Patents Assigned to NEC CORPORATION and JAPAN MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER
  • Publication number: 20040130215
    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: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION and JAPAN MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER
    Inventors: Jun Muramatsu, Kenichi Asakawa, Katsuyoshi Kawaguchi