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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Greg Johnson, New Brighton, MN (US);
Assignee:
Multi-Tech Systems, Inc., Mounds View, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
375222 ; 379 93 ;
Abstract
A modem having reduced power dissipation and temperature compensation. The modem includes a data pump, a telephone line interface, memory and a controller, connected to the memory and the data pump, for executing program code to control transfers between the data pump and a telephone line. The telephone line interface includes a current-limited loop holding circuit in order to limit power dissipated in the modem due to DC loop current. The current-limited loop holding circuit includes a constant current source in series with a DC loop holding circuit.