US4636588A
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Electric source circuit for telephone sets
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1985-02-27
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Granted: 1987-01-13
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Expires: 2005-02-27
Abstract
Abstract An output voltage of a first diode deriving out an office line voltage, and an output voltage of a second diode deriving out the voltage of a back-up battery are combined and then smoothed by a smoothing capacitor. The smoothed voltage is supplied to a control circuit. A voltage limiting circuit is connected to the input side of the first limiter for limiting the upper limit of the smoothed voltage. A switch circuit is provided which is rendered conductive at the time of talking and the at the time of sending out a dial pulse for combining the office line voltage with the combined voltage. A voltage limiting circuit is also provided which is enabled only at the time of talking and at the time of sending out a dial pulse for limiting the upper limit of the combined voltage.
Inventors
- 👤 Yasunobu Nakayama
- 👤 Yasuji Sato
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 19:48
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M19/00; H04M19/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
217 words
A source circuit for a telephone set for generating an office line voltage comprising: a dial pulse transmitting circuit; control circuit means, inclding a control unit and a memory, for controlling a dial pulse transmission operation and a talking operation; a back-up battery; first diode means for deriving said office line voltage at times of talking; second diode means for deriving said office ling voltage via said dial pulse transmitting circuit at times of initial line connection and dial pulse transmission, output voltage of said first and second diode means being connected to provide a combined output voltage; third diode means for deriving an output voltage from said back-up battery; a smoothing capacitor receiving outputs of said first, second and third diode means and smoothing said combined output voltage of said first and second diode means; first voltage limiting circuit means, connected to an input of said first diode means, for preventing said combined output voltage from exceeding a predetermined voltage level; second voltage limiting circuit means, connected to an input of said second iode means for preventing said combined output voltage from exceeding said predetermined voltage level; and means for supplying said smoothed combined output voltage to said control circuit means, said smoothed combined output voltage acting as a source voltage for said control circuit means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
217 words
A source circuit for a telephone set for generating an office line voltage comprising: a dial pulse transmitting circuit; control circuit means, inclding a control unit and a memory, for controlling a dial pulse transmission operation and a talking operation; a back-up battery; first diode means for deriving said office line voltage at times of talking; second diode means for deriving said office ling voltage via said dial pulse transmitting circuit at times of initial line connection and dial pulse transmission, output voltage of said first and second diode means being connected to provide a combined output voltage; third diode means for deriving an output voltage from said back-up battery; a smoothing capacitor receiving outputs of said first, second and third diode means and smoothing said combined output voltage of said first and second diode means; first voltage limiting circuit means, connected to an input of said first diode means, for preventing said combined output voltage from exceeding a predetermined voltage level; second voltage limiting circuit means, connected to an input of said second iode means for preventing said combined output voltage from exceeding said predetermined voltage level; and means for supplying said smoothed combined output voltage to said control circuit means, said smoothed combined output voltage acting as a source voltage for said control circuit means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
The source circuit according to claim 1, wherein said first, second and third diode means are connected to derive a negative office line voltage and a negative back-up battery voltage.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
The source circuit according to claim 1, wherein each of said first and second voltage limiting circuit means comprises a Zener diode.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
205 words
A source circuit for a telephone set for generating an office line voltage comprising: control circuit means, including a control unit and a memory, for controlling a dial pulse transmission operation and a talking operation; a back-up battery; first diode means for deriving said office line voltage at times of talking; second diode meand for deriving an output voltage from said back-up battery, output voltages of said first and second diode means being connected to provide a combined output voltage; first voltage limiting circuit means, connected to an input of said first diode means, for preventing said combined output voltage from exceeding a predetermined voltage level; a first switch circuit being conductive at times of talking and at times of transmitting said dial pulse, for deriving said office line voltage; second voltage limiting circuit means; a second switch circuit, rendered conductive only at times of talking and at times of transmitting said dial pulse, for enabling said second voltage limiting circuit means; a smoothing capacitor connected to the outputs of said first and second diode means for smoothing said combined output voltage; and means for supplying said smoothed voltage to said control circuit, said smoothed voltage acting as a source voltage for said control circuit.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
205 words
