Summary

ATPL360 is a multi-protocol modem for Power Line Communication (PLC). It implements a very flexible architecture, which allows

support for standard and customized PLC solutions. This compact and highly efficient device is ideal for a wide range of smart grid

applications such as smart metering, lighting, industrial/home automation, home and building energy management systems, solar

energy and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) charging stations.

The ATPL360 has to be bundled with an external microcontroller (MCU), which controls the ATPL360 PLC modem and downloads

the corresponding PLC PHY layer binary before modem operation. The ATPL360 PLC binary is stored in SRAM.

Microchip provides highly efficient, reduced BOM reference designs for different coupling options, targeting common configura-

tions in standard frequency bands which comply with existing regulations (CENELEC, FCC, ARIB).

www.microchip.com/smartenergy

Smart Energy

ATPL360

Multi-Protocol Modem for Power Line Communication

Key Features

NB-PLC standard

discrete Class D Line Driver for signal injection

Target Applications

PL360

Customer Application

G3-PLC

PRIME-PLC

ATPL360 Host Component

SPI

MCU Host

SAPI

PHY