Programmable plain old telephone line impedance matching circuits
US7957522B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 14, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jun 7, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 7, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M11/066
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Programmable plain old telephone line impedance matching circuits that provide an accurate, integrated programmable termination and source impedance for a telephone line interface circuit (SLIC). The accurate matching of this programmable termination and source impedance with the termination impedance of the 2 Wire connection eliminates signal reflections on this connection and therefore removes the echo, which echo can lead to reduced signal quality in packetized VOIP systems. The programmable integrated impedance matching circuits of this invention use a programmable time continuous amplifier preferably in combination with a double sampling programmable switched capacitor feedback stage (sampling twice per clock cycle by sampling on the positive and negative phases of a non-overlapping clock cycle). Use of a switched capacitor circuit to synthesize a resistance allows the realization of the relatively long time constants needed, generally, thereby allowing the realization of the present invention programmable impedance matching circuit as an integrated circuit without external discrete resistors or capacitors.
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