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Transceiver

A transceiver is a device that has both a transmitter

Transmitter

For biologic transmitters, see transmitter substance.A transmitter is an Electronics machine which, usually with the aid of an antenna , propagates an electromagnetic radiation Signalling such as radio, television, or other telecommunications....
and a receiver

Receiver (radio)

This article is about a radio receiver, for other uses see Radio .A radio receiver is an electronics circuit that receives its input from an antenna , uses electronic filters to separate a wanted radio signal from all other signals picked up by this antenna, electronic amplifier it to a level suitable for further processing, and finally...
which are combined and share common circuitry or a single housing. If no circuitry is common between transmit and receive functions, the device is a transmitter-receiver. The term originated in the early 1920s. Technically, transceivers must combine a significant amount of the transmitter and receiver handling circuitry

Electronic circuit

An electronic circuit is a closed path formed by the interconnection of electronic components through which an electric current can flow. The electronic circuits may be physically constructed using any number of methods....
. Similar devices include transponder

Transponder

In telecommunication, the term transponder has the following meanings:* An automatic information appliance that receiver , amplifier, and Transmission a Signalling on a different frequency ....
s, transverter

Transverter

File:Radioamateur - Xverter ATV 5,7GHz.jpgA transverter is a radio frequency device that consists of an radio frequency upconverter and a radio frequency downconverter in one unit....
s, and repeater

Repeater

A repeater is an Electronics device that receives asignal and retransmits it at a higher level and/or higher power, or onto the other side of an obstruction, so that the signal can cover longer distances without degradation....
s.

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Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals, by modulation of electromagnetic radiation with frequency below those of visible light.Electromagnetic radiation radio propagation by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space....
terminology, a transceiver means a unit which contains both a receiver and a transmitter.

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A transceiver is a device that has both a transmitter

Transmitter

Receiver (radio)

Electronic circuit

Transponder

Transverter

Repeater

Radio technology

In radio

Radio

Amateur radio

Amateur radio, often called Etymology of ham radio, is both a hobby and a service in which participants, called "hams," use various types of radio communications equipment to communicate with other radio amateurs for Public services, recreation and self-training....
can build their own equipment and it is always easier to design and build a simple unit having one of the functions, transmitting or receiving. Almost every modern amateur radio equipment is now a transceiver but there is an active market for pure radio receivers, mainly for Shortwave listening

Shortwave listening

Shortwave listening is the hobby of tuning for shortwave radio broadcasts located on shortwave Frequency, usually thought of as those from 1700 kHz to 30 MHz ....
operators. An example of a transceiver would be a walkie-talkie

Walkie-talkie

A walkie-talkie is a hand-held, portable, two-way radio transceiver. Originally developed for the Canadian government during the Second World War by Canadian Donald L....
, or a CB radio.

Telephony

On a wired telephone

Telephone

The telephone is a telecommunications device that is used to transmitter and receive electronically or digitally encoded sound between two or more people conversing....
, the handset contains the transmitter and receiver for the audio and in the 20th century was usually wired to the base unit by Tinsel wire

Tinsel wire

Tinsel wire is a form of Electricity wire used when maximum mechanical flexibility is desired. It is commonly found in cords used for telephones, especially the handset cords....
. The whole unit is colloquially referred to as a "receiver." On a mobile telephone or other radiotelephone

Radiotelephone

A radiotelephone is a Telecommunication device that allows two or more people to talk using radio. There is disagreement about the definition of the term....
, the entire unit is a transceiver, for both audio and radio.

A cordless telephone

Cordless telephone

File:Phone.svgA cordless telephone or portable telephone is a telephone with a wireless handset that communicates via radio waves with a base station connected to a fixed telephone line, usually within a limited range of its base station ....
uses an audio and radio transceiver for the handset, and a radio transceiver for the base station

Base station

The term base station can be used in the context of land surveying, wireless computer networking, and wireless communications....
. If a speakerphone

Speakerphone

A speakerphone is a telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker provided separately from those in the handset. This device allows multiple persons to participate in a conversation....
is included in a wired telephone base or in a cordless base station, the base also becomes an audio transceiver in addition to the handset.

