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System for communicating over a power cable

US8842744B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Badger Explorer ASA · NO

Inventor

Truls Fallet · Oslo, NO

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 19, 2010
Grant date	Sep 23, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 11, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04B2203/5475
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for communicating over a power cable has a power line connected to a power source at one end, a switch mode transformer connected to the power line at the other end for transforming voltage received from the power source through the power line, modulation of the switch mode transformer, and a receiver situated at the power source end and adapted to detect and process ripple signals from the switch mode transformer propagated on the power line.

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