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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2011
Roger A. Karam, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chad M. Jones, Doylestown, OH (US);
Frederick Roland Schindler, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Roger A. Karam, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chad M. Jones, Doylestown, OH (US);
Frederick Roland Schindler, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system conducts a plurality of cycles on the powered device. Each cycle has a detection phase and a classification phase. A classification voltage is applied to the conductors during each cycle. The system measures a current in the conductors while the classification voltage is applied. The system determines a final class responsive to a plurality of measured currents. The final class utilized to determine an amount of inline power to deliver to the powered device.