The present technology relates to a signal processing device, a signal processing method, and an electronic device that reduce the influence of crosstalk. In one example, a signal processing device includes a plurality of comparators; a delay unit adapted to delay output of each of the plurality of comparators; and a subtractor adapted to subtract, from a supplied signal, a signal from the delay unit. The signal processing device processes signals transmitted in N phases and includes (N-1) or more comparators. Each of the plurality of comparators has a different threshold value set and compares a received signal with the threshold value, and in a case where the signal transitions between a plurality of voltage levels, the threshold value is set to a value within adjacent voltage levels. In a second example, a reception device that receives a signal transmitted in multiple phases and via multiple lines.

Facilitating ad hoc daisy-chaining of dynamically addressable devices having configurable physical layer interfaces together in a serial manner is presented herein. A system can include a group of devices communicatively coupled with respective devices of the group of devices in a daisy-chained manner via physical layer (PHY) interfaces of the respective devices including a group of available communication protocol configurations including a low voltage differential signaling (LVDS) based PHY configuration, a controller area network (CAN) based PHY configuration, and/or a single-ended serial communication PHY configuration including a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) based interface or a transistor-transistor logic (TTL) based interface. Further, a host device of the system is directly connected, using a single-ended Manchester encoded serial communication interface, to a foremost device of the group of devices and to successive devices of the respective devices, via the foremost device, using the single-ended Manchester encoded serial communication interface.

A buffer circuit is provided to output an output signal at an output node. The buffer circuit includes first and second inverters and first and second switches. The first inverter inverts an input signal. The second inverter is coupled between the first inverter and the output node. The first switch is coupled between a first voltage source terminal and the output node. The second switch is coupled between the output node and a second voltage source terminal. First and second voltages are respectively provided to the first and second voltage source terminals. In response to the input signal switching to a first level from a second level, the first switch is turned on to pre-charge the output node. In response to the input signal transiting to the second level from the first level, the second switch is turned on to pre-discharge the output node.

A semiconductor integrated circuit including a waveform shaping circuit is provided. The waveform shaping circuit receives a signal. The waveform shaping circuit operates with a first inductance value in a first period. During the first period, a rising edge or a falling edge of a waveform of the signal is enhanced. The waveform shaping circuit operates with a second inductance value in a second period. During the second period, the rising or falling edges of the waveform is not enhanced. The first inductance value is larger than the second inductance value.

A power line communication device including a current path provided between a first terminal and a second terminal. A coupling circuit includes a first circuit of a first inductor connected in parallel with a first capacitor and a first resistor, wherein the coupling circuit is connected between the first and second terminals. A sensor is configured to sense a communication parameter of the coupling circuit. The communication parameter may be a resonance of the first circuit, the quality (Q) factor of the resonance, the bandwidth (BW) of the coupling circuit, the resistance of the first resistor, or the impedance of the first circuit. A transceiver is adapted to couple to the first and second terminal to transmit a signal onto the current path or receive a signal from the current path responsive to the parameter of the coupling circuit and a level of current in the current path sensed by the sensor.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, receiving a plurality of communication signals, and generating, according to the plurality of communication signals, a plurality of electromagnetic waves bound at least in part to a dielectric layer of a conductor. The plurality of electromagnetic waves propagates along the dielectric layer of the conductor without an electrical return path, where each electromagnetic wave of the plurality of electromagnetic waves includes a different portions of the plurality of communication signals, and where the plurality of electromagnetic waves utilizes a signal multiplexing configuration that at least reduces an interference between the plurality of electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Various implementations of a data communication cable assembly are disclosed that improve the transmission of data signals that traverse long distances. Some cable assembly implementations are configured to transmit data signals via one or more electrical wire mediums and one or more signal extenders that modify the data signals for improved transmission between devices over one or more electrical wire mediums. Other cable assembly implementations are configured to transmit data signals via one or more optical transmission mediums and optical-to-electrical and electrical-to-optical converters for improved transmission of the data signals between devices. Other cable assembly implementations are configured for cascading or daisy-chaining together for transmitting data signals between devices in the optical and/or electrical domain.

A communication participant for an automation system, with a communication component that includes at least two identically formed communication interfaces, wherein each of the communication interfaces includes a receiving module for receiving incoming communication signals and a transmitting module for transmitting communication signals, wherein each of the at least two communication interfaces is designed for a communication with a directly adjacently arranged, plug-in connected communication participant and for a communication with a remotely arranged, cable-connected communication participant.

A transceiver device includes a transmitter and a receiver connected to each other through a first line and a second line. The transmitter transmits signals having a first voltage range to the first line and the second line in a first mode, and transmits signals having a second voltage range less than the first voltage range to the first line and the second line in a second mode. The transmitter encodes an original payload to generate a first payload in the second mode, and transmits a clock training pattern and the first payload through the first line and the second line. The receiver decodes the first payload and outputs reception data corresponding to the original payload in the second mode.

To enable preferable signal transmission between a plurality of daisy-chained devices at low cost. A transmission device generates a plurality of signals having different voltage levels and outputs the signals to a communication line at different timings. For example, the plurality of signals having different voltage levels is generated by a plurality of drivers or one driver. A receiving side can immediately determine whether or not it is information to be passed to the subsequent stage on the basis of only a difference in voltage level without logically analyzing contents of a signal, and cost of components such as a memory, verification cost, or the like are unnecessary so that the cost can be reduced.