Power carrier signal coupling circuit and communication system

Abstract

Provided are a power carrier signal coupling circuit and a communication system. The power carrier signal coupling circuit includes a first power carrier signal coupling channel and a second power carrier signal coupling channel. A phase of a three-phase alternating current (AC) power line serves as a common channel, the first power carrier signal coupling channel is arranged between the common channel and one of two phases of the three-phase AC power line other than the phase of the three-phase AC power line serving as the common channel; and the second power carrier signal coupling channel is arranged between the common channel and the other of the two phases of the three-phase AC power line other than the phase of the three-phase AC power line serving as the common channel.

Claims

1. A power carrier signal coupling circuit, connected to a three-phase alternating current (AC) power line, comprising: a first power carrier signal coupling channel, comprising a first capacitor; a second power carrier signal coupling channel, comprising a second capacitor; a signal transceiver; and a coupling transformer, comprising a primary winding, a first secondary winding and a second secondary winding, wherein a first terminal of the first secondary winding is connected to the signal transceiver, a second terminal of the first secondary winding is connected to a first terminal of the second secondary winding, and a second terminal of the second secondary winding is connected to the signal transceiver, wherein a phase of the three-phase AC power line serves as a common channel, the first power carrier signal coupling channel is arranged between the common channel and one of two phases of the three-phase AC power line other than the phase of the three-phase AC power line serving as the common channel, the second power carrier signal coupling channel is arranged between the common channel and the other of the two phases of the three-phase AC power line other than the phase of the three-phase AC power line serving as the common channel, and a first terminal of the first capacitor is connected to one of the two phases of the three-phase AC power line other than the phase of the three-phase AC power line serving as the common channel, a second terminal of the first capacitor is connected to a first terminal of the primary winding, a first terminal of the second capacitor is connected to the other of the two phases of the three-phase AC power line other than the phase of the three-phase AC power line serving as the common channel, a second terminal of the second capacitor is connected to the first terminal of the primary winding, and a second terminal of the primary winding is connected to the common channel.

2. The power carrier signal coupling circuit according to claim 1, further comprising a first transient voltage suppressor diode, with an A phase of the three-phase AC power line serving as the common channel, wherein the first power carrier signal coupling channel is arranged between the A phase of the three-phase AC power line and a B phase of the three-phase AC power line, the second power carrier signal coupling channel is arranged between the A phase of the three-phase AC power line and a C phase of the three-phase AC power line, a cathode of the first transient voltage suppressor diode is connected to the A phase of the three-phase AC power line, and an anode of the first transient voltage suppressor diode is connected to the B phase and the C phase of the three-phase AC power line.

3. The power carrier signal coupling circuit according to claim 2, wherein the signal transceiver comprises a bandpass filtering circuit, the bandpass filtering circuit comprises a first resistor, a second resistor, a third capacitor and a fourth capacitor, a first terminal of the third capacitor is connected to the first terminal of the first secondary winding and a second terminal of the third capacitor is grounded via the first resistor, and a second terminal of the fourth capacitor is connected to the second terminal of the second secondary winding and a second terminal of the fourth capacitor is grounded via the second resistor.

4. The power carrier signal coupling circuit according to claim 3, wherein the signal transceiver further comprises a second transient voltage suppressor diode and a third transient voltage suppressor diode, and the signal transceiver further comprises a first signal terminal, a second signal terminal and a power terminal; the first signal terminal of the signal transceiver is connected to the first terminal of the first secondary winding, the second signal terminal of the signal transceiver is connected to the second terminal of the second secondary winding, and the power terminal of the signal transceiver is connected to a common point between the first secondary winding and the second secondary winding; and a cathode of the second transient voltage suppressor diode is connected to the first signal terminal of the signal transceiver and an anode of the second transient voltage suppressor diode is grounded, and a cathode of the third transient voltage suppressor diode is connected to the second signal terminal of the signal transceiver and an anode of the third transient voltage suppressor diode is grounded.

5. The power carrier signal coupling circuit according to claim 3, wherein, a power level is outputted via a power terminal of the signal transceiver when the signal transceiver sends a signal via a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal.

