Title: Nincs diac
1BUTE Part 1 Conducted and radiated disturbance
regulations for PLC devices
BUTE Part 2 Site Trial using the low voltage
feeder of RBS sited on HV power line tower
EPFL Part 3 Mitigation of electromagnetic field
radiated by PLC systems (in indoor environment)
János Löcher György Varjú BUTE
EPFL
2BUTE Part 1 Conducted and radiated disturbance
regulations for PLC devices
3IEC-61000-3-8 Signaling on low voltage electrical
installations
? Limits of mains terminal interference voltage
? No radiated interference limits apply below 30
MHz
4CLC/prTS504372004 Draft Technical Specification
for electromagnetic emissions fromaccess
powerline communications networks
? Limits of conducted common mode (asymmetric
mode) disturbances at network cables
? Limits of radiated disturbances from networks
cables
5ITU-T K.60 Emission limits and test methods for
telecommunication networks
? No conducted interference limits apply
? Limits for unwanted disturbance emissions from
telecommunication networks
6H-field limits converted to E-field using the far
field correction of 51.5 dB
7BUTE Part 2 Site Trial using the low voltage
feeder of RBS sited on HV power line tower
8Site Trial using the low voltage feeder of RBS
sited on HV power line tower
9Measuring concept
3 phase Low Voltage feeder PVC insulated phase
conductors wounded around a bare neutral
10System overview
Coupling PLT HE (capacitive, inductive) -
one, two or three phase to neutral - phase to
phase - any other combination PLT Modem (only
capacitive) - only phase to neutral Used
frequencyUpstream 13.8 16.3 MHz (512
carrier)Downstream 19 22.8 MHz (768
carrier) Injected signal levelmax. 30 dBm Data
transfer rateDownstream max. 27
MbpsUpstream max. 18 Mbps
11Characteristics to be measured
- K-factor measurement - H-field - Noise floor -
Injected signal - Ingression Noise
- LCL, TCL measurement - CM current
- Attenuation characteristics measurement
- Assessment of a technique to mitigate
electromagnetic radiation from PLC
Note Regarding the measuring procedures, see
(JTA) EMC analysis of LF unstructured telecom
networks
12EPFL Part 3 Mitigation of electromagnetic field
radiated by PLC systems (in indoor environment)
13Mitigation of emissions
Injection of an auxiliary compensation signal)
EPLCVPLChPLC(f)
EcompVcomphcomp(f)
?
hPLC(f)
Vcomp hcomp(f) -VPLC hPLC(f)
hcomp(f)
14Classical Coupling of PLC Signals
15Antenna mode and TL mode Currents
16Mitigation
- Idea inject an auxiliary signal S2 into the line
formed by the ground and the neutral conductors - The auxiliary signal S2 has the same amplitude
and waveshape as the original PLC signal S1, but
with opposite polarity
17Proposed Coupling Power Splitter
18Bidirectional Data Transmission
19Test Configurations
20Measurements
21Measurement Results