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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin H Graham, Berkeley, CA (US);
Howard W Johnson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Echelon Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3403 / ; 3403 / ; 3403 / ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for power line communications which utilizes common mode transmission and reception of communication signals over power lines. The communication signals are sent and received between the power and neutral lines, and the ground line. A common mode choke in the power lines presents a relatively high impedance to the communication signals and prevents them from being shorted to the ground line. The choke is substantially transparent to the power delivery current.