Table of Contents
1Scope
2Definitions,SymbolsandAbbreviations
3Applicability
4ElectricalCharacteristics
4.1UnitLoadcharacteristics
4.1.1dcUnitLoadSpecification
4.1.2acLoadcharacteristics
4.2Generatorcharacteristics
4.2.1OpenCircuitoutputvoltages
4.2.2Differentialandoffsetoutputvoltages
4.2.3Differentialoutputvoltageswithcommon-modeloading
4.2.4Off-Stateoutputcurrent
4.2.5Short-circuitoutputcharacteristics
4.2.6Transientovervoltagetolerance
4.2.7Outputsignalwaveform
4.3Receivercharacteristics
4.3.1Inputvoltageranges
4.3.2Inputthresholds
4.3.3Inputbalancemeasurements
4.3.4Receiverunitloadtest
4.3.5Transientovervoltagetolerance
4.4Transceivercharacteristics
4.5Systemrequirements
4.5.1Balancedinterconnectingmediacharacteristics
4.5.2Cabletermination
4.5.3Totalloadlimit
4.5.4Fail-safeoperation
AnnexeA(informative)
A.1Multipointsystemconfiguration
A.2Datasignalingratevs.cablelength
A.3Stublengths
A.4Optionalgroundingarrangements
A.4.1Signalcommon(Ground)
A.4.2Configuration''A''
A.4.3Configuration''B''
A.4.4Shieldground
A.5References Abstract
Defines the electrical characteristics of generators and receivers when specified for the interchange of binary signals in multipoint interconnection of digital equipment.
