Power line communication method and apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9143198
APP PUB NO 20140112400A1
SERIAL NO

14142508

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A system for transmitting and receiving signals over residential electrical cables includes at least one active wire, neutral wire and ground wire, including at least two power line modems, each coupling an electrical device with an electrical socket, each one of the power line modems including a processor. The system has transmitters and at least one receiver, the transmitters and the receiver including a coupling circuit, the coupling circuit including a first transformer and a second transformer, the first transformer including a center tap. Receive and transmit wire pairs are respectively formed from two of the active, neutral and ground wires and the midpoint, the transmitters defining a carrier wave set over the transmit wire pair. The processor determines a frequency carrier wave for the signals and provides the signals to a respective one of the transmitters according to the carrier wave set the frequency carrier wave is in.

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SIGMA DESIGNS ISRAEL S D I LTD69710 TEL-AVIV

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Reuven, Ilan Ganey Tikva, IL 54 1137

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