Circuital and modal characterization of the power-line network in the PLC band

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1182-1189

  Pérez, Antonio ^a   Sánchez, Albert Miquel ^a   Regué, Joan Ramo ^a   Ribó, Miquel ^a   Aquilué, Ricard ^a   Rodríguez Cepeda, Pablo ^a   Pajares, Francisco Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Common mode; Differential mode; Electromagnetic interference; Equivalent circuit; Impedance; Modal conversion; Noise; Power line communications (PLC); Power line network (PLN)

Indexed keywords

COMMON MODE; DIFFERENTIAL MODE; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE; IMPEDANCE; MODAL CONVERSION; NOISE; POWER-LINE COMMUNICATIONS (PLC); POWER-LINE NETWORK (PLN);

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; ENERGY CONVERSION;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 67650669331     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2009.2014278     Document Type: Article

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