Interface circuit and main device
View Patent ↗There is provided an interface circuit according to which a telephone or an intercom may be connected to a port of a main device including a telephone exchange function. The interface circuit includes a power supply circuit that supplies necessary power supply voltage according to the telephone or the intercom connected to the port, and a state detection circuit that detects, in a case where the telephone is connected to the port, whether the telephone is in an on-hook state or in an off-hook state, based on the value of an input impedance of the telephone, and that detects, in a case where the intercom is connected to the port, whether the intercom is in a standby state or in an activation button pressed state, based on a value of the input impedance of the intercom.
1. An interface circuit provided correspondingly to a port of a main device including a telephone exchange function, the port allowing connection of a telephone or an intercom, the interface circuit comprising:
a power supply circuit that supplies necessary power supply voltage according to the telephone or the intercom connected to the port; and
a state detection circuit that detects, in a case where the telephone is connected to the port, whether the telephone is in an on-hook state or in an off-hook state, based on a value of an input impedance of the telephone, and that detects, in a case where the intercom is connected to the port, whether the intercom is in a standby state or in an activation button pressed state, based on a value of an input impedance of the intercom,
wherein the power supply circuit includes
a voltage circuit that generates the necessary power supply voltage according to the telephone or the intercom,
a first constant current circuit that is connected between one line of two lines of the port and the voltage circuit, and
a second constant current circuit that is connected between another line of the two lines of the port and a ground potential,
wherein the voltage circuit includes
a first transistor that is inserted between a first voltage supply that outputs negative voltage according to the telephone and the first constant current circuit, and that has a control terminal to which output voltage of the first voltage supply is supplied,
a second transistor, a first zener diode and a second zener diode that are inserted in series between a second voltage supply that outputs higher positive voltage than the first voltage supply and the control terminal of the first transistor, and
a third transistor that is inserted between a connection node of the first zener diode and the second zener diode and the second voltage supply,
wherein the second transistor and the third transistor are each turned off when the telephone is connected to the port,
wherein the second transistor and the third transistor are each turned on when the intercom is connected to the port and the intercom is in the standby state, and
wherein the second transistor is turned on and the third transistor is turned off when the intercom is connected to the port and is in the activation button pressed state.
2. The interface circuit according to claim 1 ,
wherein the state detection circuit includes
a fourth transistor that detects a state in which the telephone is on-hook or off-hook, or that detects a state in which the intercom is a standby state or a state in which an activation button of the intercom has been pressed, and that outputs a detection result,
a plurality of resistors that are inserted in series between said another line of two lines of the port and the second voltage supply, and that are used for setting a detection sensitivity for detecting a state in which the telephone is on-hook or off-hook, or for detecting a state in which the intercom is a standby state or a state in which an activation button of the intercom has been pressed, according to the telephone or the intercom connected to the port, where a connection node is connected to a control terminal of the fourth transistor, and
a fifth transistor and a sixth transistor that are each turned on when the telephone is connected to the port, and that are each turned off when the intercom is connected to the port, when the fifth transistor and the sixth transistor are turned on, a short occurs at each end of the resistors which are inserted between the second voltage supply and the control terminal of the fourth transistor, when the fifth transistor and the sixth transistor are turned off, an open occurs at each end of the resistors.
3. A main device to be used in a key telephone system, the main device being provided with a telephone exchange function, the main device comprising:
a port to be connected with a telephone or an intercom, the port including an interface circuit according to claim 1 ; and
a transmission/reception circuit that enables external communication or internal communication by the telephone, or communication between the intercom and the telephone.