Dictionary

Serial Bus Definitions
PHY Terms

"A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J", "K", "L", "M",
"N", "O", "P", "Q", "R", "S", "T", "U", "V", "W", "X", "Y", "Z"

UNBALANCED LINE. A transmission line, such as a coaxial cable, in which the magnitudes of the voltages on the two conductors are not equal with respect to ground.

Coax Cable

UNIFORM TRANSMISSION LINE. A transmission line that has distributed electrical properties, i.e., resistance, inductance, and capacitance per unit length, that are constant along the line, and in which the voltage-tocurrent ratio does not vary with distance along the line, if the line is terminated in its characteristic impedance.

UNIPOLAR SIGNAL. A two-state signal where one of the states is represented by voltage or current and the other state is represented by no voltage or current.

USB. Universal Serial Bus, a computer bus which provides two-way communication between the PC and peripheral devices, over a differential 4-wire serial interface cable. [Universal Serial Bus]

Utopia Bus. A Bus Standard used as the Test and Operations Physical Interface for ATM [Asynchronous Transfer Mode] standard. [UTOPIA Bus]