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US 10,502,912 B2Granted
Power and optical fiber interface
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsThomas P. Huegerich, Wayne M. Kachmar, Robert Charles Flaig, Dwight Andrew Bretz
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Abstract
A power and optical fiber interface system includes a housing having an interior. A cable inlet is configured to receive a hybrid cable having an electrical conductor and an optical fiber. An insulation displacement connector (IDC) is situated in the interior of the housing configured to electrically terminate the conductor, and a cable outlet is configured to receive an output cable that is connectable to the IDC and configured to output signals received via the optical fiber.
Claims20
A powered fiber optic system comprising:
- an interface device including a body having an exterior and an interior, and a cover configured to selectively expose the interior of the body for access by an operator;
- a first cable port connected to the body and configured to receive a hybrid cable that includes at least one optical fiber for transmitting an optical signal and electrical conductors for carrying power;
- a second cable port connected to the body and configured to receive an Ethernet cable having twisted pair conductors;
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- electrical power management circuitry positioned within the interior of the body and connected to the first and second cable ports, the electrical power management circuitry configured to be coupled between the electrical conductors of the hybrid cable and the twisted pair conductors of the Ethernet cable, the electrical power management circuitry having a DC-to-DC voltage converter for raising the voltage received from the hybrid cable to compensate for voltage loss over a length of the hybrid cable and to output a desired voltage level to the Ethernet cable;
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- optical-to-electrical conversion circuitry connected to the first and second cable ports and configured to be coupled between the at least one optical fiber of the hybrid cable and the twisted pair conductors of the Ethernet cable, the optical-to-electrical conversion circuitry being configured to convert the optical signal from the hybrid cable into an electrical signal that is transmitted to the twisted pair conductors of the Ethernet cable.
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A powered fiber optic system comprising:
- an interface device including a body having an exterior and an interior, and a cover configured to selectively expose the interior of the body for access by an operator;
- a first cable port connected to the body and configured to receive a hybrid cable that includes at least one optical fiber for transmitting an optical signal and electrical conductors for carrying power;
- a second cable port connected to the body and configured to receive an Ethernet cable having twisted pair conductors;
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- electrical power management circuitry positioned within the interior of the body and connected to the first and second cable ports, the electrical power management circuitry configured to be coupled between the electrical conductors of the hybrid cable and the twisted pair conductors of the Ethernet cable, the electrical power management circuitry having a DC-to-DC voltage converter for converting the voltage received from the hybrid cable to output a different voltage level to the Ethernet cable;
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- optical-to-electrical conversion circuitry connected to the first and second cable ports and configured to be coupled between the at least one optical fiber of the hybrid cable and the twisted pair conductors of the Ethernet cable, the optical-to-electrical conversion circuitry being configured to convert the optical signal from the hybrid cable into an electrical signal that is transmitted to the twisted pair conductors of the Ethernet cable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.