摘要 |
A multiplexer is disclosed including a transmitter system and a receiver system wherein each has a plurality of modules. The modules are aligned and held in a guide channel and electrically and physically interconnected by plug and socket interconnections. Each system has a main module and at least one extender module which may be interconnected at the plugs and sockets for physical and electrical extension of the entire multiplexer as desired. An end terminator electrically terminates the sequential scan of the input terminals in the development of the time multiplexed signals, and another end terminator electrically terminates the transmitter system in the receiver system in its distribution of the multiplexed signals to output terminals thereon. The variable number of extenders permit an expandable ring in which the input terminals may be scanned and to which the output terminals the time division multiplexed signals may be distributed. The foregoing abstract is merely a resume of one general application, is not a complete discussion of all principles of operation or applications, and is not to be construed as a limitation on the scope of the claimed subject matter. |