Power-Line Communication (PLC) systems represent a very interesting opportunity for introducing low-cost communication capabilities over already existing power-line wires. In this paper we introduce a PLC technique that can be applied to systems with a DC power bus that employ a switching power converter as main power supply unit. The proposed technique is extremely simple to be implemented, and requires only minor modifications on the main switching converter. As a proof of this, we are capable to implement the proposed PLC in a system composed by commercial DC-DC converter boards without any circuital modification to the boards themselves. Measurements on this test system show the capability to communicate up to about 80 kbit/s with a bit error rate so low as 10-5.
Titolo: | Ripple-based power-line communication in switching DC-DC converters exploiting switching frequency modulation | |
Autore/i: | Bertoni, Nicola; Bocchi, Stefano; MANGIA, MAURO; Pareschi, Fabio; ROVATTI, RICCARDO; Setti, Gianluca | |
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Anno: | 2015 | |
Titolo del libro: | Proceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems | |
Pagina iniziale: | 209 | |
Pagina finale: | 212 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISCAS.2015.7168607 | |
Abstract: | Power-Line Communication (PLC) systems represent a very interesting opportunity for introducing low-cost communication capabilities over already existing power-line wires. In this paper we introduce a PLC technique that can be applied to systems with a DC power bus that employ a switching power converter as main power supply unit. The proposed technique is extremely simple to be implemented, and requires only minor modifications on the main switching converter. As a proof of this, we are capable to implement the proposed PLC in a system composed by commercial DC-DC converter boards without any circuital modification to the boards themselves. Measurements on this test system show the capability to communicate up to about 80 kbit/s with a bit error rate so low as 10-5. | |
Data stato definitivo: | 17-lug-2016 | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 4.01 Contributo in Atti di convegno |