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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1998
Anders Emericks, Solna, SE;
Henrik Hellberg, Solna, SE;
Mattias Israelsson, Stockholm, SE;
Carl-Henrik Malmgren, Stockholm, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
In a subscriber line interface circuit connected to a telephone line having a high potential wire and a low potential wire, an arrangement for generating a signal for determining the line voltage comprises means (,) for alternately charging a capacitor (,), by means of a first DC current, to a first voltage, and discharging the capacitor (,), by means of a second DC current, to a second voltage. Hereby, a sawtooth wave having an amplitude corresponding to the difference between the first and second voltages is produced. This sawtooth wave is converted to a pulse train related to the line voltage, from which the line voltage can be determined.