Power line signal coupler

• US 10,560,154 B2
• Filed: 11/13/2018
• Issued: 02/11/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Esker Technologies, LLC
• Original Assignee: Esker Technologies, LLC
• Inventors: Olmstead, Brian S., Rake, Brad
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hung T
• Application Number:
  US16/189,799
• Publication Number:
  US 20190089411A1
• Time in Patent Office: 455 Days
• Field of Search: 34031001, 340428, 340431, 340532, 340533, 340538, 3405381, 307 1, 307 91, 307150, 317 615
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2203/5425 improving S/N by matching impedance, noise reduction, gain control
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2203/5487 cables
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2203/5491 using filtering and bypassing
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/548 the power on the line being DC arrangements for feeding power H04L12/10; extracting feeding power from signals H04L25/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/56 Circuits for coupling, blocking, or by-passing of signals

Abstract

A main power line (+ and − lines) is coupled to a power supply, for example a car battery, grounded to a vehicle chassis. Positive and negative main power lines are coupled to a power line gateway module, and spliced to carry power for a segment, until receiving, by splices, RF power line communications. The main power lines, now carrying power and RF power line communications are then coupled to remote modules. RF power line communication carries signal from the power line gateway module to a impedance matching network or a transformer are used to match impedances.

Claims

1. A method of configuring an electrical circuit comprising:

providing a resonant wire segment between a power source and a power line bus;

providing a signal transceiver;

coupling a first and second amplifier coupled to said signal transceiver, said amplifiers coupled to a switch, said switch coupled to a transformer, said transformer coupled to a resistor, said resistor coupled to at least one of a positive and a negative line emanating from said power source;

said positive and said negative lines coupled to a matching network comprising a series of capacitors, said positive and said negative lines coupled to said power line bus;

said resonant wire segment coupling at least one of said positive and said negative lines from said power source and said power bus.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said resonant wire segment is between approximately 0.5 and 3 meters in length.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said resonant wire segment is between approximately 1 and 1.5 meters in length.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein a second resonant wire segment is provided on at least one of the positive and negative line between said power source and said power line bus.