ICSS1001 ICSS1002 and ICSS1003 IC SS Power Line Carrier Local Area Network Chip Set
PRELIMINARY
February 1995
ICSS1001 ICSS1002 and ICSS1003
IC SS Power Line Carrier
Local Area Network Chip Set
General Description
Integrated Circuit Spread Spectrum (IC SS
TM
) is a power
line carrier local area network system implemented in a
three chip solution using power line carrier technology de-
veloped by Itron and Cyplex It is designed to operate with
high reliability over the full range of power line conditions
IC SS is offered with an integral local area network proto-
col designed specifically for supervisory control and data
acquisition applications
Y
Y
Y
Features
Y
Y
Y
Y
Spread spectrum adaptive frequency hopping modula-
tion provides high immunity to power line noise
Network transparent option offers the user the ability to
carry proprietary protocols transparently or to use the
built-in link layer protocol
A very flexible interface to the user鈥檚 circuit is provided
configurable either to accept serial data or to accept
data from an 8-bit parallel bus Handshake lines are
provided to facilitate interface to common microproces-
sors in parallel mode
When used with the specified coupling networks the
modem operates in conformance with both the
CENELEC standard for electric utility application
(9 kHz鈥?5 kHz) and with FCC Class A requirements
Data rate is variable based on line conditions from
300 bps to 3200 bps
When used with the specified coupling networks the
system provides 93 dB of dynamic range appropriate
for line loading and attenuation effects common on
power lines
The modem鈥檚 bit error rate performance in additive
white noise approaches the theoretical maximum and
in addition it provides excellent immunity to the impul-
sive noise characteristic of power lines
Applications
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Automated meter reading (AMR)
Demand side management
Distribution automation
Environmental control systems
Other power line carrier applications requiring high
reliability
Block Diagram
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TRI-STATE is a registered trademark of National Semiconductor Corporation
MICROWIRE
TM
and WATCHDOG
TM
are trademarks of National Semiconductor Corporation
IC SS
TM
is a trademark of Cyplex
C
1995 National Semiconductor Corporation
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