International Standard Electric Corporation

Michael Philip Dyer

Anthony W Sweet

Ryszard Kitajewski

A Hall effect device is employed in telephone exchange circuitry for detecting when a called subscriber goes off-hook. This is done by detecting when a DC current due to line looping is superimposed on the AC current due to ringing whereupon ring trip occurs. Also described are circuits in which after ring trip has taken place the Hall device continues to supervise the called line loop.

Ring trip detector

A Hall effect device is employed to monitor the presence and direction of line current flow. The output of the Hall effect device is fed to an amplifier having a known output level for a zero input. The output of the amplifier will increase or decrease dependent on the direction of the current flow. The output of the amplifier is monitored for change and direction of change of current flow.

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Michael Philip Dyer