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  • US 4,006,319 A
  • Filed: 01/22/1976
  • Issued: 02/01/1977
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/22/1976
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a telephone system of the type having telephone lines and a switching network, wherein operating voltage sources are maintained on the lines to support telephone communication and wherein each line and the network combine to form an equivalent voltage source and an equivalent voltage source impedance, a monitoring system for indicating the magnitude of the real part of the equivalent voltage source impedance comprising:

  • a voltage source coupled to a selected one of the lines and operable for providing a constant voltage in opposition to the equivalent source voltage;

    voltage sensing means coupled to the side of said voltage source opposite the selected line;

    control means for activating and causing said voltage source to provide said constant voltage for a predetermined period of time sufficient to cause a first steady state voltage to appear at said voltage sensing means and for deactivating said voltage source at the end of said predetermined period of time to cause a second steady state voltage to appear at said voltage sensing means;

    subtracting means coupled to said sensing means for determining the difference between the magnitudes of said first and second steady state voltages; and

    indicating means coupled to said subtracting means for providing an output voltage which is inversely related to said difference determined by said subtracting means and directly related to the real part of said equivalent source impedance for providing a direct indication of the magnitude of the real part of said equivalent source impedance.

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