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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2009
Applicants:
István Maros, Budapest, HU;
Sándor Viktor Szabó, Budapest, HU;
Inventors:
István Maros, Budapest, HU;
Sándor Viktor Szabó, Budapest, HU;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 19/16 (2006.01); G08C 19/12 (2006.01); G08B 1/08 (2006.01); G09F 25/00 (2006.01); G05F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Power line communication (PLC) systems are presented for connecting dimming switches with electronic ballasts for driving compact fluorescent lamps and other applications using a power distribution network, including a transmitter and a receiver connected in a series circuit for transmission of multi-bit data, where the receiver has a load control circuit for selectively adjusting the receiver loading and to sense current interruptions to provide a data output.