摘要:
A line supervisory circuit for determining the on-hook or offhook status of a subscriber line subset responsive to current in the subscriber line. The line supervisory circuit includes a magnetic element having drive windings, interrogate windings, and sense windings. A magnetoresistor is connected in shunt across each drive winding. The magnetoresistors are magnetically cross coupled to the drive windings whereby undesirable current, which may be present in only one drive winding, is shunted so that a false off-hook indication does not result.
摘要:
A ferrod sensor comprising an elongated ferrite stick having a pair of spaced apertures through which are threaded an interrogate winding and a read-out winding. Pulses or alternating current on the interrogate winding induce output pulses in the read-out winding as long as the ferrite stick is not saturated. A control winding is wound about the ferrite stick and is adapted to be energized by a pair of telephone lines, for example when the receiver is taken off the hook switch. This current causes saturation of the ferrite stick so that flux switching cannot take place and no pulses are induced in the read-out winding. The ferrite stick and its windings are placed within a ferromagnetic pot core thereby gaining higher sensitivity for the same amount of current as compared to known sensors as well as shielding from external magnetic fields. The device is very compact and a screw in one end of the pot core allows for varying the sensitivity of the device.