Conexant Systems, Inc.

Sierra Wireless, Inc.

Jacques Mathe

Wilfrid C D'Angelo

Daniel Jean Pater

Raphael Rahamim

Thomas Grey Beutler

Alberto Mantovani

Nuno F Paulino

A data access arrangement (DAA) for interfacing a modem with a telephone line which requires only one safety barrier device for providing electrical isolation of the modem from the telephone line for both a ring detection signal and a remote device hang-up detection signal transmitted from the DAA to the modem. The DAA utilizes the same combined circuitry to transmit both the ring detection signal and the hang-up detection signal to the modem. The single safety barrier device is selectively connected to either ring detection circuitry during an On-Hook mode or remote hang-up detection circuitry during an Off-Hook mode by a selectively operating a relay switching device. With this arrangement, an improved DAA is provided having a combined circuit configuration for communicating ring detection information to the modem during the On-Hook phase and communicating remote hang-up detection information to the modem during an Off Hook phase, thus minimizing the size, cost, and complexity of the DAA.

Data access arrangement having combined remote hang-up/ring detection

A universal data access arrangement (DAA) for interfacing a modem with a telephone line which may variably control its parameter settings to meet the interface requirements for telephone networks in various countries. The parameter settings are programmed into the universal DAA by multiple parallel command signals received from a connected modem. Each of the command signals is concurrently transmitted to a plurality of parameter-controlled circuits in the DAA, where each parameter-controlled circuit may interpret the received command signal to correspond to a different parameter setting. This allows different circuits of varying functionality to be separately programmed with different parameter settings using the same command signals received by each of the circuits. A safety barrier device is provided within the DAA in the transmission pathway for each of the multiple parallel command signals, where this arrangement allows parameter command signals to be transmitted through the safety barrier devices and then branched to various parameter-controlled circuitry after passing through the safety barrier devices, thus reducing the number of safety barrier devices required to provide electrical isolation for the modem.

Programmable data access arrangement having combined command signals

A modem utilizing a DAA having line side circuitry including a telephone network interface and system side circuitry including a host system interface, the line side circuitry and the system side circuitry being separated by a high voltage isolation barrier. A CODEC is provided in the line side circuitry, such that encoded information generated by the CODEC, as well as information for decoding by the CODEC, are communicated across the high voltage isolation barrier. These communications are accomplished in a digital manner. In an alternate embodiment of the invention, the line side circuitry of the modem further includes programmable detection and measurement circuitry that is programmable to measure electrical characteristics (e.g., tip/ring voltage and loop current) of the telephone line interface connection and is capable of corresponding adjustments to enable compliance with applicable regulations. The system is software programmable via control signals sent across the high voltage isolation barrier to establish electrical parameters corresponding to a specific country where the equipment may be used.

Modem having a programmable universal data access arrangement

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Jacques Mathe