Splitter

A splitter used for power line communication in which a power line is used as a transmission line, the power line including a trunk line and a plurality of branch lines that are branched from the trunk line, and a communication signal in a predetermined frequency band is transmitted superimposed on distributed power, the splitter being inserted between the trunk line and each of the plurality of branch lines, and the splitter being provided with:

• a trunk terminal that is connected to the trunk line;
• and
• a branch terminal that is connected to a branch line,
• wherein the splitter comprises a signal branching circuit configured to block the distributed power and pass the communication signal and a power branching circuit configured to block the communication signal and pass the distributed power, parallely between the trunk terminal and the branch terminal,
• wherein in the signal branching circuit, in a frequency band of the communication signal, impedance viewed from the branch terminal side is set to match characteristic impedance of the power line, and impedance viewed from the trunk terminal side is set to impedance that is higher than the characteristic impedance of the power line and is set in accordance with a number of branches from the trunk line to the branch lines such that the communication signal is distributed at an intensity equal to or higher than a specified value from the trunk line to all the plurality of branch lines.