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7619322 Two-wire power and communications for irrigation systems  
A large number of irrigation system devices connected to a common two-wire cable can be powered and individually controlled from a central location by transmitting over the cable DC pulses of...
7602078 Combinational power cord for multimedia use  
A combinational power cord for multimedia use includes one or more multimedia power devices mutually connected to provide power and to enable data transmission among different multimedia devices....
7576447 Control and supply system  
A control and supply system for electrical devices comprises at least one voltage supply and control device above sea level, a subsea cable connecting the voltage supply and control device with the...
7493172 Methods and systems for stimulating a nerve originating in an upper cervical spine area to treat a medical condition  
Methods of treating a medical condition of a patient include applying at least one stimulus to a target nerve within the patient with an implanted system control unit in accordance with one or more...
7456516 Power line terminating circuit and method, and power line relay device  
The present invention provides a power line terminating circuit and method and a power line relay device for setting indoor power lines to a state adapted to communications by making impedances...
7456696 Circuit and method of compensating for signal delay in a cable  
The compensation circuit comprises an oscillator, a first variable delay line, a second variable delay line, a phase detector and a controller. The oscillator generates an oscillation signal to...
7358626 Two-wire power and communications for irrigation systems  
A large number of irrigation system devices connected to a common two-wire cable can be powered and individually controlled from a central location by transmitting over the cable DC pulses of...
7307357 Method and system to increase the throughput of a communications system that uses an electrical power distribution system as a communications pathway  
A method and system to increase the throughput of a communications system that uses an electrical power distribution system as a communications pathway, determines the phase of the power...
7291938 Power supply apparatus and method based on parasitic power extraction  
Power supply apparatus and method based on parasitic power extraction is disclosed. Power is extracted from signals that are inbound and/or outbound from an equipment. The extracted power is...
7262695 Network interface device  
An apparatus is disclosed that provides a gateway function. The apparatus has an enclosure surrounding a network interface device. The network interface device has a communications network...
7248148 Power line coupling device and method of using the same  
The invention provides a method and a device for communicating a signal over a power line. One embodiment may comprise a length of power cable that comprises a center conductor substantially...
7183901 Local network using an electrical power distribution system and associated reflection device  
The invention concerns a local network for the transfer of information among several communication devices connected to an alternating current electrical power distribution system with a...
7180412 Power line communication system having time server  
A system for bi-directional power distribution line communication. The system is configured for data communication with an endpoint transceiver located at a customer premise. The system comprises a...
7170395 Method and apparatus for attaching power line communications to customer premises  
A method and apparatus for modifying a three-phase power distribution network in a building in order to provide data communication by using a Power Line Carrier (PLC) signal to an approximate...
7148799 Arrangement of daisy chained inductive couplers for data communication  
There is provided an arrangement of inductive couplers. The arrangement includes a first inductive coupler on a conductor, and a second inductive coupler on the conductor. The first inductive...
7116007 Protecting medium voltage inductive coupled device from electrical transients  
There is provided a method for protecting loads associated with power distribution system inductive signal couplers. The method includes (a) providing an inductive signal coupler having a first...
7103240 Method and apparatus for providing inductive coupling and decoupling of high-frequency, high-bandwidth data signals directly on and off of a high voltage power line  
The present invention is drawn to an electrically “closed” method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data signals over a high voltage power line. Inductive coupling is employed for...
7084524 Bi-directional matrix converter with reverse start-up  
A method for operating a matrix converter that includes converting m phases of a generator into alternating voltage with n phases of a load connected to a network, wherein n<m. The n phases of...
7078982 Method and device for emitting pulses on an electricity distribution network  
A method for emitting a predetermined series of pulses on an electricity distribution network carrying a determined voltage includes linking an electric element to the network by a switch and...
7061136 Method and device for conditioning electric installations in buildings for the rapid transmission of data  
A method and a device for conditioning electric installations in buildings for the rapid transmission of data produces symmetrical transmissions paths, along which high frequency signals can be...
7042351 Data communication over a power line  
Data signals are communicated between a power line and a computer, wherein the power line provides power to the computer via a distribution transformer and the computer is in communication with a...
6998964 Splitter  
A splitter for enabling a power signal and a communication signal to be transmitted over a common communication link is provided. The splitter includes a line port adapted to be coupled to a...
6989734 Modulated data transfer between a system and its power supply  
A power supply that includes networking capabilities where networking data is sent and received to and from other systems over the power line and to and from the rest of the system that is being...
6956463 Method and apparatus for providing both power and communication over two wires between multiple low voltage AC devices  
A system master unit is connected to a 24V AC power source. One or more slave units is connected to the master unit by a power/communication line. Bulk capacitance in the master and slave units...
6950567 Method and apparatus for providing inductive coupling and decoupling of high-frequency, high-bandwidth data signals directly on and off of a high voltage power line  
The present invention is drawn to an electrically “closed” method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data signals over a high voltage power line. Inductive coupling is employed for...
