nodes. A receiver circuit of each multiplex node includes a passive potential detector section and bias sections. In case of any trouble on the buses, in this multiplex transmission system, the passive potential detector section detects the respective passive-mode potentials of the buses, controls the bias sections in accordance with the detected passive potentials, and sets input potentials within a predetermined range, thereby enabling data transmission between the multiplex nodes.