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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1991
Michael C Lee, Ottawa, CA;
Northern Telecom Limited, Montreal, CA;
Abstract
An interface unit for interconnecting a telephone central switch to a personal computer. The interface unit receives power and data from the switch over a two wire twisted pair. The data is in a half duplex T.C.M. format and is transformed into standard digital data with the logic '1' and '0' being represented by +5V and 0V respectively. The standard digital data is then arranged into 8 bit words and encoded in either an asynchronous or synchronous manner depending on the type of computer. The interface unit has a line interface circuit which provides the physical interface between the interface unit and the computer. The interface unit has a transmitter circuit which converts the +5V and 0V digital signals to -5V and +5V, respectively. These values are recognized by the computer as logic '1' and '0'. The interface unit also has a receive circuit which takes the computer output signals (between -5 and -12V for logic '1' and between +5 and +12V for logic '0') and converts them back into standard digital format.