A source circuit for a telephone set for generating an office line voltage comprising: control circuit means, including a control unit and a memory, for controlling a dial pulse transmission operation and a talking operation; a back-up battery; first diode means for deriving said office line voltage at times of talking; second diode meand for deriving an output voltage from said back-up battery, output voltages of said first and second diode means being connected to provide a combined output voltage; first voltage limiting circuit means, connected to an input of said first diode means, for preventing said combined output voltage from exceeding a predetermined voltage level; a first switch circuit being conductive at times of talking and at times of transmitting said dial pulse, for deriving said office line voltage; second voltage limiting circuit means; a second switch circuit, rendered conductive only at times of talking and at times of transmitting said dial pulse, for enabling said second voltage limiting circuit means; a smoothing capacitor connected to the outputs of said first and second diode means for smoothing said combined output voltage; and means for supplying said smoothed voltage to said control circuit, said smoothed voltage acting as a source voltage for said control circuit.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
The souce circuit according to claim 4, wherein said first switch circuit derives said office line voltage through a diode bridge circuit.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
The source circuit according to claim 4, wherein said first diode means derives said office line voltage through a diode bridge circuit, and said first switch circuit derives said office line voltage from an input of said diode bridge circuit via a first diode.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
34 words
The source circuit according to claim 4, wherein each of said first and second voltage limiting circuit means comprises a Zener diode and each of said first and second switch circuits comprises a transistor.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
170 words
A source circuit for a telephone set for generating an office line voltage comprising: a back-up battery; first circuit means including a first diode for deriving said office line voltage, a second diode for deriving an output voltage from said back-up battery and first smoothing means for smoothing a combined output voltage of said first and second diodes; second circuit means including a third diode for deriving said office line voltage, a fourth diode for deriving an output voltage of said back-up battery, and a smoothing means for smoothing a combined output voltage of said third and fourth diodes; a Zener diode connected to input sides of said first and third diodes and acting as a voltage limiter; a current limiting circuit connected to an input side of said fourth diode; a control circuit including memory means and a control unit; means for supplying an output of said first circuit means to siad memory means; and means for supplying an output of said second circuit means to said control unit.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
170 words
A source circuit for a telephone set for generating an office line voltage comprising: a back-up battery; first circuit means including a first diode for deriving said office line voltage, a second diode for deriving an output voltage from said back-up battery and first smoothing means for smoothing a combined output voltage of said first and second diodes; second circuit means including a third diode for deriving said office line voltage, a fourth diode for deriving an output voltage of said back-up battery, and a smoothing means for smoothing a combined output voltage of said third and fourth diodes; a Zener diode connected to input sides of said first and third diodes and acting as a voltage limiter; a current limiting circuit connected to an input side of said fourth diode; a control circuit including memory means and a control unit; means for supplying an output of said first circuit means to siad memory means; and means for supplying an output of said second circuit means to said control unit.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
175 words
A source circuit for a telephone set for generating an office line voltage comprising: a back-up battery supplying an output voltage; a first diode for deriving said office line voltage; a second diode for adding said output voltage of said back-up battery to an output of said first diode; control circuit means including a memory section and a control section, for controlling a dialing operation and a speech operation; voltage limiting circuit means for regulating the added voltage of the office line voltage and the back-up battery at a constant level and for supplying the regulated voltage to said control circuit; current limiting circuit means disposed between the output of said voltage limiting circuit means and the input of said first diode, for limiting an amount of current fed to the input of said first diode; and circuit means including a third diode, a resistor and a capacitor, for producing a negative voltage from said added voltage, wherein said control section is supplied said added voltage while said memory section is supplied said negative voltage.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
175 words
A source circuit for a telephone set for generating an office line voltage comprising: a back-up battery supplying an output voltage; a first diode for deriving said office line voltage; a second diode for adding said output voltage of said back-up battery to an output of said first diode; control circuit means including a memory section and a control section, for controlling a dialing operation and a speech operation; voltage limiting circuit means for regulating the added voltage of the office line voltage and the back-up battery at a constant level and for supplying the regulated voltage to said control circuit; current limiting circuit means disposed between the output of said voltage limiting circuit means and the input of said first diode, for limiting an amount of current fed to the input of said first diode; and circuit means including a third diode, a resistor and a capacitor, for producing a negative voltage from said added voltage, wherein said control section is supplied said added voltage while said memory section is supplied said negative voltage.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
48 words
The source circuit according to claim 9, wherein said current limiting circuit means comprises a transitor with a base supplied with the output of the back-up battery via a Zener diode and a diode with an emitter supplied with the output of the back-up battery via a resistor.
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