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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1994
Melco Inc., Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a data transfer unit interposed between a computer and a peripheral device for executing data exchange by a handshaking process based on a signal level. The invention also provides a method of supplying power to the data transfer unit. The data transfer unit includes a first power circuit and a second power circuit. The first power circuit receives an electric current via a diode D6 connected in a forward direction to a signal line RTS used for handshaking and generates a predetermined positive voltage of +12 volts. The second power circuit receives an electric current via a diode D1 connected in a reverse direction to the signal line RTS used for handshaking and generates the predetermined positive voltage of +12 volts. An auxiliary power of -12 volts is supplied from a data output signal line TXD in a printer. A voltage regulator (23) receives the output of the predetermined positive voltage and generates a steady voltage of +5 volts, which is supplied as power of a logic circuit.