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System and method for selective filter isolation

US6459790B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 27, 1999
Grant dateOct 1, 2002
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Expiry dateAug 27, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M11/062
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a system including a plurality of telephones coupled to an asymmetric digital subscriber line, a circuit operable to facilitate communication using the asymmetric digital subscriber line includes a filter having a corner frequency and being operable to be coupled between one of the plurality of telephones and the asymmetric digital subscriber line. The filter is also operable to attenuate transients associated with the telephone operating in an off-hook state. The circuit also includes a switch coupled to the filter. The switch is operable to effect a change in the corner frequency of the associated filter depending on whether the telephone coupled to the filter is operating in an on-hook or an off-hook state, the change in the corner frequency operating to attenuate parasitic interference associated with telephones in an on-hook state.

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