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Centralized control receiver
Assignee: BBC Brown Boveri AG Germany
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Filing: 1986-08-04
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Granted: 1988-04-12
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Expires: 2006-08-04
Abstract
Abstract Centralized control receiver for power distribution networks, includes an input section containing at least one digital filter, an evaluating device, and an output section, the digital filter having a frequency response effecting selective damping of harmonic frequencies of at least one of the frequency of a respective network and control frequencies of at least one of adjacent centralized control services and of network-specific interference frequency ranges.
Inventors
- 👤 Heinz Kronmuller
- 👤 Joachim Stockle
- 👤 Jorg Puhler
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 01:43
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03H; H03H17/00; H03H17/02; H03H17/06; H02; H02J; H02J13/00; H02J13/13; H02J13/1311; H02J13/1313; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y04; Y04S; Y04S40/00; Y04S40/12; Y04S40/121
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
138 words
Centralized control receiver for power distribution networks comprising: an input section, having a prefilter for receiving the input signal for selectively attenuating the network frequency signal level; a sampler connected to the pre-filter for sampling the filtered signal; an analog/digital converter connected to the sampler for digitizing the samples; and a digital filter connected to the analog/digital converter having a band-pass filter characteristic providing a given attenuation outside the pass band; an evaluation device connected to the digital filter for decoding the digital filter output signals into control impulses; an output section; and wherein said digital filter has a plurality of zero points with infinite attenuation, includes selective attenuating means for selectively highly attenuating the harmonic frequencies of at least one of: the respective network, the control frequencies of adjacent centralized control services and network-specific noise frequency bands.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
138 words
Centralized control receiver for power distribution networks comprising: an input section, having a prefilter for receiving the input signal for selectively attenuating the network frequency signal level; a sampler connected to the pre-filter for sampling the filtered signal; an analog/digital converter connected to the sampler for digitizing the samples; and a digital filter connected to the analog/digital converter having a band-pass filter characteristic providing a given attenuation outside the pass band; an evaluation device connected to the digital filter for decoding the digital filter output signals into control impulses; an output section; and wherein said digital filter has a plurality of zero points with infinite attenuation, includes selective attenuating means for selectively highly attenuating the harmonic frequencies of at least one of: the respective network, the control frequencies of adjacent centralized control services and network-specific noise frequency bands.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
78 words
Centralized control receiver according to claim 1, wherein said digital filter selective attenuating means include a Finite Impulse Response-matched filter of Nth order having filter orders selected for matching the specific channel characteristics of the respective power distribution network, and means for rejecting the interference variables inherent in the channel including the line frequency and the harmonics thereof taking line frequency fluctuations into account, frequencies of adjacent centralized control services and interference spectra dependent upon the network area.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
53 words
Centralized control receiver according to claim 1, wherein said selective attenuating means include further filter means for providing a filter response having zero points indicating infinite attenuation for frequencies which correspond to the harmonic frequencies of the line frequency, and still further filter means for attenuating the frequencies of adjacent centralized control services.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
57 words
Centralized control receiver according to claim 3, wherein said further filter means include a band pass having an impulse response ##EQU6## in which g (k)=impulse response coefficient c=constant ω o =2πf o , f o =centralized control frequency T=1/f s , f s =sampling frequency k=0, 1, 2, 3 φ=phase shift N=filter order f N =line frequency.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
63 words
Centralized control receiver according to claim 3, wherein said input section contains two of said digital filters connected in series and having the following impulse response: ##EQU7## in which g (k)=impulse response coefficient c=constant ω o =2πf o , f o =centralized control frequency T=1/f s , f s =sampling frequency k=0, 1, 2, 3 φ=phase shift N=filter order f N =line frequency.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
Centralized control receiver according to claim 4, including a phase-synchronized PLL circuit coupling sid sampling frequency f s of said digital filter to said line frequency f N .
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
Centralized control receiver according to claim 4, wherein said sampling frequency f s , said constant c, and said phase shift φ are selected so that the resultant filter coefficient g(k) is one of -1, 0, and 1.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
53 words
Centralized control receiver according to claim 4, wherein said filter order N is selected so that zero points result at intervals Δf=line frequency f N /m, wherein m is 1, 2, 3, . . . , and said sampling frequency f s is an integer multiple of said line frequency f N .
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
14 words
Centralized control receiver according to claim 4, wherein said filter is a recursive filter.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
38 words
Centralized control receiver according to claim 5, wherein said sampling frequency f s , said constant c, and said phase shift φ are selected so that the resultant filter coefficient g(k) is one of -1, 0 and 1.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
53 words
Centralized control receiver according to claim 5, wherein said filter order N is selected so that zero points result at intervals Δf=line frequency f N /m, wherein m is 1, 2, 3 . . . , and said sampling frequency f s is an integer multiple of said line frequency f N .
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
14 words
Centralized control receiver according to claim 5, wherein said filters is a recursive filter.
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