Patent ID: 6140585
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: H04B,H05K

Abstract:
Telecommunication equipment for providing an interface between a first line and a second line, each of the first and second line including at least two electrical conductors, the telecommunication equipment comprising:a first connector for connection to the first line;a second connector for connection to the second line;signal processing components; anda multilayer printed circuit which includes a plurality of layers, a first region which supports said signal processing components, a second region which supports the first and second connectors, first electrical links electrically coupling the first connector to said signal processing components, second electrical links electrically coupling the second connector to said signal processing components, and means for diverting electromagnetic interference developed in one of the first and second lines to the other of the first and second lines and away from the signal processing components,the diverting means being located within the second region and spaced apart from the first region, the diverting means being coupled between the first and second connectors, whereby the first line is capacitively coupled to the second line and electromagnetic interference developed in the one of the first and second lines is diverted to the other of the first and second lines and away from the signal processing components.