Method and apparatus for combining voice line card and xDSL line card functions
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    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for combining voice line card and xDSL line card functions 有权
    组合语音线卡和xDSL线卡功能的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06295343B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-09-25

    申请号:US09614927

    申请日:2000-07-12

    IPC分类号: H04M1100

    摘要: An integrated line card for providing an analog termination for both POTS and xDSL signals that present the appropriate impedances at xDSL frequencies for the xDSL signals and appropriate impedances at POTS frequencies for POTS signals. The line card comprises a front end for coupling combined POTS and xDSL transceiver circuits to a telephone line at a single termination and an impedance generator responsive to the frequency range of the POTS and the xDSL circuits for generating the appropriate impedances on the line at xDSL frequencies for xDSL signals and the appropriate impedances at POTS frequencies for POTS signals, such that the signals are coupled to the card without the use of a splitter. Preferably, the xDSL circuits and the POTS circuits share a common driver for driving signals onto the loop. An advantage of this arrangement is that the two circuits may be designed together thus ensuring out-of-band noise generated by either source does not interfere with the other. In a further embodiment the generation of the frequency dependent impedance is implemented by using a feedback circuit that feeds a signal representing current sensed on the loop back into the transmit driver.

    摘要翻译: 用于为POTS和xDSL信号提供模拟终端的集成线路卡,为xDSL信号的xDSL频率提供适当的阻抗,并为POTS信号的POTS频率提供适当的阻抗。 线卡包括用于将组合的POTS和xDSL收发器电路在单个终端处耦合到电话线的前端,以及响应于POTS和xDSL电路的频率范围的阻抗发生器,用于在xDSL频率上在线路上产生适当的阻抗 对于xDSL信号和在POTS频率处的POTS信号的适当阻抗,使得信号在不使用分离器的情况下耦合到卡。 优选地,xDSL电路和POTS电路共享用于将信号驱动到环路上的公共驱动器。 这种布置的优点是两个电路可以一起设计,从而确保由任一个源产生的带外噪声不会干扰另一个。 在另一实施例中,频率相关阻抗的产生通过使用反馈电路来实现,所述反馈电路将表示在环路上感测到的电流的信号反馈回发送驱动器。