METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CURRENT SHARING ETHERNET POWER ACROSS FOUR CONDUCTOR PAIRS USING A MIDSPAN DEVICE

摘要

Methods and apparatus are disclosed for balancing power across all conductors of an Ethernet connection. Balancing circuitry is disclosed to allow an Ethernet midspan device to receive power from an Ethernet Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) on the signal pairs of an Ethernet connection. The balancing circuitry is configured to sense the level of the received power, and generate a second power source substantially equal to the received power level. The received power is provided to an Ethernet Powered Device (PD) over the signal pairs of an Ethernet connection, and the generated power to the PD over the unused pairs of the Ethernet connection.