Signal processing system and endoscope

1. A signal processing system comprising:

a transmission channel including at least a pair of signal lines;

a common-mode signal transmitting circuit configured to output an uplink signal having a first clock edge that is repeated at a first frequency to the transmission channel in a common mode;

a common-mode signal detecting circuit configured to detect a common-mode signal from the uplink signal transmitted by the transmission channel;

a downlink reference clock signal generating circuit configured to generate a downlink reference clock signal at a second frequency with reference to the first clock edge of the common-mode signal detected by the common-mode signal detecting circuit;

a downlink data generating circuit configured to generate downlink data based on the first clock edge of the common-mode signal detected by the common-mode signal detecting circuit;

a differential signal transmitting circuit configured to output, as a downlink signal, the downlink data generated by the downlink data generating circuit to the transmission channel in a differential mode, based on the downlink reference clock signal generated by the downlink reference clock signal generating circuit; and

a differential signal receiving circuit configured to receive the downlink signal transmitted by the transmission channel and extract a differential signal from the downlink signal.

2. The signal processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the second frequency is higher than the first frequency.

3. The signal processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the downlink data generating circuit includes at least an imaging element that generates image data by receiving light and performing photoelectric conversion on the light, or one physical sensor that detects one or more of physical quantities of acceleration, temperature, pressure, humidity, magnetism, ion concentration, and a radiation dose.

4. The signal processing system according to claim 1 , wherein

the common-mode signal transmitting circuit is configured to output at least one of a pulse-width-modulated signal obtained by modulating a pulse width of the uplink signal and an amplitude-modulated signal obtained by modulating an amplitude of the uplink signal to the transmission channel, and

the common-mode signal detecting circuit is configured to detect the pulse-width-modulated signal or the amplitude-modulated signal from the uplink signal transmitted from the transmission channel.

5. The signal processing system according to claim 4 , wherein the pulse-width-modulated signal or the amplitude-modulated signal includes a data pattern corresponding to a horizontal synchronous signal.

6. The signal processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission channel further includes a power supply line and a ground line.

7. An endoscope comprising:

the signal processing system according to claim 1 ;

an insertion portion to be inserted into a subject; and

a connector removably connected to a control device that performs predetermined image processing, wherein

the insertion portion includes the common-mode signal detecting circuit, the downlink reference clock signal generating circuit, the downlink data generating circuit, and the differential signal transmitting circuit, and

the connector includes the common-mode signal transmitting circuit and the differential signal receiving circuit.