T&D

Power-line Carrier Communications

DigitalGrid has been a turnkey designer and provider of reliable power line carrier (PLC) communication systems for underground distribution networks since 2002. March 3, 2014 DigitalGrid has been a ...
T&D

Meter Features Integrated Power Line Carrier Communications

Cooper Power Systems and Itron, Inc. have announced the availability of the Itron CENTRON II meter integrated with Cooper Power Systems Power Line Carrier communications technology. This combined ...
T&D

New Power Line Carrier System for Digital High-Voltage Substations

Siemens bringt Powerline-Carrier-System für digitalisierte Umspannstationen auf den Markt / Siemens introduces a new power line carrier system for digital high-voltage substations Siemens has launched ...
Electronic Design

Achieve Smart Grid Connectivity Through Power-Line Communications

Fig 1. Semitech’s SM2200, a power-line communications packet-data modem transceiver, uses OFDMA to achieve up to 175-kbit/s data rates on low and medium power lines. Fig 2. OFDM simply splits one fast ...
EDN

Enhancing reliability in medium-voltage power line communications

Power line communication (PLC) semiconductor devices transform the electricity grid into a smart grid by turning it into a communications network connecting utilities to their customers and making ...