EMI/EMP Resistant Data Bus
Abstract
This document is the final report of a development program concerned with the design and fabrication of an eight station EMI/EMP resistant avionic data bus. Airborne avionics systems are moving toward the use of party line multiplex data buses for the transmission of the growing number of digital signals found in modern aircraft. Optoelectronic technology provides a data bus interface system consistent with military requirements that is potentially superior to wire techniques-particularily in the areas of ground loop noise immunity and EMI/EMP sensitivity. The passive optical couplers developed on the initial phase of this program are a necessity for the realization of a true optical bus. The optical couplers are required in an optoelectronic data bus so that each station can receive optical signals from the bus and transmit optical signals onto the bus. By this means, each station on the bus can communicate with every other station. The report emphasizes the design approach and characteristics associated with the critical opto-electronic interfaces. Overall system description is also presented. The system features eight Multiplex Terminal Units (MTU) inter-connected with a nine port radial coupler. Plugable optical interfaces are employed with fiber optic cable lengths of 10 ft., 20 ft. , 30 ft., and 50 ft. This provides for a maximum bus length of 100 ft. The system uses unipolar Manchester coding on the optical bus with a data rate of 10 M bit/s and a worst case bit error rate of 1 in 100 million.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADB014579
Entities
People
- John E. Shaunfield