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CHAPTER 2: Introduction
2. Introduction
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Figures 2-1 and 2-2 illustrate typical Converter applications. In Figure 2-1, the Converter is labeled “terminated”; this indicates that the Converter’s termination switch S2 has been set to ON. Also note that although Figure 2-2 shows only two interconnected Converters, up to 64 of them can be daisychained in a multipoint system. Both figures show the signal flow for the Converter in full-duplex operation for both point-to-point and multipoint applications. (Direction of signal flow is indicated by arrows.)
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Figure 2-1. 4-wire full-duplex point-to-point application.
Figure 2-2. 4-wire full-duplex multipoint application.
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