6. The power carrier signal coupling circuit according to claim 1, further comprising a first transient voltage suppressor diode, with a B phase of the three-phase AC power line serving as the common channel, wherein the first power carrier signal coupling channel is arranged between the B phase of the three-phase AC power line and an A phase of the three-phase AC power line, the second power carrier signal coupling channel is arranged between the B phase of the three-phase AC power line and a C phase of the three-phase AC power line, a cathode of the first transient voltage suppressor diode is connected to the B phase of the three-phase AC power line, and an anode of the first transient voltage suppressor diode is connected to the A phase and the C phase of the three-phase AC power line.

7. The power carrier signal coupling circuit according to claim 1, further comprising a first transient voltage suppressor diode, with a C phase of the three-phase AC power line serving as the common channel, wherein the first power carrier signal coupling channel is arranged between the C phase of the three-phase AC power line and an A phase of the three-phase AC power line, the second power carrier signal coupling channel is arranged between the C phase of the three-phase AC power line and a B phase of the three-phase AC power line, a cathode of the first transient voltage suppressor diode is connected to the C phase of the three-phase AC power line, and an anode of the first transient voltage suppressor diode is connected to the A phase and the B phase of the three-phase AC power line.

8. A communication system, comprising a power carrier signal coupling circuit connected to a three-phase alternating current (AC) power line, wherein the power carrier signal coupling circuit comprises: a first power carrier signal coupling channel, comprising a first capacitor; a second power carrier signal coupling channel, comprising a second capacitor; a signal transceiver; and a coupling transformer, comprising a primary winding, a first secondary winding and a second secondary winding, wherein a first terminal of the first secondary winding is connected to the signal transceiver, a second terminal of the first secondary winding is connected to a first terminal of the second secondary winding, and a second terminal of the second secondary winding is connected to the signal transceiver, wherein a phase of the three-phase AC power line serves as a common channel, the first power carrier signal coupling channel is arranged between the common channel and one of two phases of the three-phase AC power line other than the phase of the three-phase AC power line serving as the common channel, the second power carrier signal coupling channel is arranged between the common channel and the other of the two phases of the three-phase AC power line other than the phase of the three-phase AC power line serving as the common channel, and a first terminal of the first capacitor is connected to one of the two phases of the three-phase AC power line other than the phase of the three-phase AC power line serving as the common channel, a second terminal of the first capacitor is connected to a first terminal of the primary winding, a first terminal of the second capacitor is connected to the other of the two phases of the three-phase AC power line other than the phase of the three-phase AC power line serving as the common channel, a second terminal of the second capacitor is connected to the first terminal of the primary winding, and a second terminal of the primary winding is connected to the common channel.

9. The communication system according to claim 8, wherein the power carrier signal coupling circuit further comprises a first transient voltage suppressor diode, with an A phase of the three-phase AC power line serving as the common channel, wherein the first power carrier signal coupling channel is arranged between the A phase of the three-phase AC power line and a B phase of the three-phase AC power line, the second power carrier signal coupling channel is arranged between the A phase of the three-phase AC power line and a C phase of the three-phase AC power line, a cathode of the first transient voltage suppressor diode is connected to the A phase of the three-phase AC power line, and an anode of the first transient voltage suppressor diode is connected to the B phase and the C phase of the three-phase AC power line.

10. The communication system according to claim 9, wherein the signal transceiver comprises a bandpass filtering circuit, the bandpass filtering circuit comprises a first resistor, a second resistor, a third capacitor and a fourth capacitor, a first terminal of the third capacitor is connected to the first terminal of the first secondary winding and a second terminal of the third capacitor is grounded via the first resistor, and a second terminal of the fourth capacitor is connected to the second terminal of the second secondary winding and a second terminal of the fourth capacitor is grounded via the second resistor.

11. The communication system according to claim 10, wherein the signal transceiver further comprises a second transient voltage suppressor diode and a third transient voltage suppressor diode, and the signal transceiver further comprises a first signal terminal, a second signal terminal and a power terminal; the first signal terminal of the signal transceiver is connected to the first terminal of the first secondary winding, the second signal terminal of the signal transceiver is connected to the second terminal of the second secondary winding, and the power terminal of the signal transceiver is connected to a common point between the first secondary winding and the second secondary winding; and a cathode of the second transient voltage suppressor diode is connected to the first signal terminal of the signal transceiver and an anode of the second transient voltage suppressor diode is grounded, and a cathode of the third transient voltage suppressor diode is connected to the second signal terminal of the signal transceiver and an anode of the third transient voltage suppressor diode is grounded.

12. The communication system according to claim 10, wherein, a power level is outputted via a power terminal of the signal transceiver when the signal transceiver sends a signal via a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal.

