Terminating circuit in a battery feed circuit of an electronic exchange system

Claim 2

A terminating circuit in a battery feed circuit of an electronic exchange system, said battery feed circuit comprising: a coupling capacitor; two transconductance amplifiers, connected by said coupling capacitor, for supplying a direct current through a ring terminal and a tip terminal to a load, each of said transconductance amplifiers comprising: an operational amplifier having an inverting input terminal, a noninverting input terminal, and an output terminal; a first resistor R F connected between said output terminal of said operational amplifier and said tip terminal or said ring terminal; and impedance means connected between said inverting input terminal and said output terminal of said operational amplifier, said impedance means comprising: a second resistor; and a capacitor connected in series with said resistor; said impedance means in each of said two transconductance amplifiers having an impedance determined such that a terminating impedance of the battery feed circuit when viewed from said tip terminal and said ring terminal is formed only by the elements in said two transconductance amplifiers including said impedance means and said first resistor.

Claim 3

A terminating circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of said transconductance amplifiers further comprises: a feedback resistor connected between said inverting input terminal of said operational amplifier and said output terminal of said operational amplifier; a first voltage-dividing resistor connected between said noninverting input terminal of said operational amplifier and said tip terminal or said ring terminal; a second voltage-dividing resistor connected between said noninverting input terminal of said operational amplifier and a power supply; and a connecting resistor connected between said inverting input terminal of said operational amplifier and said coupling capacitor.

Claim 4

A terminating circuit as claimed in claim 2, wherein said transconductance amplifiers are symmetric to each other so that the resistances of said feedback resistor, said first voltage-dividing resistor, said second voltage dividing resistor, and said connecting resistor in a first one of said two transconductance amplifiers are respectively the same as those in a second one of said two transconductance amplifiers.

Claim 5

A terminating circuit as claimed in claim 3, wherein the ends of said coupling capacitor can be deemed as ground for an alternating input signal applied between said ring terminal and said tip terminal.

Claim 6

A terminating circuit as claimed in claim 4, wherein when the resistances of said feedback resistor, said first voltage-dividing resistor, said second voltage dividing resistor, and said connecting resistor are respectively expressed as R f1 , R f2 , R s2 , and R s1 , the voltage at said noninverting input terminal of one of said operational amplifiers is expressed as: ##EQU17## where V in represents the input voltage applied to said tip terminal.

Claim 7

A terminating circuit as claimed in claim 5, wherein when the resistances of said feedback resistor, said first voltage-dividing resistor, said second voltage dividing resistor, and said connecting resistor are respectively expressed as R f1 , R f2 , R s2 , and R s1 , and the parallel impedance of said impedance means and said feedback resistor is expressed as Zu, the output voltage V OP of one of said operational amplifiers is expressed as: ##EQU18##

Claim 8

A terminating circuit as claimed in claim 6, wherein the current through said first and second voltage dividing resistors R f2 and R s2 is negligible so that the input current I in flowing through said first resistor R F is expressed as: ##EQU19##

Claim 9

A terminating circuit as claimed in claim 7, wherein the input impedance Z of said battery feed circuit is expressed as: ##EQU20##

Claim 10

A terminating circuit as claimed in claim 8, wherein when R f1 =R f2 =R s2 =R s1 , the input impedance Z of said battery feed circuit is expressed as: ##EQU21## where R x is a resistance component in said impedance means and C x is a capacitance component in said impedance means.