6940396 Concurrent phase communication in TWACS  
A method for concurrently communicating over each phase of an electrical power distribution network (N). A first outbound signal (SO 1 ) is transmitted over one phase (AN-A) of a bus (S) by an...
6741162 Power line networking apparatus and method  
An apparatus for carrying electrical data signals and electrical power over a power line is disclosed. The apparatus includes a data processing device, a power supply, and a data signal...
6714881 Time reference compensation for improved metering accuracy  
A method for time reference compensation in a power metering system, the method comprising monitoring a time-dependent characteristic of incoming AC power over a predetermined local time interval,...
6559757 Data communication over power lines  
A power line communication system includes a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) having a sine wave approximator driven by a high frequency clock in the FPGA. The sine wave approximator generates...
6529120 System for communicating over a transmission line  
A system for communicating over a transmission line has a plurality of transceivers, each for generating an information signal for transmission over the transmission line and for reception of an...
6465903 Transmission of an operating order via an A.C. supply line  
The present invention relates to a transmitter of an analog order over an A.C. supply line meant for a load, including a one-way conduction element in parallel with a resistive element having a...
6313738 Adaptive noise cancellation system  
A power line adaptive noise cancellation system receives noise signals from house power lines and adaptively cancels the received noise from a power line input signal. The system includes a power...
6297730 Signal connection device for a power line telecommunication system  
The present invention provides a signal connection installation including a signal connection device connected to a power fuse holder, in which the power fuse holder holds a power fuse cartridge...
6282405 Hybrid electricity and telecommunications distribution network  
A telecommunications network for linking a plurality of premises, comprising, typically, a fiber optic or coaxial cable, and a plurality of electrical power cables each connected to a respective...
6255935 Coupling capacitor having an integrated connecting cable  
The invention relates to a simplified and cost-effective apparatus for injecting signals into electrical power lines at the high-voltage or medium-voltage level. A coupling unit which is simple to...
6172597 Electricity distribution and/or power transmission network and filter for telecommunication over power lines  
A power transmission network (40) is disclosed which includes an input of telecommunication signals having carrier frequencies greater than 1 MHz onto the network, and a removing similar speech...
6134259 Optical resonator with spiral optical elements  
This invention discloses an optical resonator (24) including at least one spiral optical element (44) operative to change the angular phase distribution of modes in the optical resonator (24),...
6085327 Area-efficient integrated self-timing power start-up reset circuit with delay of the start-up reset until the system clock is stabilized  
A circuit and a method are disclosed for a power start-up reset circuit which is self-timing and which can be fully integrated in a standard CMOS or BiCMOS process along with other digital...
6023106 Power line circuits and adaptors for coupling carrier frequency current signals between power lines  
Power line coupling circuits and adapters for coupling carrier frequency current signals between power lines. The coupling circuits can be arranged between outlets on different power lines, either...
5977650 Transmitting communications signals over a power line network  
Communications signals are transmitted over a power distribution network. A plurality of communications stations which are coupled to the power lines are served by a base station. Communications...
5892795 Telecommunication system and modem for transmission of modulated information signals over power supply lines  
A telecommunication system for transmission along power supply lines of modulated information signals having a selected carrier frequency. The system includes a plurality of communication devices...
5880677 System for monitoring and controlling electrical consumption, including transceiver communicator control apparatus and alternating current control apparatus  
A system that monitors and controls electrical power consumption that will be retrofitted to a typical consumer electrical power arrangement (typical arrangement-electrical feed line from a...
5485040 Powerline coupling network  
An apparatus for reducing power line communication signal attenuation is disclosed. This apparatus provides for reduction of power line communication signal attenuation by balancing reactance...
5374900 Phase window test circuit  
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for controlling and measuring the phase window of a data separator that is suitable for implementation in an automatic test equipment (ATE)...
5241283 Drive amplifier for power line communications  
A power line communication amplifier circuit for providing a signal transmission across a power line medium when operating in a transmit mode, and for providing a relatively high input impedance to...
5198796 Outbound signal detector system and method  
In a communication system in which outbound information in the form of multi-bit messages is carried by cyclic waveforms over an electric power distribution network, the signal is detected...
5029064 Phase-controlled reversible power conversion with equal duty cycle substantially constant amplitude square wave excitation of the power transformer  
A universal phase-controlled reversible power converter having one transformer with multiple windings couples a d.c. voltage to an associated transformer winding through a fixed port having...
5023477 Transient energy self-pumped conjugator and method  
Self-pumped phase conjugation is achieved for optical beams with very short pulse durations by a transient energy transfer mechanism. A probe beam is transmitted through a non-linear optical...
5013974 Electronic ballast with improved lamp current crest factor  
An inverter-type electronic fluorescent lamp ballast powers a fluorescent lamp with a sinusoidal current that is modified by insertion of a measured amount of properly phased third harmonic...
4988972 Method for transmitting and receiving signals over transmission power lines  
A transmission signal sending and receiving method using the steps of setting the reference channel and data channels in each cycle of the AC voltage wave for transmission in the sending and...
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