ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,083, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY Inc. (Chandler, Ariz.).
"Powered device interface controller" was invented by Arkadiy Peker (Glen Cove, N.Y.), Yair Darshan (Petach Tokva, Israel) and Miguel Jacubovski (Hod Hasharon, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powered device (PD) interface controller is provided that includes a switch and control circuitry. The switch controls current to a PD from a power sourcing equipment (PSE). The PD accepts power from a network cable over which data is carried, and the PSE provides the power to the network cable. The PD also accepts power from an auxiliary power source. T...