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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2011
Applicants:
John A. Koski, Lafayette, CO (US);
Anthony Catalano, Boulder, CO (US);
Inventors:
John A. Koski, Lafayette, CO (US);
Anthony Catalano, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
TerraLUX, Inc., Longmont, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01); G05B 11/01 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 11/01 (2013.01); H05B 33/0851 (2013.01); H05B 37/0263 (2013.01);
Abstract
A first entity communicates with a second entity over a shared power bus by switching the bus to a high-impedance state and modifying the voltage on the power bus, in accordance with an outgoing communication, such that the modified voltage is detected by the second entity and the communication is received thereto.