A modem

Modem

Modem is a peripheral device that modulation an analog carrier wave Signal to encode digital information, and also demodulation such a carrier signal to decode the transmitted information....
is also a transceiver, but is usually called by its own name rather than the more generic one.

A modem is not exactly a transceiver itself, yet it is more along the lines of being part of a transceivers circuitry. A modem is a modulator/demodulator, in which case it modulates a signal being transmitted and demodulates a signal being received.

Ethernet

to 100BASE-FX transceiver.]] Transceivers are called Medium

Transmission medium

A transmission medium is a material substance which can wave propagation energy waves. For example, the transmission medium for sound received by the ears is usually air, but solids and liquids may also act as transmission media for sound....
Attachment Units (MAU

Medium Attachment Unit

File:Transceiver .jpegMAU is an acronym for Medium Attachment Unit, also known as "transceiver", which converts signals on an Ethernet cable to and from Attachment Unit Interface signals....
s) in IEEE 802.3

IEEE 802.3

IEEE 802.3 is a collection of IEEE standards defining the physical layer, and the media access control of the data link layer, of wired Ethernet....
documents, which were widely used in 10base2

10BASE2

10BASE2 is a variant of Ethernet that uses thin coaxial cable , terminated with BNC connectors. For many years this was the dominant 10 Mbit/s Ethernet standard, but due to the immense demand for high speed networking, the low cost of Category 5 cable Ethernet cable, and the popularity of 802.11 wireless networks, both 10BASE2 and...
and 10base5

10BASE5

10BASE5 is the original "full spec" variant of Ethernet cable, using special cable similar to RG-8/U coaxial cable. This is a stiff, diameter cable with an impedance of 50 Ohm s , a solid center conductor, a foam insulating filler, a shielding braid, and an outer jacket....
Ethernet

Ethernet

Ethernet is a family of Data frame-based computer networking technologies for local area networks . The name comes from the physical concept of the Luminiferous aether....
networks. Fibre-optic gigabit

Gigabit Ethernet

Gigabit Ethernet is a term describing various technologies for transmitting Ethernet frames at a rate of a Data rate units#gigabit_per_second, as defined by the IEEE 802.3-2005 standard....
and 10 gigabit Ethernet

10 gigabit Ethernet

The 10 Gigabit Ethernet or 10GbE or 10 GigE standard was first published in 2002 as IEEE Std 802.3ae-2002 and is the fastest of the Ethernet standards....
utilize transceivers known as GBIC

GBIC

A gigabit interface converter is a standard for transceivers, commonly used with Gigabit Ethernet and fibre channel. By offering a standard, hot swappable electrical interface, one gigabit ethernet port can support a wide range of physical media, from copper to long-wave single-mode optical fiber, at lengths of hundreds of kilometers....
, SFP

SFP transceiver

The small form-factor pluggable is a compact, hot-plugging transceiver used for both telecommunication and data communications applications. It interfaces a network device mother board to a fiber optic or unshielded twisted pair networking cable....
, XFP and XAUI

XAUI

XAUI is a standard for extending the XGMII between the Media_Access_Control and PHY layer of 10 Gigabit Ethernet . XAUI is pronounced "zowie", a concatenation of the Roman numeral X, meaning ten, and the initials of "Attachment Unit Interface"....
.

Sources

Federal Standard 1037C
Federal Standard 1037C

Federal Standard 1037C, entitled Telecommunications: Glossary of Telecommunication Terms is a United States Federal Standard, issued by the General Services Administration pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended....
MIL-STD-188
MIL-STD-188

MIL-STD-188 is a series of U.S. military standards relating to telecommunications....

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Patents

', John Stone Stone
John Stone Stone

John Stone Stone was an United States mathematics, physicist and inventor. He labored as an early telephone engineer, was influential in developing wireless communication technology, and holds dozens of key patents in the field of "space telegraphy"....
, "Apparatus for simultaneously transmitting and receiving space telegraph signals"
', A. J. Kloneck, "Simultaneous sending and receiving system"
', A. J. Kloneck, "Simultaneous sending and receiving system"
', C. Le G. Fortescue, "Combined wireless sending and receiving system"

General

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Transceiver

Radio technology

Telephony

Ethernet

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