In electronics, a multiplexer or mux (occasionally the term muldex is also found,

for a combination multiplexer-demultiplexer) is a device that performs

multiplexing; it selects one of many analog or digital input signals and outputs
that into a single line.

An electronic multiplexer makes it possible for several signals to share one

expensive device or other resource, for example one A/D converter or one
communication line, instead of having one device per input signal.

In electronics, a demultiplexer (or demux) is a device taking a single input

signal and selecting one of many data-output-lines, which is connected to the
single input. A multiplexer is often used with a complementary demultiplexer on
the receiving end.

An electronic multiplexer can be considered as a multiple-input, single-output

switch, and a demultiplexer as a single-input, multiple-output switch. The
schematic symbol for a multiplexer is an isosceles trapezoid with the longer
parallel side containing the input pins and the short parallel side containing the
output pin. The schematic on the right shows a 2-to-1 multiplexer on the left and
an equivalent switch on the right. The sel wire connects the desired input to the
output.

In telecommunications, a multiplexer is a device that combines several input

information signals into one output signal, which carries several communication
channels, by means of some multiplex technique. A demultiplexer is in this context
a device taking a single input signal that carries many channels and separates
those over multiple output signals.

Multiplex
techniques

Circuit mode
(constant bandwidth)
TDM · FDM · WDM
Polarization multiplexing
Spatial multiplexing (MIMO)
Statistical multiplexing
(variable bandwidth)
Packet mode · Dynamic TDM
FHSS · DSSS · OFDMA
Related topics
Channel access methods
Media Access Control (MAC)

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In telecommunications and signal processing, an analog time division multiplexer
(TDM MUX) may take several samples of separate analogue signals and combine them
into one pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) wide-band analogue signal. Alternatively,
a digital TDM multiplexer may combine a limited number of constant bit rate
digital data streams into one data stream of a higher data rate, by forming data
frames consisting of one timeslot per channel.

In telecommunications, computer networks and digital video, a statistical

multiplexer may combine several variable bit rate data streams into one constant
bandwidth signal, for example by means of packet mode communication. An inverse
multiplexer may utilize several communication channels for transferring one
signal.In electronics, a multiplexer or mux (occasionally the term muldex is also
found, for a combination multiplexer-demultiplexer) is a device that performs
multiplexing; it selects one of many analog or digital input signals and outputs
that into a single line.

An electronic multiplexer makes it possible for several signals to share one

expensive device or other resource, for example one A/D converter or one
communication line, instead of having one device per input signal.

In electronics, a demultiplexer (or demux) is a device taking a single input

signal and selecting one of many data-output-lines, which is connected to the
single input. A multiplexer is often used with a complementary demultiplexer on
the receiving end.

An electronic multiplexer can be considered as a multiple-input, single-output

switch, and a demultiplexer as a single-input, multiple-output switch. The
schematic symbol for a multiplexer is an isosceles trapezoid with the longer
parallel side containing the input pins and the short parallel side containing the
output pin. The schematic on the right shows a 2-to-1 multiplexer on the left and
an equivalent switch on the right. The sel wire connects the desired input to the
output.

In telecommunications, a multiplexer is a device that combines several input

information signals into one output signal, which carries several communication
channels, by means of some multiplex technique. A demultiplexer is in this context
a device taking a single input signal that carries many channels and separates
those over multiple output signals.

Multiplex
techniques

Circuit mode
(constant bandwidth)
TDM · FDM · WDM
Polarization multiplexing
Spatial multiplexing (MIMO)
Statistical multiplexing
(variable bandwidth)
Packet mode · Dynamic TDM
FHSS · DSSS · OFDMA
Related topics
Channel access methods
Media Access Control (MAC)

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In telecommunications and signal processing, an analog time division multiplexer
(TDM MUX) may take several samples of separate analogue signals and combine them
into one pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) wide-band analogue signal. Alternatively,
a digital TDM multiplexer may combine a limited number of constant bit rate
digital data streams into one data stream of a higher data rate, by forming data
frames consisting of one timeslot per channel.

In telecommunications, computer networks and digital video, a statistical

multiplexer may combine several variable bit rate data streams into one constant
bandwidth signal, for example by means of packet mode communication. An inverse
multiplexer may utilize several communication channels for transferring one
signal.