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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2003
Applicants:
Kenichi Yokoo, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Akio Tadachi, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Kenichi Yokoo, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Akio Tadachi, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 (2006.01); H04M 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A power line communication MODEM includes a rectification circuit for converting an AC power source to a DC power source, a MODEM circuit to which a DC voltage is supplied from the rectification circuit, a USB connector connected to the MODEM circuit, and a signal overlapping circuit for overlapping a signal processed by the MODEM circuit with the AC power source, wherein the rectification circuit supplies the DC voltage to the USB connector.