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Two-wire termination impedance generation circuit of subscriber circuit
Assignee: Fujitsu Ltd
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Filing: 1994-01-31
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Granted: 1995-03-28
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Expires: 2014-01-31
Abstract
Abstract A two-wire termination impedance generation circuit of a subscriber circuit including differential amplifiers, which is provided with a network circuit including capacitors and resistors, an input point, and current sources, the capacitor being comprised of series connected first and second capacitors, the resistor being comprised of series connected first and second resistors and having a high band bypass capacitor connected at the intermediate connecting point of the same, and the resistor being comprised of a complex termination resistor forming an internal termination impedance and a series connected complex termination resistor and complex termination capacitor being connected directly to the telephone line as an external termination impedance, wherein the frequency characteristics can be improved in three ways.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenji Takato
- 👤 Kazuhiro Yoshida
- 👤 Kazuyuki Minohara
- 👤 Yoshinobu Imai
- 👤 Takeshi Nishioka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M3/00; H04M3/005; H04M19/00; H04M19/001; H04M19/005
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
178 words
A two-wire termination impedance generation circuit, which is added to a subscriber telephone circuit including differential amplifiers outputting speech transmission signals to a four-wire speech transmission/ reception circuit, and which generates a two-wire termination impedance terminating one end of a two-wire telephone line, wherein said two-wire termination impedance generation circuit of said subscriber circuit comprises: a network circuit for voltage/current conversion which includes a series connected capacitor and resistor and converts an output voltage from said differential amplifiers, which receives as input a line voltage of said telephone line, into an output current, an input point having a low impedance into which said output current flows from said network circuit after voltage/current conversion, and a pair of current sources which amplify said output current flowing into said input point and supply said current to said telephone line producing said line voltage, and wherein said capacitor in said network circuit is comprised of a series connected first capacitor and second capacitor and said speech transmission signals are outputted from the intermediate connecting point of said first and second capacitors.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
178 words
A two-wire termination impedance generation circuit, which is added to a subscriber telephone circuit including differential amplifiers outputting speech transmission signals to a four-wire speech transmission/ reception circuit, and which generates a two-wire termination impedance terminating one end of a two-wire telephone line, wherein said two-wire termination impedance generation circuit of said subscriber circuit comprises: a network circuit for voltage/current conversion which includes a series connected capacitor and resistor and converts an output voltage from said differential amplifiers, which receives as input a line voltage of said telephone line, into an output current, an input point having a low impedance into which said output current flows from said network circuit after voltage/current conversion, and a pair of current sources which amplify said output current flowing into said input point and supply said current to said telephone line producing said line voltage, and wherein said capacitor in said network circuit is comprised of a series connected first capacitor and second capacitor and said speech transmission signals are outputted from the intermediate connecting point of said first and second capacitors.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
A two-wire termination impedance generation circuit as set forth in claim 1, wherein the capacitance value of said first capacitor and the capacitance value of said second capacitor are selected to determine the frequency characteristics of said speech transmission signals at the low band.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
47 words
A two-wire termination impedance generation circuit as set forth in claim 2, wherein the serially combined value of the capacitance value of said first capacitor and the capacitance value of said second capacitor is equivalent to the value of the capacitance component of the two-wire termination impedance.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
47 words
A two-wire termination impedance generation circuit as set forth in claim 2, wherein the capacitance value of said first capacitor and the capacitance value of said second capacitor are equivalent, the frequency characteristics of said speech transmission signals being settable at any frequency at the low band.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
180 words
A two-wire termination impedance generation circuit which is added to a subscriber telephone circuit including differential amplifiers outputting speech transmission signals to a four-wire speech transmission/reception circuit, and which generates a two-wire termination impedance terminating one end of a two-wire telephone line, wherein said two-wire termination impedance generation circuit of said subscriber circuit comprises: a network circuit for voltage/current conversion which includes a series connected capacitor and resistor and converts an output voltage from said differential amplifiers, which receives as input a line voltage of said telephone line, into an output current, an input point having a low impedance into which said output current flows from said network circuit after voltage/current conversion, and a pair of current sources which amplify said output current flowing into said input point and supply said current to said telephone line producing said line voltage, and wherein said resistor in said network circuit is comprised of a series connected first resistor and second resistor and a high band bypass capacitor is connected between the intermediate connecting point of said first and second resistors and ground.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
180 words
A two-wire termination impedance generation circuit which is added to a subscriber telephone circuit including differential amplifiers outputting speech transmission signals to a four-wire speech transmission/reception circuit, and which generates a two-wire termination impedance terminating one end of a two-wire telephone line, wherein said two-wire termination impedance generation circuit of said subscriber circuit comprises: a network circuit for voltage/current conversion which includes a series connected capacitor and resistor and converts an output voltage from said differential amplifiers, which receives as input a line voltage of said telephone line, into an output current, an input point having a low impedance into which said output current flows from said network circuit after voltage/current conversion, and a pair of current sources which amplify said output current flowing into said input point and supply said current to said telephone line producing said line voltage, and wherein said resistor in said network circuit is comprised of a series connected first resistor and second resistor and a high band bypass capacitor is connected between the intermediate connecting point of said first and second resistors and ground.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
69 words
A two-wire termination impedance generation circuit as set forth in claim 5, wherein a time constant determined by a value of said first resistor, a value of said second resistor, and a value of said high band bypass capacitor is equivalent to a time constant of said differential amplifiers and current sources, the frequency characteristic of the two-wire termination impedance being more uniform over a high band of frequencies.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
