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Design and Evaluation of a Dual Impedance-Adapting Power-Line Communications Coupler by van Rensburg, P.A.J., Ferreira, H.C.

“…Historically, the unpredictable on-off switching of loads has been a major obstacle to low-voltage power-line communications. Some researchers have gathered…”
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Integrated Impedance-Matching Coupler for Smart Building and Other Power-Line Communications Applications by Janse van Rensburg, Petrus A., Sibanda, Mloyiswa P., Ferreira, Hendrik C.

“…Power-line communications is a promising technology to help automate buildings, since it utilizes the in situ power cabling as a communications channel…”
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A Tutorial on Modem Coupling Circuits for Low-Voltage Power-Line Communications: Operating Principles, Trade-Offs, Design, and Safety by Rensburg, Petrus A. Janse van, Alahakoon, Sanath, Aghaei, Jamshid, Watkins, Bradley P., Sibanda, Mloyiswa P., Bui, Lam A., Emami, Kianoush, Das, Narottam, de Silva, Shaminda

“…Although the field of low-voltage power-line communications (PLC) has been maturing over the past few decades, the effective, economic and safe coupling of a…”
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Modeling of Coupling Diversity for Extra-Low-Voltage Power-Line Communication Networked LED Lighting in Smart Buildings by Janse van Rensburg, Petrus A., Snyders, Abraham J., Ferreira, Hendrik C.

“…Networked light-emitting diode (LED) lighting systems form an important part of smart buildings and the Internet of Things. Plug-and-play extra-low-voltage LED…”
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Design of a Current-Transformer Based Inductive Coupler for Power-Line Communications by Van Rensburg, Petrus A. Janse, Watkins, Bradley P., Alahakoon, Sanath

“…In this paper, the design of a current-transformer based inductive coupler for power-line communications is documented. A worst-case design is presented in a…”
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Coupler Winding Ratio Selection for Effective Narrowband Power-Line Communications by Janse van Rensburg, P.A., Ferreira, H.C.

“…Coupling losses caused by impedance mismatches are often underestimated and neglected by power-line communications researchers and manufacturers. Further, the…”
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M-FSK Carrier Gain Adjustment for Improved Power-Line Communications by Snyders, A.J., Janse van Rensburg, P.A., Ferreira, H.C.

“…This paper describes carrier gain adjustment (CGA) in the CENELEC A-band, a counter-measure against the negative impact of a transmitter coupling circuit's…”
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Impedance matching with low-cost, passive components for narrowband PLC by Sibanda, M P, Janse van Rensburg, Petrus A, Ferreira, H C

“…The impedance variation in power-line networks is a well known problem in power-line communications (PLC). These variations arise when different electric loads…”
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Design of a bidirectional impedance-adapting transformer coupling circuit for low-voltage power-line communications by van Rensburg, P.A.J., Ferreira, H.C.

“…In this paper, the design of an impedance-adapting bidirectional transformer coupling circuit for low-voltage power-line communications is described. It is…”
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Is resistive coupling feasible for the reception of power-line communications data? by Swana, Zwelibanzi W., Janse van Rensburg, Petrus A., Ferreira, Hendrik C.

“…Historically, two classes of coupling circuits have been used for power-line communications (PLC), being capacitive couplers and inductive couplers. In this…”
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A preliminary investigation of the UHF properties of LV cable for WiFi over power line communications by Jordaan, Sean, Janse van Rensburg, Petrus A., de Beer, Arnold S., Ferreira, Hendrik C., Han Vinck, A. J.

“…In pursuit of a wireless (contactless) power line communications (W-PLC) system for low voltage (LV) power distribution networks, a commonly utilized bundled…”
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A compact economical PLC band-pass coupler with impedance matching by Sibanda, M. P., van Rensburg, P. A. J., Ferreira, H. C.

“…Most coupling circuits for PLC make use of the impedance transformation properties of a coupling transformer. Previous attempts to eliminate this costly…”
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A coupling strategy with automatic time diversity to counter rectifier impulsive noise by Snyders, A. J., Ferreira, H. C., van Rensburg, P. A. J.

“…Previously, it was shown that Capacitor Current Coupling (CCC) is a feasible technique to receive a PLC signal in current form, during the charging time when…”
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Passive, transformerless coupling circuitry for narrow-band power-line communications by Sibanda, M.P., Janse van Rensburg, P.A., Ferreira, H.C.

“…The field of power-line communications (PLC) has been maturing and therefore much research is aimed at making PLC technology cheaper. In this paper we…”
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AC-DC smoothing capacitor current coupling for improved powerline signal reception by Snyders, A J, Janse-van Rensburg, Petrus A, Ferreira, H C, Han Vinck, A J

“…The proliferation of Switch-Mode Power Supplies (SMPS) has led to a significant size decrease in step-down transformers for PC power supplies, moving away from…”
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Dual Coupler for Dedicated Switching with Loads by van Rensburg, P.A.J., Ferreira, H.C.

“…Historically, unpredictable on-off switching of loads has been a major obstacle to power-line communications. Some researchers have gathered valuable data and…”
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An experimental setup for in-circuit optimization of broadband automotive power-line communications by van Rensburg, P.A.J., Ferreira, H.C., Snyders, A.J.

“…In this paper, an experimental setup for broadband automotive power-line communications is presented. Modular prototyping equipment is used to construct both a…”
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