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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1998
Gregory A. Peek, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Jonathan C. Leuker, Portland, OR (US);
Steven D. Kassel, Beaverton, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clar,a, CA (US);
Abstract
Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a power brick for use with a network adapter includes: a power supply and at least one signal transformer. The power supply and the signal transformer are physically remote from the network adapter and capable of being electronically coupled to the network adapter via a cable. Briefly, in accordance with another embodiment of the invention, a power brick for use with a network adapter includes: at least two signal transformers. The at least two signal transformers are physically remote from the network adapter and capable of being electronically coupled to the network adapter via a cable. Briefly, in accordance with on more embodiment of the invention, a method of using a power brick with a network adapter includes the following. A high voltage power supply including superpositioned high frequency communications signals is received via a power brick. The voltage of the received signal is reduced. The reduced voltage is transmitted to the network adapter via a cable.