Abstract:
Die Erfindung betrifft eine elektrische Baugruppe mit einem Gehäuse (1), enthaltend wenigstens zwei gleichartige elektrische Bauelemente (21, 22), die in Bezug auf eine Kenngröße aneinander angepaßt sind, und mit Anschlüssen (311, 312, 321, 322) zur separaten Kontaktierung jedes einzelnen Bauelements (21, 22). Die Baugruppe kann vorteilhaft bei Telekomanwendungen verwendet werden, wo zwei Telefonleitungen mit Thermistoren derselben Widerstandsklasse bestückt werden müssen.
Abstract:
A protection device includes a substrate capable of suppressing electromagnetic fields, with a channel formed therein, a current dependent circuit interrupter (24) disposed inside the channel, and voltage management circuitry (26) coupled to the substrate. The voltage management circuitry is electrically coupled to the current dependent circuit interrupter (24) so as to form a crowbar (28) circuit in the presence of overvoltage or undervoltage conditions as determined according to a reference voltage.
Abstract:
The present invention comprises a method for audio/video conferencing including an audio conferencing platform (26), the platform comprising network interface cards (38-40), processing boards (44-46), a CPU (48), a TDM bus (42) and a PCI bus (50). The method comprises using dynamic threshold value to determine whether there is speech on a line. In one aspect, the method comprises determining a dynamic threshold value based on one or more chracteristics of signals received on a port, associating that dynamic threshold value with the port; and comparing one or more characteristics of signals subsequently received on the port to the dynamic threshod value. Signals received over a plurality of ports are summed, but for ports whose signal characterisics have a specified relationship to the dynamic threshold value associated with that port, signals are not contained in the sum.
Abstract:
An overvoltage protection circuit for preventing voltage and current overload on a telephone line conductor (11, 13) to prevent damage to a SLIC (22) has a first SCR (47) for connecting the conductor to a reference potential (42) and a first trigger means (D1, TR5, R1) operable to switch the SCR from a first, OFF state to a second, ON state. The trigger means (D1, TR5, R1) is voltage-triggered by voltages exceeding a first magnitude on said conductor and current-triggered by voltages exceeding a second magnitude on said conductor, thereby to provide overvoltage protection at two discrete voltage magnitudes.
Abstract:
An interference cancellation method for use in a communications system in which a plurality of communication paths are arranged to transmit and receive respective analogue signals comprises effecting an initialisation phase to calculate, for each path, the interference effects of the signals transmitted on that path on the signals received on each of the other paths, and storing for each a plurality of weighting factors representing the interference on each of the other paths respectively. During transmission, said weighting factors are used to generate from the transmitted signal on one of the said paths and to apply said cancellation signals to signals received on said other paths, thereby to cancel the interference effect of said transmitted signals.
Abstract:
A failsafe mechanism for protecting telecommunication equipment, having a tip (26) and ring (28), by shunting a sustained overvoltage or excessive current surge to ground, includes a failsafe clip (36), a diode bridge (11), and a trigger unit (12). The trigger unit is configured to bias the second end of the failsafe clip in the normally open position, but releases the failsafe clip when either the sustained overvoltage causes the module components to become excessively hot, or the current surge is high enough to cause a fusible link (34) to part, whereby the failsafe clip shunts all current to the ground.
Abstract:
A method for reducing audible noise in a telephone from a splitterless asymmetric digital subscriber line modem. The modem examines the shape of the power spectrum of fast retrain signals both when the telephone is on-hook and off-hook. By comparing the spectra, in particular the slopes of the spectra, the modem may determine the quality of the telephone that shares the telephone loop with the modem. The modem cuts back its transmitted power depending on the quality of the telephone by an amount that suppresses the audible noise in the telephone. In this manner, a customer may simultaneously use the telephone and the modem on the same telephone loop.
Abstract:
A protection circuit and module include a gas dissipation tube having a first element (2a) connected to a telephone tip input signal, a second element (2b) connected to a telephone ring input signal, and a third element (2c) connected to ground. A first series resistor (8) connects the first element to a telephone tip output signal, and a second series resistor (10) connects the second element to a telephone ring output signal. A diode bridge (20) is connected between the tip and ring signals. The connection between the resistors or the diode bridge (20) and the tip and ring signals may be fusible traces laid out on the printed circuit board, which melt in response to a power surge occuring on the tip signal, ring signal, and/or ground.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit telephone line protection module (10) that provides both overcurrent and overvoltage protection to a telephone line (12). A preferred embodiment of the module (10) contains a pair of bidirectional current carrying devices (60, 80). A shunt resistance (74, 94) is formed in series with each telephone line conductor (16, 18) so that when an overcurrent condition exists on one or both of the telephone line conductors, the respective bidirectional devices (60, 80) are driven into conduction, thereby short circuiting the excessive current to ground. Independent of the overcurrent protection functions, each bidirectional device (60, 80) is also responsive to an overvoltage condition on the telephone line (12) to thereby clamp or crowbar the overvoltage to ground.
Abstract:
A protection arrangement for a telephone subscriber line interface circuit is disclosed. The arrangement is particularly useful for protecting an electronic telephone set from over-voltage and over-current fault conditions. The arrangement provides a FET (34) that operates in saturation mode to connect an office battery (22) to the subscriber line under normal operation. The FET (34) also provides isolation capabilities for protecting the line circuit from an over-current condition on the subscriber line. Over-voltage protection is provided by way of an isolation relay (12) between the line circuit and the subscriber line. Both the FET and isolation relay are operated by a controller (16) that uses timers in the methods of over-voltage and over-current protection that it performs. A further capability of the arrangement is that is resets itself after the fault condition has ended. This feature is particularly useful in the case of fault conditions of short duration.