IP Library Granted Patent US 6,978,013
Granted Patent B1
US 6,978,013 · App. 09/786,897 · Granted Dec 20, 2005

Device for establishing a galvanically separate connection between a telephone line and a signal processing unit at the subscriber end of the telephone line

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Patent No.
US 6,978,013
App. No.
09/786,897
Granted
Dec 20, 2005
Kind
B1
Abstract

A device for the DC-decoupled connection of a telephone line to a signal processing device at the subscriber end of the telephone line is disclosed. The device exhibits a first circuit which is connected to the telephone line, a second circuit which is connected to the signal processing device, and a transformer which exhibits a first and a second winding, the first winding being connected to the first circuit and the second winding being connected to the second circuit and the first and second winding being DC-decoupled from one another. The device is characterized by the fact that the first circuit exhibits a hybrid circuit for separating the signals of the telephone line into a first signal path which extends from the telephone line to the signal processing device, and into a second signal path which extends from the signal processing device to the telephone line.

Claims (14)

1. Device for the DC-decoupled connection of a telephone line to a digital signal processing device at the subscriber end of the telephone line, comprising a first circuit, which is connected to the telephone line;

a transformer;

a second circuit, which is connected to the digital signal processing device;

the first circuit exhibiting a hybrid circuit between the transformer and the telephone line for separating the signals of the telephone line in a first signal path which extends from the telephone line to the digital signal processing device, and into a second signal path which extends from the digital signal processing device to the telephone line;

the transformer having a first and a second winding;

the first winding being connected to the first circuit and the second winding being connected to the second circuit;

the first and second winding being DC-coupled from one another;

the first and second circuits transmitting the signals of the first and second signal paths transmitting bi-directionally by a ping-pong process decoupled via the transformer for both directions of transmission.

2. Device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the first circuit in the first signal path exhibits an analog/digital converter which follows the hybrid circuit, and the first circuit in the second signal path exhibits a digital/analog converter which precedes the hybrid circuit.

3. Device according to claim 2 , characterized in that the output of the analog/digital converter and the input of the digital/analog converter are connected to a first digital signal multiplexer which, in turn, is connected to the first winding of the transformer.

4. Device according to claim 3 , characterized in that the signal multiplexer is operated in such a manner that the first and the second signal path are alternately connected to the transformer.

5. Device according to claim 4 , characterized in that the second circuit exhibits a second digital signal multiplexer which is connected to the second winding of the transformer.

6. Device according to claim 5 , characterized in that the second circuit exhibits an oscillator circuit which provides the clock for the second digital signal multiplexer.

7. Device according to claim 6 , characterized in that the first digital signal multiplexer exhibits a clock recovery circuit which recovers the clock of the oscillator circuit and provides it to the first circuit.

Assignments (2)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 17, 2018
From: LANTIQ DEUTSCHLAND GMBH; LANTIQ BETEILIGUNGS-GMBH & CO. KG
To: LANTIQ BETEILIGUNGS-GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 045086/0015 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME 025413/0340 AND 025406/0677 Recorded Apr 17, 2015
From: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: LANTIQ BETEILIGUNGS-GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 035453/0712 →