Communication methods and apparatus and power supply controllers using the same

• Main Author: ASHRAFZADEH AHMAD R
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.06.2016
• Subjects: BOARDS, SUBSTATIONS, OR SWITCHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SUPPLYOR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; CALCULATING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; COMPUTING; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; COUNTING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION; MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION; TRANSPORTING; WELDING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM

Communication methods and apparatus and power supply controllers using the same. The method includes transferring information over a line from a first location to a second location as a voltage signal while simultaneously transferring information over the same line from the second location to the first location as a current signal. Further, digital information may be transmitted over the same line. When applied to a power supply controller system, a master controller may control a plurality of slave controllers by initially setting up the slave controllers by transmitting digital information to the slave controllers, and then maintaining a set point for each controller while monitoring controller characteristics over the same lines.