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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:
Aug. 02, 2016

Filed:

May. 11, 2015
Applicant:

Enphase Energy, Inc., Petaluma, CA (US);

Inventors:

Martin Fornage, Petaluma, CA (US);

Jianzhong Huang, San Jose, CA (US);

Fenghua Liu, Portland, OR (US);

Kennan Laudel, San Jose, CA (US);

Stephen Pope, Berkeley, CA (US);

Assignee:

Enphase Energy, Inc., Petaluma, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 25/00 (2006.01); H04B 3/54 (2006.01); H04B 3/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/544 (2013.01); H04B 3/54 (2013.01); H04B 3/56 (2013.01); H04B 2203/5466 (2013.01); H04B 2203/5491 (2013.01);
Abstract

Method and apparatus for generating a balanced three-phase power line communication signal. In one embodiment, the method comprises generating a plurality of modulation signals based on at least one data stream; modulating a plurality of carrier signals by the plurality of modulation signals to generate a balanced three-phase PLC signal comprising a first phase signal, a second phase signal, and a third phase signal; and coupling the balanced three-phase PLC signal to a three-phase power line.


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