13. The communication system according to claim 8, wherein the power carrier signal coupling circuit further comprises a first transient voltage suppressor diode, with a B phase of the three-phase AC power line serving as the common channel, wherein the first power carrier signal coupling channel is arranged between the B phase of the three-phase AC power line and an A phase of the three-phase AC power line, the second power carrier signal coupling channel is arranged between the B phase of the three-phase AC power line and a C phase of the three-phase AC power line, a cathode of the first transient voltage suppressor diode is connected to the B phase of the three-phase AC power line, and an anode of the first transient voltage suppressor diode is connected to the A phase and the C phase of the three-phase AC power line.

14. The communication system according to claim 8, wherein the power carrier signal coupling circuit further comprises a first transient voltage suppressor diode, with a C phase of the three-phase AC power line serving as the common channel, wherein the first power carrier signal coupling channel is arranged between the C phase of the three-phase AC power line and an A phase of the three-phase AC power line, the second power carrier signal coupling channel is arranged between the C phase of the three-phase AC power line and a B phase of the three-phase AC power line, a cathode of the first transient voltage suppressor diode is connected to the C phase of the three-phase AC power line, and an anode of the first transient voltage suppressor diode is connected to the A phase and the B phase of the three-phase AC power line.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The drawings to be used in the description of the embodiments or the conventional technology will be described briefly as follows, so that the technical solutions according to the embodiments of the present disclosure or according to the conventional technology will become clearer. It is apparent that the drawings in the following description only illustrate some embodiments of the present disclosure. For those skilled in the art, other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without any creative work.

(2) FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a power carrier signal coupling circuit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

(3) FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a power carrier signal coupling circuit according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

(4) FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a power carrier signal coupling circuit according to yet another embodiment of the present disclosure; and

(5) FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

REFERENCE NUMERALS ARE DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS

(6) TABLE-US-00001 Reference Reference numerals Name numerals Name R1 First resistor C4 Fourth capacitor R2 Second resistor T1 Coupling transformer C1 First D1 First transient voltage capacitor suppressor diode C2 Second D2 Second transient voltage capacitor suppressor diode C3 Third D3 Third transient voltage capacitor suppressor diode 10 Signal transceiver 11 Bandpass filter

(7) The implementations, function features and advantages of the present disclosure are further described in conjunction with embodiments by referring to the drawings.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

(8) The technical solution according to the embodiments of the present disclosure will be described clearly and completely as follows in conjunction with the drawings. It is apparent that the described embodiments are only a few rather than all of the embodiments according to the present disclosure. Any other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments in the present disclosure without any creative work fall in the protection scope of the present disclosure.

(9) It should be noted that, all directional indications in the embodiments of the present disclosure (such as up, down, left, right, front and back) are only used for illustrating a relative position relationship between parts, motion situations of the parts and the like under a certain attitude (as shown in the figure). In a case that the certain attitude changes, the directional indications should change correspondingly.

(10) In addition, the terms such as first and second in the present disclosure are only for description, and can not be considered to indicate or imply relative importance of technical features indicated by the first and second or impliedly specify the number of the technical features indicated by the first and second. Therefore, features indicated by first and second may explicitly or impliedly include at least one of the features. Besides, technical solutions of the embodiments may be combined with one another to obtain a technical solution which can be implemented by those skilled in the art. In the case that the newly combined technical solution has conflicts or can not be implemented, it should be considered that the technical solution neither exists nor falls within the scope of protection claimed by the present disclosure.

(11) It is provided a power carrier signal coupling circuit according to the present disclosure. Reference is made to FIG. 1. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the power carrier signal coupling circuit includes a first power carrier signal coupling channel (not shown) and a second power carrier signal coupling channel (not shown). A phase of a three-phase alternating current (AC) power line serves as a common channel. The first power carrier signal coupling channel is arranged between the common channel and one of two phases of the three-phase AC power line other than the phase of the three-phase AC power line serving as the common channel, and the second power carrier signal coupling channel is arranged between the common channel and the other of the two phases of the three-phase AC power line other than the phase of the three-phase AC power line serving as the common channel.

