Abstract: An electronic hybrid voice frequency repeater having a pair of term sets interconnected by a four-wire circuit for separating the two directions of signal transmission and amplifying each direction separately. Each term set couples the repeater's four-wire circuit to a two-wire line and has a differential current driver for driving the two-wire line and a differential amplifier connected in a feedback loop for sensing the differential signal voltage across the two-wire line, to drive the current driver and to feed an incoming differential signal on the two-wire line to the repeater's four-wire circuit while nulling signals arriving at the term set from the four-wire circuit to prevent them from returning to the four-wire circuit. Other features disclosed include a low frequency clamping circuit, an adjustable-gain amplifier, and an equalizer for non-loaded cable.

Abstract: An electronic hybrid voice frequency repeater having a pair of term sets interconnected by a four-wire circuit for separating the two directions of signal transmission and amplifying each direction separately. Each term set couples the repeater's four-wire circuit to a two-wire line and has a differential current driver for driving the two-wire line and a differential amplifier connected in a feedback loop for sensing the differential signal voltage across the two-wire line, to drive the current driver and to feed an incoming differential signal on the two-wire line to the repeater's four-wire circuit while nulling signals arriving at the term set from the four-wire circuit to prevent them from returning to the four-wire circuit. Other features disclosed include a low frequency clamping circuit, an adjustable-gain amplifier, and an equalizer for non-loaded cable.

Abstract: A telephone transmission system in which a telephone transmission line connects a central office d.c. power source to a battery charging control circuit to apply an input voltage to the control circuit, in which a battery charger connects a rechargeable battery to said control circuit to draw battery charging current from the transmission line under the control of the control circuit, in which the control circuit is rendered effective by a lowering of the input voltage to at least a predetermined value to effectively disconnect the battery charger and the battery from the transmission line for a period that exceeds the interval in which the input voltage is lowered.