Abstract:
A safety protection system and a related operational method for the electrical protection of users of XDSL communication circuitry. The system is based on continuous monitoring of the current parameters on both the exchange and the remote subscriber ends of the XDSL communication system. The safety protection system samples, digitizes and compares the currents at both XDSL communication system ends. The measured currents are compared to specific limiting current and currents difference levels, based on the relevant safety requirements. Whenever required, based on the measured currents status, the safety system shuts down the XDSL communication system, or limits its maximum current. In another embodiment of the invention the safety system is based on continuous monitoring of the voltages related to ground of the two system communication wires, on one or both of the exchange and the remote subscriber ends of the XDSL communication system. The safety system compares the measured voltages and limits the XDSL system current to a safety protected level, if one of the wire voltages is different by at least a predefined voltage increment related to the second wire voltage.
Abstract:
A method and/or device that may be used in locations where equipotential bonding is not practiced can be installed on a customer premises equipment device basis that provides over-voltage protection between the AC main and HFC ground planes. According to one aspect of the present invention, a bonding link is established between the AC main and the HFC coaxial braid that allows energy surges to bypass the CPE equipment and to be passed on to the AC mains, which are traditionally more equipped to deal with these large energy surges. According to another aspect of the present invention, an apparatus is disclosed that may be incorporated into any premises powered HFC CPE device for protection. The apparatus provides a surge energy bypass path around the CPE device being protected and allow voltage differentials to be normalized between systems.
Abstract:
A system comprising customer premises equipment including a reverse power supply unit (40) and an access node (90) to which the customer premises equipment is connected for permitting telephony devices connected to the customer premises equipment to make and receive telephone calls via the customer premises equipment and the access node. The reverse power supply unit is suitable for supplying electrical power from the customer's premises to an access node via a twisted copper pair (8), the reverse power supply unit including a power consumption signature detector (212) operable to detect if the power drawn from the reverse power supply unit corresponds to a signature power consumption pattern indicative of a telephony device being in or transitioning into an off-hook state when connected directly to the reverse power supply unit and not being connected via a current limiting interface. The customer premises equipment also includes a current limit arrangement connected to a customer premises wiring for limiting the amount of current and/or the maximum rate of increase of current which can be drawn by a telephony device connected to the customer premises wiring to be no greater than a predetermined amount or rate, the customer premises wiring being connected to the twisted copper pair in such a manner that voice signals can be transmitted from the telephony device to an access node to which the twisted pair is connected. The access network unit (90) includes a rate of change of current limitation device (91) wherein the rate of change of current limitation device has one or more of the following properties: a maximum rate of change of current draw of less than 150mA/s when connected to a 50V dc power supply; and the inclusion of a gyrator (92) for performing the rate of change of current limitation providing a predetermined inductance in order to provide a predetermined maximum rate of change of current draw when increasing its power consumption from a specified dc power source.
Abstract:
A structure protects a SLIC telephone line interface against overvoltages lower than a negative threshold or higher than a positive threshold. The structure includes at least one thyristor connected between each conductor of the telephone line and a reference potential. For all of the included thyristors, a metallization corresponding to the main electrode on the gate side is in contact, by its entire surface, with a corresponding semiconductor region. Furthermore, the gate of each thyristor is directly connected to a voltage source defining one of the thresholds.
Abstract:
A protector module for use with a communication system, such as a telephone system having a tip line and a ring line, includes a base member and a plurality of electrically conductive pins mounted on the base member. A first electrical contact is fixedly mounted on the top surface of the base member and is in electrical communication with one of the tip line and the ring line. A movable second electrical contact is connected to a ground pin mounted on the base member and is situated in alignment with the first electrical contact. A solder pellet, which may melt in high current, long duration power surges, and a solid state device, are positioned between the first and second electrical contacts.
Abstract:
A protection arrangement for a telephone subscriber line interface circuit is disclosed. The arrangement is particularly useful for protecting an electronic telephone set from over-voltage and over-current fault conditions. The arrangement provides a FET that operates in saturation mode to connect an office battery to the subscriber line under normal operation. The FET also provides isolation capabilities for protecting the line circuit from an over-current condition on the subscriber line. Over-voltage protection is provided by way of an isolation relay between the line circuit and the subscriber line. Both the FET and isolation relay are operated by a controller that uses timers in the methods of over-voltage and over-current protection that it performs. A further capability of the arrangement is that it resets itself after the fault condition has ended. This feature is particularly useful in the case of fault conditions of short duration.
Abstract:
A telephone line interface circuit with d.c. amplifiers coupled to tip and ring paths is protected against transient voltages by a crowbar-type protection device coupled via a diode bridge to the tip and ring paths, positive and negative terminals of the diode bridge being connected respectively to ground and via a diode to a negative supply voltage line for the amplifiers. The diode prevents discharge of a capacitor, coupled between the negative supply voltage line and ground, through the protection device when it conducts. A locked up state, in which the amplifiers maintain holding current to the protection device after a transient voltage, is avoided by further diodes coupled from the negative terminal of the diode bridge to inputs of the amplifters, or by controlling a current limiter to interrupt current to the capacitor when the diode is reverse biased, so that the capacitor discharges. The current limiter includes a resistance and inductance in series for sensing current, whereby initial charging current for the capacitor is reduced on closing of relay contacts in series with the current limiter, and relay contact deterioration is avoided.
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus may have the followings. A switching transformer has a first coil, a second coil, and a first core. The switching transformer generates a secondary side current in the second coil by a magnetic flux generated in the first core by a current that flows in the first coil. A common mode choke coil has a third coil, a fourth coil, and a second core. The common mode choke coil reduces a common mode noise. The switching transformer and the common mode choke coil are mounted on a substrate so that a direction of the magnetic flux generated in the first core and a direction of a magnetic flux generated in the second core are perpendicular.
Abstract:
At least some embodiments of disclosure include a method and device for grounding adjustment. The method includes: acquiring a grounding parameter of a port to be detected of a terminal, wherein the grounding parameter is reflective of a grounding state of the port to be detected; when the grounding parameter exceeds a predetermined threshold, determining that the grounding state of the port to be detected does not meet a preset requirement; and adjusting the port to be detected not meeting the preset requirement according to a reason why the grounding state does not meet the preset requirement.