Requirement of analog front end ASIC for power line communication modem of Korean industrial standards

Recently, in Korea, the commercialization of power line communication (PLC) is accelerated due to the testing deployment of automatic meter reading (AMR) modem using PLC. As the test site increases, the needs for analog front end (AFE) ASIC for PLC modem, which was previously implemented by printed circuit board (PCB), arise. In this paper, we present the technical requirement of an AFE ASIC for PLC modem which complies the Korean Industrial Standard (KS).