CN212391603U - Device for data transmission and magnetic resonance tomography apparatus - Google Patents
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Abstract
The utility model relates to an equipment and magnetic resonance tomography device for data transmission. The present invention relates to a device for increasing data rates in synchronous serial transmission and a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus having a corresponding device. The device for data transmission comprises a clock line and at least two data lines for transmitting serial data. The device connects a computer unit of a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus and at least one component which can be controlled by means of the computer unit.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to an equipment and magnetic resonance tomography device for improving data rate in synchronous serial transmission.
Background
According to the prior art, data is transmitted in a serial manner by means of a device having a data line and a clock line. Such devices may be designed to use known two-wire transmission protocols, such as SPI or I2C or TWI. Such devices are also known as synchronous serial two-wire buses. In such a device, individual bits (bits) are transmitted in sequence on the line. To increase data transfer on such devices, asynchronous data transfer protocols may be used in which start and stop bits must be used to represent the individual data words themselves.
According to an alternative prior art, a device for parallel data transmission is known, in which for each bit of a byte an own data line is used. Additional clock lines may be provided for such devices. Due to the large number of wires, such devices are expensive in terms of the amount of data to be transmitted.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The technical problem to be solved of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for increasing the data rate in synchronous serial transmission, in particular for controlling a magnetic resonance tomography device.
The to-be-solved technical problem of the utility model is through according to the utility model discloses an equipment and through according to for data transmission the utility model discloses a magnetic resonance tomography device solves. Suitable embodiments are derived from the following description.
The device for data transmission according to the invention comprises a clock line and at least two data lines, wherein the device is designed to transmit data in a serial manner on each data line. According to the utility model discloses an equipment has following advantage: which enables relatively high transport speeds to be achieved with relatively little material usage. Here, a simple synchronous data protocol may be used. Such a device can be used, for example, in the control of a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus.
Suitably, the device is designed for synchronous data transmission.
In one embodiment, the device comprises exactly two data lines or exactly three data lines or exactly four data lines or exactly five data lines or exactly six data lines or exactly seven data lines. In a design with two data lines, for example, even bits of a byte can be transmitted using the first data line and odd bits using the second data line. Alternatively, it is conceivable to transmit 1 to 4 bits of one byte using the first data line and 5 to 8 bits using the second data line. In a design with four data lines, for example, the first and fifth bits may be transmitted via a first data line, the second and sixth bits via a second data line, the third and seventh bits via a third data line, and the fourth and eighth bits via a fourth data line. Alternatively, the first and second bits of a byte may be transmitted using a first data line, the third and fourth bits using a second data line, the fifth and sixth bits using a third data line, and the seventh and eighth bits using a fourth data line.
The device according to the invention is suitably adapted for transmitting even bits on the first data line and odd bits on the second data line, or odd bits on the first data line and even bits on the second data line.
Alternatively or additionally, the device according to the invention is suitable for transmitting the first half of a data word on a first data line and the second half on a second data line, wherein a data word in particular has 8 bits or 16 bits or 32 bits or 64 bits.
In one embodiment, the device can be designed for transmitting electrical signals and/or for transmitting optical signals. For this purpose, the data lines are expediently designed as current lines or, for the transmission of optical signals, as plastic lines or glass fiber lines.
The apparatus may further include an opto-coupler, a capacitive coupler, and/or a magnetic coupler. The aforementioned couplers are suitable for transmitting signals between two electrical circuits that are electrically isolated from one another, wherein an opto-coupler is provided with an optical transmitter, for example a light-emitting diode, and an optical receiver, for example a photodiode, for transmitting signals. The capacitive coupler includes at least one capacitor for transmitting a signal. In the case of a magnetic coupler, signals are preferably transmitted between the two coils. In particular, for each data line, in each case one optocoupler, capacitive coupler or magnetic coupler is used, wherein all couplers used are expediently constructed in the same way in one device.
In a further expedient refinement, the device comprises a first and/or a second converter. Such a converter may be a serial/parallel converter designed for distributing data over at least two data lines.
Suitably, a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus according to the invention comprises a computer device and at least one component controllable by the computer device and an apparatus for data transmission according to the invention. The component may be, for example, a gradient coil. The device according to the invention is arranged between a computer arrangement and a controllable component, so that the device according to the invention can be utilized for transmitting data from the computer arrangement to the controllable component and/or for transmitting data from the controllable component to the computer arrangement. In a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus, three gradient coils are usually present, so that each gradient coil is connected to a computer device via an apparatus for data transmission according to the invention, in particular via a respective apparatus for data transmission according to the invention. Other components, such as a gradient pulse generator, an HF coil and/or an HF generator or receiver, can also be connected to the computer unit via the device for data transmission according to the invention or via other devices for data transmission according to the invention. By using the apparatus for data transmission according to the present invention, the number of data transmission devices required in a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus is reduced, in particular halved, which leads to a cost reduction.
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The above described features, characteristics and advantages of the present invention and the manner of attaining them will become more apparent and the invention will be better understood by reference to the following description of embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
For a further description of the invention, reference is made to the embodiments illustrated in the drawings.
Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a transmission protocol of a device according to the invention with two data lines.
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A rectangular clock signal that toggles between the two states can be seen in fig. 1. In one embodiment, such a clock signal is transmitted using a clock line of an apparatus for transmitting data according to the invention. On the two data lines of the device for data transmission according to the invention, data are transmitted synchronously with the clock signal. In this case, the odd bits are correspondingly transmitted on the first data line and, in parallel therewith, i.e. simultaneously, the second bits are transmitted on the second data line. In the data transmission shown, for each clock signal, one bit is transmitted over each data line. With the transmission protocol shown, a double data quantity per time unit is transmitted on a device for data transmission according to the invention with two data lines, compared to a device according to the prior art with only one data line.
Although the invention has been shown and described in further detail by means of preferred embodiments, the invention is not limited to the disclosed examples, and other variants can be derived by the person skilled in the art without departing from the scope of protection of the invention.
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1. A device for data transmission, characterized in that the device comprises a clock line and at least two data lines, wherein the device is designed for transmitting data in a serial manner on each data line.
2. Device for data transmission according to claim 1, characterized in that the device is designed for synchronous data transmission.
3. Device for data transmission according to claim 1, characterized in that the device comprises exactly two data lines or exactly three data lines or exactly four data lines or exactly five data lines or exactly six data lines or exactly seven data lines.
4. Device for data transmission according to claim 1, characterized in that the device is adapted for transmitting even bits on a first data line and odd bits on a second data line or odd bits on a first data line and even bits on a second data line.
5. Device for data transmission according to claim 1, characterized in that the device is adapted for transmitting the first half of a data word on a first data line and the second half on a second data line, wherein the data word has 8 bits or 16 bits or 32 bits or 64 bits.
6. Device for data transmission according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the device is designed for transmitting optical and/or electrical signals.
7. Device for data transmission according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the device further comprises an opto-coupler, a capacitive coupler and/or a magnetic coupler.
8. Device for data transmission according to any of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the device further comprises a first and/or a second converter.
9. A magnetic resonance tomography apparatus, characterized in that the magnetic resonance tomography apparatus comprises a computer unit, at least one component controllable with the computer unit and a device for data transmission according to any one of claims 1 to 8, which device is arranged for controlling a gradient coil.
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