Patent ID: 7200223

Claim:
A method of filtering signals carried by a twisted pair of wires, the twisted pair including a first wire and a second wire, the twisted pair carrying a wanted differential signal and an unwanted common mode signal, the method comprising: providing a first impedance element having first and second terminals; providing a second impedance element having first and second terminals; coupling the first wire to the first terminal of the first impedance element; coupling the second wire to the first terminal of the second impedance element; generating in response to the signals in the twisted pair a first impedance controlling signal and coupling the first impedance controlling signal to the second terminal of the first impedance element, the first impedance controlling signal including a first component and a second component, the first component of the first impedance controlling signal being substantially equal to the portion of the differential signal carried by the first wire, the second component of the first impedance controlling signal being generated in response to the common mode signal carried by the twisted pair, the first impedance element thereby presenting the portion of the differential signal carried by the first wire with a first impedance and presenting the portion of the common mode signal carried by the first wire with a second impedance, the first impedance being greater than the second impedance; and generating in response to the signals in the twisted pair a second impedance controlling signal and coupling the second impedance controlling signal to the second terminal of the second impedance element, the second impedance controlling signal including a first component and a second component, the first component of the second impedance controlling signal being substantially equal to the portion of the differential signal carried by the second wire, the second component of the second impedance controlling signal being generated in response to the common mode signal carried by the twisted pair, the second impedance element thereby presenting the portion of the differential signal carried by the second wire with a third impedance and presenting the portion of the common mode signal carried by the second wire with a fourth impedance, the third impedance being greater than the fourth impedance.