A method and apparatus for
coupling an xDSL
transceiver with a subscriber line is disclosed. A
hybrid circuit is disclosed which exhibits a different relative
gain factor for transmitted signals and received signals. The difference in
gain factors results in part from a combined balance circuit and
transformer which exhibit a different
coupling ratio between the primary and secondary coils on the receive path and the transmit path. The
hybrid circuit may be used to isolate the receive
signal from the transmit
signal in the full duplex mode of operation. The
gain from the transmit port to the receive port is minimum and most of the energy is transmitted to the subscriber line.In an embodiment of the invention a
hybrid circuit for communicating a transmit
signal and a receive signal across a subscriber line is disclosed. The hybrid circuit includes: a
transformer and a balance circuit. The
transformer includes a primary
inductor and a secondary
inductor and the secondary
inductor for
coupling to the subscriber line and the primary inductor including at least two inductive portions. The balance circuit includes a transmit interface to input the transmit signal and a receive interface to output the receive signal, and the balance circuit coupling both the transmit interface and the receive interface with the at least two inductive portions of the primary to change the
relative magnitude of an induced emf between the primary and the secondary for the transmit signal and the receive signal. In an alternate embodiment of the invention a method for communicating a transmit signal and a receive signal across a subscriber line is disclosed.