Power supply line data transmission

US9509456B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MELEXIS TECHNOLOGIES NV · BE

Inventors

• Andreas Ott · Erfurt, DE
• Thomas Freitag · Hamburg, DE
• Michael S. Bender · Erfurt, DE
• Michael Frey · Erfurt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 29, 2015
• Grant date: Nov 29, 2016
• Expiry date: Apr 18, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T90/16
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A transmitter and a receiver for transmitting and receiving data via a power supply line comprise a local signal port for respectively receiving and transmitting a serial bit stream and a power line connection port for respectively transmitting a radio frequency signal and receiving the radio frequency signal via the power supply line. The transmitter comprises a modulator unit adapted for encoding the serial bit stream into a baseband signal and generating the radio frequency signal by mixing the baseband signal with a carrier wave so as to redundantly convey the at least one baseband signal in at least four spectral sidebands of the carrier wave. The receiver comprises a demodulator unit adapted for detecting the at least four spectral sidebands of the carrier wave in the radio frequency signal, isolating a baseband signal from the at least four spectral sidebands and decoding the baseband signal into the serial bit stream.