Power line communications method and apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9191067
APP PUB NO 20120163435A1
SERIAL NO

13340322

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Apparatus, for transmitting and receiving signals over residential electrical cables, includes a processor, at least one transmitter and at least one receiver. The transmitter and the receiver are coupled with the processor, for respectively transmitting and receiving the signals. The apparatus is coupled with an electrical cable including at least one active wire, one neutral wire and one ground wire. At least two of the wires form receive wire pairs wherein at least two of the wires form at least one transmit wire pair. The processor enables the at least one receiver to be coupled with the receive wire pairs and wherein the processor dynamically switches a coupling of the at least one receiver to another one of the plurality of receive wire pairs.

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SIGMA DESIGNS ISRAEL S D I LTD34 HABARZEL STREET TEL AVIV 69710

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Reuven, Ilan Ramat Gan, IL 54 1137
Sterenson, Ron Ra'anana, IL 13 154
Verbin, Rami Tel Aviv, IL 26 322

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