Data transmission system with transmission links joined in a ring.

摘要

Encoder/decoders (2) are joined in a ring by transmission links (3). Data passes over the links (3) as a carrier having two cycles per bit period. The amplitude of the carrier in any bit period is non-zero and represents the value of the bit. In each encoder/decoder (2) the carrier is recovered by a tuned circuit, the clock is recovered by dividing the carrier and the data is recovered. The same carrier is remodulated with the output data. The whole system forms an oscillatory system which sustains the carrier at a frequency which varies if the properties of the ring change.
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