Patents Represented by Law Firm Moorhouse J. E.
  • Patent number: 5333192
    Abstract: A line interface circuit for coupling signals between a telephone line and a hybrid circuit includes a loop driver circuit for supplying energizing current to the telephone line and for driving the telephone line with alternating current signals. A loop current detector connected in series between the telephone line and the loop driver circuit, generates a voltage signal in response to current flow in the telephone line. Amplifier circuits are arranged to be responsive to differential signals on the telephone line, and to signals from the hybrid circuit, for generating a composite signal. The composite signal and the voltage signal are combined in a network having an output connected to control the operation of the loop driver circuit so that the telephone line is terminated with a preferred impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Assignee: Northern Telecom Limited
    Inventor: Donald S. McGinn