Claim 11

A terminating circuit in a battery feed circuit of an electronic exchange system, said battery feed circuit comprising: a coupling capacitor; two transconductance amplifiers, connected by said coupling capacitor, for supplying a direct current through a ring terminal and a tip terminal to a load, each of said transconductance amplifiers comprising: an operational amplifier having an inverting input terminal, a noninverting terminal and an output terminal; a first resistor connected between said output terminal of said operational amplifier and said tip terminal or said ring terminal; impedance means connected between said inverting input terminal and said output terminal of said operational amplifier, said impedance means consisting of a feedback resistor; a first voltage-dividing resistor connected between said noninverting input terminal of said operational amplifier and said tip terminal or said ring terminal. a second voltage-dividing resistor connected between said noninverting input terminal of said operational amplifier and a power supply; a connecting resistor, connected between said inverting input terminal of said operational amplifier and an end of said coupling capacitor, the ends of said coupling capacitor can be deemed as ground for an alternating input signal applied between said ring terminal and said tip terminal; said two transconductance amplifiers are symmetric to each other so that the resistance of said feedback resistor, said first voltage-dividing resistor, said second voltage dividing resistor and said connecting resistor in a first one of said two transconductance amplifiers are respectively the same as those in a second one of said two transconductance amplifiers, when the resistance of said first voltage-dividing resistor, said second voltage dividing resistor, and said connecting resistor are respectively expressed as R F2 , R S2 , and R S1 , the voltage at the noninverting input terminal of one of said operational amplifiers is expressed as: ##EQU22## where V in represents the input voltage applied to said tip terminal.

Claim 12

A terminating circuit in a battery feed circuit of an electronic exchange system, said battery feed circuit comprising: a coupling capacitor; two transconductance amplifiers, connected by said coupling capacitor, for supplying a direct current through a ring terminal and a tip terminal to a load, each of said transconductance amplifiers comprising: an operational amplifier having an inverting input terminal, a noninverting terminal and an output terminal; a first resistor connected between said output terminal of said operational amplifier and said tip terminal or said ring terminal; impedance means connected between said inverting input terminal and said output terminal of said operational amplifier, said impedance means consisting of a feedback resistor; a first voltage-dividing resistor connected between said noninverting input terminal of said operational amplifier and said tip terminal or said ring terminal. a second voltage-dividing resistor connected between said noninverting input terminal of said operational amplifier and a power supply; a connecting resistor, connected between said inverting input terminal of said operational amplifier and an end of said coupling capacitor, the ends of said coupling capacitor can be deemed as ground for an alternating input signal applied between said ring terminal and said tip terminal; said two transconductance amplifiers are symmetric to each other so that the resistance of said feedback resistor, said first voltage-dividing resistor, said second voltage dividing resistor and said connecting resistor in a first one of said two transconductance amplifiers are respectively the same as those in a second one of said two transconductance amplifiers, when the resistance of said first voltage-dividing resistor, said second voltage dividing resistor, and said connecting resistor are respectively expressed as R F2 , R S2 , and R S1 , the voltage at the noninverting input terminal of one of said operational amplifiers is expressed as: ##EQU22## where V in represents the input voltage applied to said tip terminal.

Claim 13

A terminating circuit as claimed in claim 10, wherein when the resistances of said feedback resistor, said first voltage-dividing resistor, said second voltage dividing resistor, and said connecting resistor are respectively expressed as R', R f2 , R s2 , and R s1 , the output voltage V OP of one of said operational amplifiers is expressed as: ##EQU23##

Claim 14

A terminating circuit as claimed in claim 11, wherein when the resistance of said first voltage-dividing resistor, said second voltage dividing resistor, and said connecting resistor are the same as a resistance R s , and when the resistance of said feedback resistor is expressed as R', then the output voltage V OP of said operational amplifier is expressed as: ##EQU24## wherein V in is the output voltage applied between said tip terminal or said ring terminal and ground.

Claim 15

A terminating circuit as claimed in claim 12, wherein when the required terminating impedance is expressed as R, the input voltage is expressed as V in , and the resistance of said resistor connected between the output end of said operational amplifier and said tip terminal or said ring terminal is expressed as R F , then the voltage V B at the output end of said operational amplifier is expressed as: ##EQU25##

Claim 16

A terminating circuit as claimed in claim 13, wherein the resistance R' of said feedback resistor is expressed as: ##EQU26##