IP Library Granted Patent US 7,564,324
Granted Patent B2
US 7,564,324 · App. 11/016,792 · Granted Jul 21, 2009

Transformational bus coupling

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Patent No.
US 7,564,324
App. No.
11/016,792
Granted
Jul 21, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

Currently, in transformationally coupled linear data bus systems having separate transmission and reception lines, two transformers are used in order to achieve electrical isolation of data bus and terminal. According to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a data bus system is specified in which the terminal is connected via a directional coupler to the data bus lines in order to transmit and receive data via the data bus.

Claims (37)

1. A data bus system, comprising

a data bus and a terminal;

wherein the data bus has a first data line and a second data line;

wherein the terminal is connected via a directional coupler to the first and the second data lines in order to transmit and receive data via the data bus;

wherein the terminal has a transmitter and a receiver, the receiver isolated from the transmitter by the directional coupler;

wherein the direction coupler includes a transformer having a primary coil, a first secondary coil, and a second secondary coil;

wherein one end of an impedance is coupled to the first and second secondary coils of the transformer and another end of the impedance is coupled to the transmitter and the receiver;

wherein the directional coupler relays an input signal coming from the bus line to the transmitter and the receiver;

wherein the directional coupler relays an output signal going from the transmitter to the data bus, but not to the receiver.

2. The data bus system according to claim 1 , wherein the directional coupler is designed so that in the event of a non-transmitting transmitter, the impedance is adapted in such a way that no reflections arise on the data bus.

3. The data bus system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the data bus system is designed as a data bus for an aircraft; and

wherein the terminal is an aircraft system in the aircraft.

4. The data bus system according to claim 1 , wherein the transformer has a turn ratio of primary √2 to secondary 2×1.

5. A terminal for connection and operation with a data bus, wherein the data bus has a first and a second data line;

wherein the terminal comprises:

a directional coupler; and

wherein the terminal is connected to the first and the second data lines using the directional coupler in order to transmit and receive data via the data bus;

wherein the terminal has a transmitter and a receiver, the receiver isolated from the transmitter by the directional coupler;

wherein the direction coupler includes a transformer having a primary coil, a first secondary coil, and a second secondary coil;

wherein one end of an impedance is coupled to the first and second secondary coils of the transformer and another end of the impedance is coupled to the transmitter and the receiver;

wherein the directional coupler relays an input signal coming from the bus line to the transmitter and the receiver; and

wherein the directional coupler relays an output signal going from the transmitter to the data bus to the data bus, but not to the receiver.

6. The terminal according to claim 5 ,

wherein the directional coupler is designed so that in the event of a non-transmitting transmitter, the impedance is adapted in such a way that no reflections arise on the data bus.

7. The terminal according to claim 5 ,

wherein the terminal is part of an aircraft system of an aircraft.

8. The terminal according to claim 5 , wherein the transformer has a turn ratio of primary √2 to secondary 2×1.

9. A data transmission method for transmitting data between a data bus and a terminal,

wherein the data bus has a first and a second data line, the method comprising:

connecting the first and the second data lines to the terminal using a directional coupler to transmit and receive data via the data bus;

isolating a receiver and a transmitter of a terminal using a directional coupler;

adapting an impedance of the directional coupler in the event of a non-transmitting transmitter in such a way that no reflections arise on the data bus;

wherein the direction coupler includes a transformer having a primary coil, a first secondary coil, and a second secondary coil; and

wherein one end of the impedance is coupled to the first and second secondary coils of the transformer and another end of the impedance is coupled to the transmitter and the receiver.

10. The method according to claim 9 ,

wherein the method is used on a data bus of an aircraft.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 31, 2011
From: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 026360/0849 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2005
From: RIECKMANN, NORBERT
To: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 015989/0343 →