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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Winston M. Gadsby, Herndon, VA (US);
Assignee:
Hubbell Incorporated, Orange, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/76 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/76 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for automatically selecting an amount of build-out capacitance to be applied to a hybrid in a telecommunications circuit to balance or substantially balance the hybrid. The apparatus measures voltages of signals being transmitted on telecommunication lines to which the hybrid is coupled, and based on the measured voltages, automatically selects any number of a plurality of capacitive elements to be coupled to the balance port of the hybrid as the build-out capacitance. The apparatus is further controllable to operate in a manual mode in which the capacitive elements to be coupled to the hybrid are manually selected by switches.