Returning ringing signals through the tip amplifier of...

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2005-08-02

2005-08-02

Harold, Jefferey (Department: 2644)

Telephonic communications

Subscriber line or transmission line interface

Power supply

C379S399010, C379S382000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06925178

ABSTRACT:
A subscriber-line interface circuit (SLIC) has tip and ring amplifiers connected to the tip and ring lines, respectively, of customer premises equipment (CPE). The SLIC returns the ringing signal (provided to the CPE from a power supply connected to the CPE's ring line), to ground or to battery, through the SLIC's tip amplifier. In one embodiment, the SLIC has three switches: S1 connecting the power supply to the ring line, S2 connecting the ring amp to the ring line, and S3 connecting the tip amp to the tip line. During ringing, S1 and S3 are closed to return the ringing signal to ground through the tip amp, which is preferably driven to saturation during ringing to reduce power consumption. By eliminating the fourth switch that appears in prior-art SLICs (e.g., connecting the tip line to ground), SLICs of the present invention can be smaller and therefore less expensive to implement.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5517565 (1996-05-01), Cotreau
patent: 2004/0174985 (2004-09-01), Apfel

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