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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1978

Filed:

Oct. 03, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Assignee:

Northern Telecom Limited, Montreal, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
179 / ; 361 91 ;
Abstract

A circuit for controlling the on-off ringing of a line powered electronic tone ringer in a telephone set. The circuit, which includes a variable rate charge-discharge suppression circuit, effectively prevents up to 300 volt peak, 12 Hz transient spikes on the line from actuating the tone ringer, yet still responds to a 35 volt RMS, 18 Hz ringing signal.


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