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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2022
Applicant:
Eiq Energy, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
William B. Reed, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert E. Rutter, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
eIQ Energy, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/56 (2013.01);
Abstract
A power-line/communication system including: (a) a power-line/communication bus comprised of first and second conductors; (b) one or more capacitor-based, receiver/transmitter nodes, parallel-connected to the first and second conductors; (c) a shunt capacitor parallel-connected to the first and second conductors; and (d) a current transformer having a secondary winding connected in series to the first conductor, which secondary winding is disposed between the shunt capacitor at one end thereof and the receiver/transmitter nodes at the other end thereof.