Power over data transmission

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9819510-B2
Application number	US-201313845768-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 18, 2013
Priority date	Nov 20, 2012
Publication date	Nov 14, 2017
Grant date	Nov 14, 2017

Abstract

The invention relates to a power transmission device capable of transmitting electricity supplied by an electricity source to at least one powered device connected to said transmission device by means of a communication network, via at least one data transmission cable including at least one pair of conductors, the electrical current being conveyed on the at least one pair of conductors. The power transmission device according to the invention includes, for each connected powered device, a protection device capable of tripping to protect the electricity source in case of electrical malfunction of the powered device as well as balancing of the electricity conveyed on the at least one pair of conductors, said protection device including at least one shared component contributing both to performing said trip and said balancing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A power transmission device capable of transmitting electricity supplied by an electricity source to at least one powered device connected to the transmission device by means of a communication network, via at least one data transmission cable comprising
at least one twisted pair of conductors, the electrical current being conveyed on the at least one twisted pair of conductors,
wherein the power transmission device comprises, for each connected powered device, a protection device capable of tripping as a function of a given trip curve to protect the electricity source in case of electrical malfunction of the powered device as well as balancing of the electricity conveyed on the at least one twisted pair of conductors to make the current of the first conductor equal to the current of the second conductor of the same twisted pair of conductors pursuant to Standard IEEE802.3af, and
wherein the protection device comprises at least one shared transistor connected to an inductive injection circuit, the transistor contributing to both performing the trip and the balancing of the electricity conveyed on the at least one twisted pair of conductors.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the protection device further comprises a monitoring module, capable of monitoring the current values passing through said conductors.

3. The device according to claim 2 , wherein the monitoring module is capable of communicating malfunction information to a central processing unit and receiving control orders from the central processing unit.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the protection device further comprises two transistors controlled by a control circuit making it possible to balance the current on a twisted pair of conductors and to trip as a function of a according to the given trip curve.

5. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the control circuit is capable of controlling the control voltages of the transistors so as to balance the current, while ensuring that one of the two transistors is in a maximum conduction operating mode.

6. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the transistors are field effect transistors.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the device is a switch of the communication network, connected between the electricity source and the powered device.

8. An electricity transmission system capable of transmitting the electricity supplied by an electricity source to the at least one powered device connected to a communication network via at least one cable including at least one twisted pair of conductors capable of conveying data, including at least two transmission devices according to claim 1 connected to the same powered device by means of the communication network and each capable of conveying data and electricity to the powered device.

9. A power transmission device capable of transmitting electricity supplied by an electricity source to at least one powered device connected to the transmission device by means of a communication network, via at least one data transmission cable comprising:
at least one twisted pair of conductors, the electrical current being conveyed on the at least one twisted pair of conductors,
wherein the power transmission device comprises, for each connected powered device,
a protection device capable of tripping to protect the electricity source in case of electrical malfunction of the powered device,
wherein the protection device further being adapted to balance the electricity conveyed on the at least one twisted pair of conductors to make the current of the first conductor equal to the current of the second conductor of the same twisted pair of conductors pursuant to Standard IEEE802.3af,
wherein the protection device comprises a circuit breaker comprising at least one transistor connected to an inductive injection circuit adapted to inject electricity into at least one twisted pair of conductors,
wherein the inductive injection circuit comprises at least one injection transformer in two parts, capable of injecting current into the at least one twisted pair, and
wherein the transistor contributing to both performing the trip and the balancing of the electricity conveyed on the at least one twisted pair of conductors.

Assignees

• Thales Sa

Inventors

• Sontag Yves
• Coni Philippe

Classifications

• H04L12/40045 Primary

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• H04L12/10

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