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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Siavash Fallahi, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Kevin Brown, Long Beach, CA (US);
Inventors:
Siavash Fallahi, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Kevin Brown, Long Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus that minimizes saturation caused by power transfer in a communication system transformer, such as a transformer found in a Power-over-Ethernet system. A magnetic flux imbalance causing saturation in the transformer is detected. A compensation current is injected into a winding to minimize the magnetic flux imbalance and saturation.