# US 12,113,441 B2 · Power source equipment and power supply control method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,113,441 B2 - Document ID: US12113441B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/175,490 - Filed: 2023-02-27 - Published: 2023-09-07 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2022-03-02 - Assignees: Realtek Semiconductor Corp. - Applicants: Realtek Semiconductor Corporation - Inventors: Chien Sheng Chen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12113441B2 ## CPC - H02M 3/155: using semiconductor devices only - H02M 3/325: using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal - H04L 12/10: Current supply arrangements - H04L 12/40045: {Details regarding the feeding of energy to the node from the bus} - H02M 3/285: {Single converters with a plurality of output stages connected in parallel (parallel operation of a plurality of converters in DC distribution networks H02J1/10)} - H02M: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (transformers H01F; dynamo-electric converters H02K47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A power source equipment is configured to provide a power to a powered device in a power over Ethernet. The power source equipment includes a first port, a second port, and a control circuit. The first port is configured to perform a power classification on the powered device, and provide a first voltage to the powered device in a first stage. The second port is configured to provide a second voltage to the powered device in a second stage. The control circuit is configured to disable the second port in the first stage, and configured to control the second port to output the second voltage and increase the first voltage in the second stage. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A power source equipment (PSE) configured to provide a power to a powered device (PD) in a power over Ethernet system (PoE), the power source equipment comprising: a first port configured to perform a power classification on the PD and output a first cross voltage to the PD in a first stage; a second port configured to output a second cross voltage to the PD in a second stage; and a control circuit configured to disable the second port in the first stage, and control the second port to output the second cross voltage and increase the first cross voltage in the second stage, wherein the control circuit comprises: a first transistor; a second transistor; and an amplifier, wherein a first terminal of the first transistor is configured to receive a first voltage from the PD through the first port, and a first terminal of the second transistor is configured to receive a second voltage from the PD through the second port, a control terminal of the first transistor and a control terminal of the second transistor are coupled to an output terminal of the amplifier, a second terminal of the first transistor and a second terminal of the second transistor are coupled to a second supply voltage, and a positive receiving terminal of the amplifier is coupled to the first terminal of the first transistor, and a negative receiving terminal is coupled to a first reference voltage or a second reference voltage. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The PSE of claim 1, wherein the first port has a first positive terminal and a first negative terminal, wherein in the first stage, the first positive terminal is configured to output a first supply voltage to the PD, and the first negative terminal is configured to receive the first voltage from the PD, wherein the first supply voltage and the first voltage form the first cross voltage between the first positive terminal and the first negative terminal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The PSE of claim 2, wherein the second port has a second positive terminal and a second negative terminal, wherein in the second stage, the second positive terminal is configured to output the first supply voltage to the PD, and the second negative terminal is configured to receive the second voltage from the PD, wherein the first supply voltage and the second voltage form the second cross voltage between the first positive terminal and the first negative terminal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The PSE of claim 3, wherein the control circuit comprises: a first capacitor, wherein the first capacitor is coupled between the first supply voltage and the first terminal of the first transistor. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The PSE of claim 4, wherein the control circuit further comprises: a second capacitor, wherein the second capacitor is coupled between the first supply voltage and the first terminal of the second transistor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The PSE of claim 5, wherein the control circuit further comprises a switch coupled between the output terminal and the control terminal of the second transistor, configured to be turned off in the first stage to disable the second port, and be turned on in the second stage. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The PSE of claim 4, wherein the positive receiving terminal is configured to receive the first voltage, and the negative receiving terminal is configured to receive the first reference voltage in the first stage, and receive the second reference voltage in the second stage, wherein the second reference voltage is greater than the first reference voltage. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The PSE of claim 4, wherein the control circuit further comprises a feedback controller coupled between the positive receiving terminal and the first terminal of the first transistor, wherein the feedback controller is configured to directly transmit the first voltage to the positive receiving terminal in the first stage, and raise the first voltage of the positive receiving terminal to a third voltage in the second stage, wherein the negative receiving terminal is configured to receive the first reference voltage in the first stage and the second stage. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The PSE of claim 1, wherein the power classification adopts a single signature. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The PSE of claim 1, wherein the first voltage and the second voltage are the same after the second stage completes. ### Claim 11 A power supply control method configured to control a power source equipment (PSE) to supply a power to a powered device (PD) in a power over Ethernet system (PoE), the power supply control method comprising: in a first stage of the power supply control method, performing a power classification on the PD, and controlling a first port of the PSE to output a first cross voltage to the PD, comprising: receiving, by a first terminal of a first transistor, a first voltage from the PD through a first negative terminal of the first port; disabling a second port of the PSE in the first stage; controlling the second port to output a second cross voltage to the PD in a second stage of the power supply control method, comprising: receiving, by a first terminal of a second transistor, a second voltage from the PD through a second negative terminal of the second port; and increasing the first cross voltage in the second stage, comprising: decreasing the first voltage, comprising: receiving a reference voltage by a negative receiving terminal of an amplifier; and outputting a control voltage by the amplifier to a control terminal of the first transistor and a control terminal of the second transistor, wherein a second terminal of the first transistor and a second terminal of the second transistor are coupled to a second supply voltage, a positive receiving terminal of the amplifier is coupled to the first terminal of the first transistor, and a negative receiving terminal is coupled to the reference voltage. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The power supply control method of claim 11, wherein the first cross voltage and the second cross voltage are the same after the second stage completes. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The power supply control method of claim 11, wherein controlling the first port of the PSE to output the first cross voltage to the PD comprises: transmitting a first supply voltage to the PD by a first positive terminal of the first port, wherein the first supply voltage and the first voltage form the first cross voltage between the first positive terminal and the first negative terminal. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The power supply control method of claim 13, wherein controlling the second port to output the second cross voltage to the PD in the second stage comprises: transmitting the first supply voltage to the PD by a second positive terminal of the second port, wherein the first supply voltage and the second voltage form the second cross voltage between the second positive terminal and the second negative terminal. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The power supply control method of claim 14, wherein in the step of disabling the second port of the PSE in the first stage, the second voltage is raised to the first supply voltage, so as to make the second cross voltage being 0 to disable the second port. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The power supply control method of claim 11, wherein decreasing the first voltage comprises: receiving a third voltage by the positive receiving terminal of an amplifier. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The power supply control method of claim 11, wherein decreasing the first voltage further comprises: directly outputting the first voltage to be the third voltage; raising the reference voltage to raise the control voltage; and pulling down the first voltage by the first transistor. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The power supply control method of claim 11, wherein decreasing the first voltage further comprises: decreasing, by a feedback controller, the first voltage to be the third voltage to raise the control voltage; and pulling down the first voltage by the first transistor. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The power supply control method of claim 11, wherein the power classification adopts a single signature.