(12) It should be noted that, the power carrier signal coupling circuit is applied in a three-phase power line without N line which can not only receive but also send a power carrier signal. In an actual application, one master device and at least one slave device are included. The power carrier signal coupling circuit is arranged in each of the master device and the slave device. The slave device sends a power carrier signal via the first power carrier signal coupling channel and the second power carrier signal coupling channel. After being transmitted in an electric cable, the power carrier signal is received by the master device via the first power carrier signal coupling channel and/or the second power carrier signal coupling channel. In addition, the case where the master device sends a signal to the slave device is similar to the case that the slave device sends a signal to the master device.

(13) In the technical solution according to the present disclosure, a power carrier signal is coupled into the first power carrier signal coupling channel and the second power carrier signal coupling channel by a slave device. A master device may be connected to any two phases of the three-phase AC power line, and the power carrier signal can be received by at least one phase, thereby extremely reducing the cost and installation complexity. Meanwhile, if an interference signal on a channel is large, the master device may receive data via another signal channel. Therefore, it is avoided a problem that information can not be transmitted due to interference in a case that data is transmitted in a single channel.

(14) Further, the power carrier signal coupling circuit further includes a coupling transformer T1 and a signal transceiver 10. A primary side of the coupling transformer T1 is connected to the first power carrier signal coupling channel and the second power carrier signal coupling channel, and a secondary side of the coupling transformer T1 is connected to the signal transceiver 10.

(15) A voltage in an electric cable is generally up to several kilovolts even several tens of kilovolts, while an operation voltage in the signal transceiver 10 is generally a low voltage. In this case, the coupling transformer T1 is configured to isolate a high voltage from a low voltage, thereby effectively preventing a low-voltage device from being damaged by a high voltage. And the signal transceiver 10 is configured to perform modulation, demodulation and related processing.

(16) Further, the first power carrier signal coupling channel includes a first capacitor C1, and the second power carrier signal coupling channel includes a second capacitor C2. The coupling transformer T1 includes a primary winding N3, a first secondary winding N1 and a second secondary winding N2. A first terminal of the first secondary winding N1 is connected to the signal transceiver 10, a second terminal of the first secondary winding N1 is connected to a first terminal of the second secondary winding N2, and a second terminal of the second secondary winding N2 is connected to the signal transceiver 10.

(17) A first terminal of the first capacitor C1 is connected to one of two phases of the three-phase AC power line other than the phase of the three-phase AC power line serving as the common channel and a second terminal of the first capacitor C1 is connected to a first terminal of the primary winding N3. A first terminal of the second capacitor C2 is connected to the other of the two phases of the three-phase AC power line other than the phase of the three-phase AC power line serving as the common channel and a second terminal of the second capacitor C2 is connected to the first terminal of the primary winding N3. And a second terminal of the primary winding N3 is connected to the common channel.

(18) It should be noted that, both the first capacitor C1 and the second capacitor C2 are coupling capacitors, and each of the first capacitor C1 and the second capacitor C2 forms a LC resonant circuit with the primary winding N3 of the coupling transformer T1, to filter out interference caused by a low frequency fundamental signal.

(19) Because different phases may serve as the common channel, the power carrier signal coupling circuit may be implemented by following three embodiments.

(20) In an embodiment, the power carrier signal coupling circuit includes a first transient voltage suppressor diode D1, with an A phase of the three-phase AC power line serving as the common channel. The first power carrier signal coupling channel is arranged between the A phase of the three-phase AC power line and a B phase of the three-phase AC power line, and the second power carrier signal coupling channel is arranged between the A phase of the three-phase AC power line and a C phase of the three-phase AC power line. A cathode of the first transient voltage suppressor diode D1 is connected to the A phase of the three-phase AC power line, and an anode of the first transient voltage suppressor diode D1 is connected to the B phase and the C phase of the three-phase AC power line.

(21) In another embodiment, the power carrier signal coupling circuit further includes a first transient voltage suppressor diode D1, with a B phase of the three-phase AC power line serving as the common channel. The first power carrier signal coupling channel is arranged between the B phase of the three-phase AC power line and an A phase of the three-phase AC power line, and the second power carrier signal coupling channel is arranged between the B phase of the three-phase AC power line and a C phase of the three-phase AC power line. A cathode of the first transient voltage suppressor diode D1 is connected to the B phase of the three-phase AC power line, and an anode of the first transient voltage suppressor diode D1 is connected to the A phase and the C phase of the three-phase AC power line.

