Patent ID: 7386118

Claim:
A modem system for transmitting a signal between a DTE and a phone line which comprises: a modem circuit; a DAA circuit coupled to said modem circuit; means for coupling said DAA circuit to said phone line; said DAA circuit mounted on said modem circuit and subtending said modem circuit forming a package whose largest dimension is about the same as a largest dimension of any one of said DAA circuit and a modem circuit; said modem circuit comprising modem components mounted on a modem board; said DAA circuit comprising DAA components mounted on a DAA board; means for securely mounting said DAA board onto said modem board and facing said modem board and subtending one side of said modem board; and spaced from said modem board by a distance no less than required by FCC regulations; said DAA circuit is coupled to said phone line by a transformer; said means for securely mounting said DAA board onto said modem board comprises an edge of said modem board secured to one end of said transformer and said DAA board secured to another end of said transformer opposite said one end of said transformer; said means for securely mounting said DAA board onto said modem board further comprises a plurality of capacitors, each capacitor having one lead and another lead; said means for securing said one lead to one location on said DAA board and for securing said another lead to another location on said modem board comprises: an open slot extending from an edge of said DAA board to said one location on said DAA board; and an open slot extending from an edge of said modem board to said another location on said modem board; and said one lead adhesively secured at said one location in said open slot of said DAA board and said another lead adhesively secured in said open slot at said another location of said modem board.