Patent · US Expired

Line termination equipment

US6940859B2 · kind B2 · utility

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45References

24Claims

0Family size

Assignee

ALCATEL · FR

Inventors

Richard M. Czerwiec · Raleigh, US
Joseph E. Sutherland · Raleigh, US
Peter Schepers · Bornem, BE
Geert Arthur Edith Van Wonterghem · Eeklo, BE
Eduard C. M. Boeykens · Bornem, BE
Chris Van Der Auwera · Mechelen, BE
Peter A. R. Van Rompu · Puurs, BE
Kurt Pynaert · Comines-Warneton, BE
Peter Paul Frans Reusens · Laarne, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 13, 2001
Grant date	Sep 6, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 19, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04Q2213/13389
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Line termination equipment may include a replaceable printed circuit board or card for use in a shelf of a telecommunications system with plural twisted pairs connected to corresponding plural subscribers via said card, each subscriber channel on each card including a hybrid circuit connected to one of the plural twisted pairs, a highpass filter, a modulator/encoder and a demodulator/decoder.

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