Method and apparatus for signal coupling at medium voltage in a power line carrier communications system
US5856776A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 26, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jan 5, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 26, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B2203/5495
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electricity supply network has plural switching and transformer stations connected together by cables. Each cable has an inner conductor and an outer sheath connected to housings of the stations. A communication system has plural transducers coupled to the cables at the stations. Each of the transducers is located on a side of its respective cable remote from a sheath connection of the respective cable to its station housing. Each transducer is coupled to both the sheath and the conductor of its respective cable.
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