Patent ID: 7268993

Claim:
A five pin integrated protector and splitter module for use at a protector panel of a facility for housing telephone-related equipment, the module comprising: a first side and a second side; a first pair of module pins for receiving a signal including voice and data on the first side of the module; a protection circuit coupled to the first pair of module pins, including a ground contact for coupling with a ground potential at the protector panel, to protect telephone-related equipment from at least one of an overvoltage and overcurrent condition present at the first pair of module pins; a splitter circuit coupled to the protection circuit, to separate the voice from the received signal as a voice signal; a second pair of module pins on the first side of the module, the second pair of module pins coupled to the splitter circuit, to provide the voice signal to the digital loop carrier; a data wire pair extending from the second side of the module to provide the data of the received signal to a broadband MODEM; and a furrow in at least one side of the module to receive the data wire air when the module is installed in the protector panel.