Patents Assigned to Independent Administrative Intitiution, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
  • Patent number: 7276811
    Abstract: A submarine power feeding branching device comprises a constant current-constant current converter which isolates an input side for a trunk submarine cable from an output side for a branch submarine cable. The converter receives a first constant current and produces a second constant current by using the first constant current. The second constant current is supplied to the output side while the first constant current is returned to the input side. Because the input side and the output side are isolated, it is easy to add/remove the device to/from a submarine power feeding system. Intensity of the second constant current can be controlled by controlling duty ratios of switches included in the converter. Thus, it is possible that the intensity of the second constant current is equal to that of the first constant current. Therefore, a submarine repeater can be provided along either the trunk cable or the branch cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignees: NEC Corporation, Independent Administrative Intitiution, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jun Muramatsu, Kenichi Asakawa, Katsuyoshi Kawaguchi