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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 09, 2018
Applicant:

Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);

Inventor:

Jean Picard, Hooksett, NH (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/10 (2006.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/10 (2013.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01);
Abstract

One example includes a power-over-Ethernet (PoE) control system. The system includes a powered device (PD) that is configured to receive a voltage signal via an Ethernet connection and which comprises a PoE signal receiver configured to indicate a nominal power level via the received voltage signal. The system also includes a power sourcing equipment (PSE) device configured to generate the voltage signal and to measure a class current of the voltage signal to determine the nominal power level. The PSE device includes a PoE controller configured to provide a power setting command as a function of the nominal power level to the PoE signal receiver via the voltage signal, such that the PD can operate at a power level that is based on the power setting command.


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