Patent ID: 9024701
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: H03H,H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a line side of a network device, the line side configured to connect to a device external to the network device, wherein the line side comprises a connector of the network device configured to connect to the device external to the network device, and wherein the device external to the network device includes a cable; a physical side of the network device, the physical side configured to communicate with an external entity; an isolation device configured to isolate the physical side from the line side, wherein the isolation device includes a transformer configured to isolate a transmitter or receiver of the network device from the cable, and wherein the transmitter or receiver sends or receives communications to and from the cable; and a set of inductors coupled between the transmitter or receiver and the cable, wherein each inductor of the set of inductors has an inductance value configured to control a matching of an output impedance of the transformer with a combined impedance of the connector of the network device and the cable.