72 words
A two-wire termination impedance generation circuit as set forth in claim 5, wherein a time constant determined by a value of said first resistor, a value of said second resistor, and a value of said high band bypass capacitor, is larger than a time constant of said differential amplifiers and current sources, an amount of feedback being reduced in a high band of frequencies from said network circuit to said current sources.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
181 words
A two-wire termination impedance generation circuit, which is added to a subscriber telephone circuit including differential amplifiers outputting speech transmission signals to a four-wire speech transmission/reception circuit, and which generates a two-wire termination impedance terminating one end of a two-wire telephone line, wherein said two-wire termination impedance generation circuit of said subscriber circuit comprises: a network circuit for voltage/current conversion which includes a series connected capacitor and resistor and converts an output voltage from said differential amplifiers, which receives as input a line voltage of said telephone line, into an output current, an input point having a low impedance into which said output current flows from said network circuit after voltage/current conversion, and a pair of current sources which amplify said output current flowing into said input point and supply the same to said telephone line, producing said line voltage, and wherein said two-wire termination impedance is generated by combining an internal termination impedance formed by said series connected capacitor and resistor of said network circuit and an external termination impedance directly connected between the lines of said two-wire telephone line.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
181 words
A two-wire termination impedance generation circuit, which is added to a subscriber telephone circuit including differential amplifiers outputting speech transmission signals to a four-wire speech transmission/reception circuit, and which generates a two-wire termination impedance terminating one end of a two-wire telephone line, wherein said two-wire termination impedance generation circuit of said subscriber circuit comprises: a network circuit for voltage/current conversion which includes a series connected capacitor and resistor and converts an output voltage from said differential amplifiers, which receives as input a line voltage of said telephone line, into an output current, an input point having a low impedance into which said output current flows from said network circuit after voltage/current conversion, and a pair of current sources which amplify said output current flowing into said input point and supply the same to said telephone line, producing said line voltage, and wherein said two-wire termination impedance is generated by combining an internal termination impedance formed by said series connected capacitor and resistor of said network circuit and an external termination impedance directly connected between the lines of said two-wire telephone line.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
128 words
A two-wire termination impedance generation circuit as set forth in claim 8, wherein when said internal termination impedance of said network circuit is expressed by an equivalent circuit comprised of a series connected first complex termination resistor and second complex termination resistor for realizing a two-wire complex termination impedance and a first complex termination capacitor connected in parallel to said second complex termination resistor, said equivalent circuit is converted to a series connected third complex termination resistor and second complex termination capacitor and a fourth complex termination resistor connected in parallel to said series connected resistor and capacitor, said external termination impedance is formed by said series connected third complex termination resistor and second complex termination capacitor, and said fourth complex termination resistor forming said internal termination impedance.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
48 words
A two-wire termination impedance generation circuit as set forth in claim 8, wherein said capacitor in said network circuit is comprised of a series connected first capacitor and second capacitor and said speech transmission signals are outputted from the intermediate connecting point of said first and second capacitors.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
50 words
A two-wire termination impedance generation circuit as set forth in claim 9, wherein said fourth complex termination resistor is comprised of a series connected first resistor and second resistor and a high band bypass capacitor is connected between an intermediate connecting point of said first and second resistors and ground.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
217 words
A two-wire termination impedance generation circuit, which is added to a subscriber telephone circuit including differential amplifiers outputting speech transmission signals to a four-wire speech transmission/ reception circuit, and which generates a two-wire termination impedance terminating one end of a two-wire telephone line, wherein said two-wire termination impedance generation circuit of said subscriber circuit comprises: a network circuit for voltage/current conversion which includes a series connected capacitor and resistor and converts an output voltage from said differential amplifiers, which receives as input a line voltage of said telephone line, into an output current, an input point having a low impedance into which said output current flows from said network circuit after voltage/current conversion, and a pair of current sources which amplify said output current flowing into said input point and supply said current to said telephone line producing said line voltage and wherein said capacitor in said network circuit is comprised of a series connected first capacitor and second capacitor and said speech transmission signals are outputted from the intermediate connecting point of said first and second capacitors and said resistor in said network circuit is comprised of a series connected first resistor and second resistor and a high band bypass capacitor is connected between an intermediate connecting point of said first and second resistors and ground.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
217 words
A two-wire termination impedance generation circuit, which is added to a subscriber telephone circuit including differential amplifiers outputting speech transmission signals to a four-wire speech transmission/ reception circuit, and which generates a two-wire termination impedance terminating one end of a two-wire telephone line, wherein said two-wire termination impedance generation circuit of said subscriber circuit comprises: a network circuit for voltage/current conversion which includes a series connected capacitor and resistor and converts an output voltage from said differential amplifiers, which receives as input a line voltage of said telephone line, into an output current, an input point having a low impedance into which said output current flows from said network circuit after voltage/current conversion, and a pair of current sources which amplify said output current flowing into said input point and supply said current to said telephone line producing said line voltage and wherein said capacitor in said network circuit is comprised of a series connected first capacitor and second capacitor and said speech transmission signals are outputted from the intermediate connecting point of said first and second capacitors and said resistor in said network circuit is comprised of a series connected first resistor and second resistor and a high band bypass capacitor is connected between an intermediate connecting point of said first and second resistors and ground.
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