Patent ID: 8774288
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: H01L,H04L

Abstract:
1. A receiver comprising: a pulse detection circuit that detects a pulse signal having a positive amplitude and a pulse signal having a negative amplitude, which are transmitted from a transmitter through an AC-coupling element; a positive pulse determination circuit that outputs a first determination result of a first logic value during a first period, and outputs the first determination result of a second logic value if a pulse signal having a positive amplitude is detected during a period other than the first period, the first period being an interval between the instant at which a pulse signal having a negative amplitude is detected and the instant at which neither a pulse signal having a positive amplitude nor a pulse signal having a negative amplitude is detected; a negative pulse determination circuit that outputs a second determination result of one of the first and second logic values during a second period, and outputs the second determination result of the other one of the first and second logic values if a pulse signal having a negative amplitude is detected during a period other than the second period, the second period being an interval between the instant at which a pulse signal having a positive amplitude is detected and the instant at which neither a pulse signal having a positive amplitude nor a pulse signal having a negative amplitude is detected; and a data generation section that generates data in accordance with the first and second determination results.