Claims
What is claimed is:
1. An apparatus for generating a data signal comprising:
a processing circuit configured to generate the data signal, the data signal comprising a sequence of a first signal edge of a first type, a second signal edge of a second type, and a third signal edge of the first type, the first signal edge and the second signal edge being separated by a first time period corresponding to first data to be transmitted, and the second signal edge and the third signal edge being separated by a second time period corresponding to second data to be transmitted; and an output interface circuit configured to output the data signal.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first type is a rising edge and the second type is a falling edge, or wherein the second type is a rising edge and the first type is a falling edge.
3. The apparatus of one of the preceding claims, wherein a sum of the first time period and the second time period is lower than 10"7s.
4. The apparatus of one of the preceding claims, wherein the processing circuit is further configured to generate a second data signal, the second data signal being inverted with respect tothe data signal.
5. The apparatus of one of the preceding claims, wherein the first data is represented by a first data symbol and the second data is represented by a second data symbol to be transmitted according to a data communication protocol.
6. The apparatus of one of the preceding claims, further comprising at least one Digital to Time converter configured to generate the data signal.
7. The apparatus of one of the preceding claims, wherein the output interface circuit is
configured to output the data signal to a wired transmission link composed of one or more
transmission lines.

8. Apparatus for receiving a data signal, comprising:
a processing circuit configured to determine a sequence of a first signal edge of a first type, a
second signal edge of a second type, and a third signal edge of the first type in the data signal;
and
a demodulation circuit configured to determine first data based on a first time period between
the first signal edge and the second signal edge; and second data based on a second time period
between the second signal edge and the third signal edge.
9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the first type is a rising edge and the second type is a
falling edge, or wherein the second type is a rising edge and the first type is a falling edge.
10. The apparatus of one of the claims 8 or 9, wherein a sum of the first time period and the second time period is lower than 10"7s or 10"8s.
11. The apparatus of one of claims 8 to 10, wherein the processing circuit is further configured to receive a second data signal, the second data signal being inverted with respect to the data signal; and to determine the first signal edge, the second signal edge, and the third signal edge further based on the second data signal.
12. The apparatus of one of claims 8 to 11, wherein a time period between 2 signal edges corresponds to a data symbol of a communication protocol.
13. The apparatus of one of the claims 8 to 12, further comprising at least one time to digital converter configured to determine the first time period and the second time period.
14. An apparatus for generating a data signal, comprising a processing circuit configured to generate the data signal, the data signal comprising alternating signal edges of a first type and of a second type, wherein the time periods between each subsequent pair of signal edges correspond to data to be transmitted, wherein a number of time periods per second is higher than l*107or 1*108.
15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein a time period between two signal edges corresponds to a data symbol of a communication protocol.

16. The apparatus of one of the preceding claims, wherein the data signal is a digital signal transmitted using a wired transmission link.
17. Means for generating a data signal, comprising:
means for generate the data signal, the data signal comprising a sequence of a first signal edge of a first type, a second signal edge of a second type, and a third signal edge of the first type, the first signal edge and the second signal edge being separated by a first time period corresponding to first data to be transmitted, and the second signal edge and the third signal edge being separated by a second time period corresponding to second data to be transmitted; and means for outputting the data signal
18. The means of claim 17, wherein the first type is a rising edge and the second type is a falling edge, or the second type is a rising edge and the first type is a falling edge.
19. Means for receiving a data signal, comprising:
means for determining a sequence of a first signal edge of a first type, a second signal edge of a second type, and a third signal edge of the first type in the data signal; and means for determining first data based on a first time period between the first signal edge and the second signal edge; and second data based on a second time period between the second signal edge and the third signal edge.
20. The means of claim 19, wherein the first type is a rising edge and the second type is a falling edge, or wherein the second type is a rising edge and the first type is a falling edge.
21. Means for generating a data signal, comprising means for generating the data signal, the data signal comprising alternating signal edges of a first type and of a second type, wherein the time periods between each subsequent pair of signal edges correspond to data to be transmitted, wherein a number of time periods per second is higher than 1*107 or 1*108.
22. An apparatus for generating a data signal, comprising a processing circuit configured to generate the data signal, the data signal comprising a sequence of a first signal edge of a first type, a second signal edge of a second type, and a third signal edge of the first type, the first signal edge and the second signal edge being separated by a first time period corresponding to

first data to be transmitted, and the second signal edge and the third signal edge being separated by a second time period corresponding to second data to be transmitted.
23. The apparatus of claim 22, further comprising an output interface for the data signal.
24. An apparatus for generating a data signal comprising a processing circuit configured to generate the data signal, wherein the processing circuit is configured to adjust time periods between directly succeeding signal edges of the data signal based on respective data portions to be transmitted.
25. The apparatus of claim 24, further comprising an output interface for the data signal.