Abstract:
There is disclosed a circuit for selectively enabling communications by providing an output signal voltage of a first level indicative of a first transmission state and a second level corresponding to a second non-transmission state, the circuit having an FET having a gate, source, and drain, the source coupled to a first controlling means for providing a voltage Vs to the source, the drain coupled to an output terminal of the circuit for providing the output signal, and the gate coupled to a second control means for providing a voltage Vg to the gate, the FET operable in a first conducting mode when a gate to source voltage Vgs exceeds a predetermined threshold, indicative of a non-zero crossing amplitude region of an input voltage signal, to cause the output signal voltage to be at the second level corresponding to the non-transmission state, and in a second non-conducting mode, wherein the Vgs of the FET is less than the threshold, indicative of a zero-crossing of the input signal, for causing the output signal voltage to go to the first level, indicative of the transmission state, wherein the first and second control means responsive to the input voltage signal operate to vary the FET gate to source voltage and route current through the circuit to cause the FET to operate in the conducting and non-conducting modes.