(22) In yet another embodiment, the power carrier signal coupling circuit further includes a first transient voltage suppressor diode D1, with a C phase of the three-phase AC power line serving as the common channel. The first power carrier signal coupling channel is arranged between the C phase of the three-phase AC power line and an A phase of the three-phase AC power line, and the second power carrier signal coupling channel is arranged between the C phase of the three-phase AC power line and a B phase of the three-phase AC power line. A cathode of the first transient voltage suppressor diode D1 is connected to the C phase of the three-phase AC power line, and an anode of the first transient voltage suppressor diode D1 is connected to the A phase and the B phase of the three-phase AC power line.

(23) The first transient voltage suppressor diode D1 is configured to suppress instantaneous overvoltage between phases to prevent the coupling transformer T1 or other electronic elements which are not voltage withstanding from being burnt out.

(24) Further, the signal transceiver 10 includes a bandpass filtering circuit. The bandpass filtering circuit includes a first resistor R1, a second resistor R2, a third capacitor C3 and a fourth capacitor C4. A first terminal of the third capacitor C3 is connected to the first terminal of the first secondary winding N1 and a second terminal of the third capacitor C3 is grounded via the first resistor R1. A second terminal of the fourth capacitor C4 is connected to the second terminal of the second secondary winding N2 and a second terminal of the fourth capacitor C4 is grounded via the second resistor R2.

(25) The first resistor R1 and the third capacitor C3 form a bandpass filter, and the second resistor R2 and the fourth capacitor C4 form a bandpass filter. The bandpass filters are configured to prevent the master device and the slave device from pulse noise interference brought at the instant of grid-connection. In the embodiment, the bandpass filter has no attenuation on a signal with a frequency ranging from 10 kHz to 1 MHz, and effectively suppresses a signal with a frequency out of a band for a power line carrier communication.

(26) Further, the signal transceiver 10 further includes a second transient voltage suppressor diode D2 and a third transient voltage suppressor diode D3. And the signal transceiver 10 includes a first signal terminal signal1, a second signal terminal signal2 and a power terminal LDVDD.

(27) The first signal terminal signal1 of the signal transceiver 10 is connected to the first terminal of the first secondary winding N1. The second signal terminal signal2 of the signal transceiver 10 is connected to the second terminal of the second secondary winding N2. And the power terminal LDVDD of the signal transceiver 10 is connected to a common point between the first secondary winding N1 and the second secondary winding N2.

(28) A cathode of the second transient voltage suppressor diode D2 is connected to the first signal terminal signal1 of the signal transceiver 10, and an anode of the second transient voltage suppressor diode D2 is grounded. A cathode of the third transient voltage suppressor diode D3 is connected to the second signal terminal signal2 of the signal transceiver 10, and an anode of the third transient voltage suppressor diode D3 is grounded.

(29) The second transient voltage suppressor diode D2 and the third transient voltage suppressor diode D3 are also configured to suppress an instantaneous high voltage to prevent a low voltage element from being damaged.

(30) Further, a power level is outputted via a power terminal LDVDD of the signal transceiver 10 when the signal transceiver 10 sends a signal via a first signal terminal signal1 and a second signal terminal signal2.

(31) It should be noted that, when a power carrier signal is sent, a level signal of a power transmission part is directly applied via a center tap of the first secondary winding N1 and the second secondary winding N2 to improve a sending efficiency of the signal.

(32) It is further provided a communication system according to the disclosure. The communication system includes the above power carrier signal coupling circuit of which the structure may refer to the above embodiments. Since the communication system adopts all of the technical solutions of the above embodiments, it at least has all advantages of the technical solutions of the above embodiments which are not described herein.

(33) In the embodiment, the communication system is applied in a communication with photovoltaic inverter. A structure of an entire power carrier communication system is as shown in FIG. 4. The system includes multiple inverters INV, adopts a power carrier interphase coupling solution with three-phase line without N line, and uses a master-slave architecture including one master node PLC coo and multiple slave nodes PLC slave. The master node and the slave nodes are each arranged with a power carrier signal coupling circuit. Within a transformer range, the master node establishes and maintains a network by receiving power carrier signals sent from any two phases, and accesses to software logger and monitor software via an uplink RS485. The slave node is arranged in each of the photovoltaic inverters, and performs a signal coupling with any two phases of power line. The slave node, after being started, actively searches to access the network established by the master node, thereby communicating with the software logger and the monitor software.

(34) The above embodiments are only preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. Any equivalent structure transformation made using the specification and drawings of the present disclosure under the concept of the present disclosure, or technical solutions directly/indirectly applying the concept to other related technical fields falls within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.