Transmission Line Coupler

Tadahiro Kuroda; Wai-Yeung Yip

doi:10.1017/9781108893299.004

3 - Transmission Line Coupler

A Wireless Module Connector

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 September 2021

Tadahiro Kuroda and

Wai-Yeung Yip

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Tadahiro Kuroda: Affiliation:
University of Tokyo
Wai-Yeung Yip: Affiliation:
University of Tokyo

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Chapter 3 provides an in-depth introduction to TLC, starting with an intuitive explanation of its operating principle, followed by a description of its electrical characteristics and coupler and transceiver designs. It then drills down into design variations for four application areas. The first is the implementation of a multidrop bus, where three TLC derivatives for a master–slave, multidrop bus, single-ended-to-differential conversion, and a multimaster, multidrop bus respectively are presented. The second is smartphone application, where two small-footprint TLC derivatives including one for extended communication distance across the thickness of the smartphone are described, together with a high-EMC immunity transceiver for robust operation in the high-EMI environment of a smartphone. The third is adaptation for automotive LAN, where a TLC derivative compatible with the twisted pair wiring used by automotive LANs is introduced, together with a high-EMC immunity transceiver developed to meet the stringent EMI and EMS requirements demanded of automotive electronics. The fourth is the implementation of a completely wireless interface for SSD application. The system architecture is presented, together with a TLC interface nested within a wireless power interface. System-level challenges in startup and error correction and their solutions are also explained.

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Automotive LAN CDR ECC EMC LCD interface MIPI multidrop bus satellite processor SSD wireless connector

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Information: Wireless Interface Technologies for 3D IC and Module Integration , pp. 202 - 290

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