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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:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Acterna, LLC, Germantown, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/24 ; H04M 3/08 ; H04M 3/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/24 ; H04M 3/08 ; H04M 3/22 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for testing telephone equipment for longitudinal balance. A signal generating circuit places a test signal at a certain frequency on the tip and ring wires of a telephone line. The telephone line is monitored and the signals on the tip and ring wires are measured and compared against each other. The frequency is gradually increased in set increments until the test frequency is in the megahertz range.