Circuit arrangement for line-supplied subscriber stations having dial devices

Claim 2

A circuit arrangement for a subscriber station which is supplied with a current via a two-wire subscriber line and which includes a hookswitch serially connected to one of the line wires, a voice circuit having two leads and a dialing device having two leads, comprising: a rectifier bridge circuit including a first bridge section comprising first and second bridge arms connected together at a first junction, a second bridge section comprising third and fourth bridge arms connected together at a second junction, and a third bridge section comprising fifth and sixth bridge arms connected together at a third junction, said first and second bridge arms together connected in parallel across said third and fourth bridge arms, across said fifth and sixth bridge arms, and across the leads of the dialing device; an impedance; dial off-normal contacts including first, second and third contacts, said first contact connected to said first junction and in the voice mode normally contacting said second contact and operable during dialing to contact said third contact; first, second and third connection terminals, said first connection terminal connected to said second contact and to said second junction and adapted for connection to the hookswitch, said second connection terminal connected to said first junction with said first contact and adapted for connection to one lead of the voice circuit, and said third terminal connected to said third junction via said impedance and adapted for connection to the other line wire and the other voice circuit lead, whereby in the voice mode said first and third bridge sections are rendered active and in the dialing mode said first and second bridge sections are rendered active.

Claim 3

The circuit arrangement of claim 1, wherein said impedance comprises an ohmic resistor.

Claim 4

The circuit arrangement of claim 1, wherein said impedance comprises an inductor.

Claim 5

The circuit arrangement of claim 1, wherein each bridge arm includes a diode which is poled opposite the like diode of the other bridge arm of the same section, with respect to the respective junction to render the arrangement operable at either polarity.

Claim 6

A circuit arrangement for a subscriber station which is supplied with current via a two-wire subscriber line and which includes a hookswitch serially connected to one of the line wires, a voice circuit with two leads and a dialing circuit with two leads, comprising: a rectifier bridge including first, second, third and fourth junctions, said first and second junctions connected to respective dialing circuit leads; a plurality of dial contacts including first, second and third contacts, said first contact normally engaging said second contact and operable during a dialing mode to disengage said second contact and engage said third contact; and first, second and third connection terminals, said first connection terminal adapted for connection to the hookswitch and connected to said third junction of said bridge and to said second dial contact, said second connection terminal connected to said first dial contact and adapted for connection to one lead of the voice circuit, and said third connection terminal connected to said third dial contact and to said fourth junction of said bridge and adapted for connection to the other line wire and the other lead of the voice circuit; and wherein said dialing circuit comprises a pulse generator, a transistor including a base connected to receive enabling pulses from said pulse generator, an emitter and a collector, the emitter-collector circuit connected in series with one of the dialing circuit leads, said transistor operable to open and close the subscriber loop in response to the pulse generator pulses, and means operable to shunt the emitter-collector circuit in the voice mode and remove its base current to prevent the transistor from producing dial pulses except in the dialing mode.

Claim 7

A circuit arrangement for a subscriber station which is supplied with current via a two-wire subscriber line and which includes a hookswitch serially connected to one of the line wires, a voice circuit with two leads and a dialing circuit with two leads, comprising: a rectifier bridge including first, second, third and fourth junctions, said first and second junctions connected to respective dialing circuit leads; a plurality of dial contacts including first, second and third contacts, said first contact normally engaging said second contact and operable during a dialing mode to disengage said second contact and engage said third contact; and first, second and third connection terminals, said first connection terminal adapted for connection to the hookswitch and connected to said third junction of said bridge and to said second dial contact, said second connection terminal connected to said first dial contact and adapted for connection to one lead of the voice circuit, and said third connection terminal connected to said third dial contact and to said fourth junction of said bridge and adapted for connection to the other line wire and the other lead of the voice circuit; and wherein said dialing circuit comprises a pulse generator, a transistor including a base connected to receive enabling pulses from said pulse generator, an emitter and a collector, the emitter-collector circuit connected in series with one of the dialing circuit leads, said transistor operable to open and close the subscriber loop in response to the pulse generator pulses, and means operable to shunt the emitter-collector circuit in the voice mode and remove its base current to prevent the transistor from producing dial pulses except in the dialing mode.

Claim 8

The circuit arrangement of claim 5, wherein the last-mentioned means comprises: fourth and fifth normally closed dial contacts connected in parallel with the emitter-collector circuit and operable to an open condition only during the dialing mode.

Claim 9

The circuit arrangement of claim 6, wherein the last-mentioned means further comprises: a C-MOS transistor interposed between said pulse generator and said base of said transistor.