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Remote monitoring system transmitter

  • US 4,535,447 A
  • Filed: 01/31/1983
  • Issued: 08/13/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for transmitting information over the secondary network of a power distribution network including a power source, a primary source, a primary network, a transformer and a secondary network comprising:

  • (a) a multiplexer having multiple inputs and an output;

    (b) first means for providing to the inputs of the multiplexer analog information corresponding to the information to be transmitted;

    (c) second means having an input connected to the output of the multiplexer for converting analog information provided by the multiplexer output into digital information and supplying the digital information at an output;

    (d) a shift register for storing the digital information having an input connected to the output of the second means and having an output supplying the digital information stored in the shift register;

    (e) third means for modulating a carrier signal with the digital information stored in the shift register;

    (f) fourth means for transmitting over the power distribution network the modulated carrier signal supplied by the third means; and

    (g) timing means associated with the secondary network of a power distribution network and including a zero crossing detector for supplying a clock signal and for synchronizing said timing means to the power source, said timing means being responsive to the clock signal and controlling the multiplexer switching and the third means.

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