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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2016
Applicant:
Aclara Technologies Llc, Hazelwood, MO (US);
Inventor:
John B. Hessling, Jr., Hazelwood, MO (US);
Assignee:
Aclara Technologies LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 27/00 (2006.01); B60B 37/00 (2006.01); H04B 3/54 (2006.01); H04B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/54 (2013.01); H04B 1/04 (2013.01); H04B 2203/5466 (2013.01);
Abstract
An improvement in a Two Way Automated Communications System (TWACS) requires only three of six previously required vectors to communicate with remote communication equipment (RCE) devices installed in the three phases of a utility's low voltage distribution network for concurrent outbound signal communications over the TWACS. The reduction in vectors allows an outbound injection silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) array used for such purposes to be greatly simplified and further allows the SCRs in the array to be operated independently, and therefore concurrently.