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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:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Timothy J. Dupuis, Austin, TX (US);
Andrew W. Krone, Austin, TX (US);
Mitchell Reid, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Silicon Laboratories, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 ; H04L 5/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 ; H04L 5/16 ;
Abstract
An improved modem architecture and associated method are disclosed that integrate modem functionality and line-side isolation functionality while allowing control of modem processing so that it may be bypassed if raw data, such as raw pulse-code-modulated (PCM) data, is desired to be transmitted or received.