Table of Contents
1Scope
2References
3Definitions
4Electricalcharacteristics
4.1Generatorcharacteristics
4.1.1Opencircuitmeasurement
4.1.2Testterminationmeasurements
4.1.3Short-circuitmeasurement
4.1.4Outputsignalwaveform
4.2Loadcharacteristics
4.2.1Inputcurrent-voltagemeasurements
4.2.2Inputsensitivitymeasurements
4.2.3Cabletermination
4.2.4Fail-safeoperation
4.3Interconnectingcableelectricalcharacteristics
5Circuitprotection
AppendixI-Guidelinesforapplication
I.1Exampleonaninterconnectingcable
I.1.1Length
I.1.2Cablephysicalcharacteristics
I.1.3Cabletermination
I.2Examplesofgeneratorsandreceivers
I.2.1ECL-Emittercoupledlogictechnology
I.2.2Fail-safebiasingofreceivers Abstract
Establishes electrical characteristics of a balanced digital interchange circuit normally implemented in integrated circuit technology, that may be employed when specified for the interchange of serial binary signals between Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) and Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment (DCE) or in any point-to-point interconnection of serial binary signals between data equipments.
