Method and apparatus for signal coupling at medium voltage in a power line carrier communications system
AssigneeRemote Metering Systems Ltd.
InventorsDonald Stuart Armstrong, Nigal John Halse, Paul Martin Moore, Joseph Anthony Wells
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Abstract
An electricity supply network has plural switching and transformer stations connected together by cables. Each cable has an inner conductor and an outer sheath connected to housings of the stations. A communication system has plural transducers coupled to the cables at the stations. Each of the transducers is located on a side of its respective cable remote from a sheath connection of the respective cable to its station housing. Each transducer is coupled to both the sheath and the conductor of its respective cable.
Claims12
An electricity supply network comprising a plurality of switching and transformer stations connected together by cables, each cable comprising at least one inner conductor and an outer sheath, which is connected to housings of the stations, and a communication system comprising a plurality of transducers, each transducer is coupled to its respective cable at each station, each of the transducers being located on a side of its respective cable remote from a sheath connection of the respective cable to its station housing, whereby each transducer is coupled to both the sheath and the at least one conductor of its respective cable.
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