Vernon Houston Miller

US Patent:

50435310, Aug 27, 1991

Filed:

Jan 16, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/464131

Inventors:

Charles E. Gutenson - Annapolis MD
Lincoln R. Roberts - Decatur GA
Vernon R. Miller - Atlanta GA

Assignee:

Smart House Limited Partnership - Upper Marlboro MD
AMP Incorporated - Harrisburg PA

International Classification:

H02G 300

US Classification:

174 49

Abstract:

A wiring layout for new home construction in which primarily two different cables distribute various electrical signals from a central location to different rooms in a home. The first cable, an AC power and internal communications cable, is a ribbon cable containing power conductors and digital data conductors. A predetermined number of lengths of this ribbon cable form that number of branches from the central location to different areas of the home. The second cable, the external communications cable, is a cable containing coaxial conductors and twisted wire pairs in one casing. This cable is run from the central location to a splitter. A predetermined number of lengths of the second cable are then run from the splitter to selected locations in some or all the rooms. The resulting layout from this combination branch-star layout allows efficient transmission of signals through a home and enables reduced installation costs.