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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2012
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gregory Allen Magin, Ocala, FL (US);

Lawrence W. Yonge, III, Summerfield, FL (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 11/01 (2006.01); H04B 3/56 (2006.01); H04B 3/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/54 (2013.01); H04B 3/56 (2013.01); H04B 2203/5466 (2013.01); H04B 2203/5483 (2013.01); H04B 2203/5491 (2013.01);
Abstract

A powerline communication diversity coupling mechanism may implement a transformer coupling unit. The transformer coupling unit can receive a communication signal to be coupled to a plurality of powerline communication channels for transmission in a powerline communication network. The transformer coupling unit can split the communication signal into a plurality of communication signals for transmission. The transformer coupling unit can couple each of the plurality of the communication signals to a corresponding one of a plurality of the powerline communication channels for transmission in the powerline communication network. Also, the transformer coupling unit can receive a plurality of communication signals on each of a plurality of powerline communication channels. The transformer coupling unit can combine the plurality of the communication signals into a communication signal. The transformer coupling unit may then couple the communication signal to an analog front end and other processing units for processing the communication signal.


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