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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2015
Microsemi Corp.—analog Mixed Signal Group, Ltd., Hod Hasharon, IL;
Eli Ohana, Kfar Sava, IL;
Ohad Vaknin, Ramat Gan, IL;
Microsemi P.O.E. Ltd., Hod Hasharon, IL;
Abstract
A powered device interface constituted of: a first and second rectifier bridge, the outputs and returns thereof in electrical communication with each other; and a selection circuit; and a classification current circuit in electrical communication with the output and return of each of the first rectifier bridge and the second rectifier bridge, and further in electrical communication with a first and second input of the first rectifier bridge, wherein the classification current circuit is arranged, responsive to a classification voltage received at one of the first rectifier bridge and the second rectifier bridge, to: in the event that the classification voltage is received at the first rectifier bridge, output a first classification current exhibiting a first magnitude; and in the event that the classification voltage is received at the second rectifier bridge, output a second classification current exhibiting a second magnitude.