Providing power to integrated electronics within a cable
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsBradley Saunders, Robert Dunstan
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Abstract
A method of providing power to electronics within a cable is described. The method may include communicatively coupling a first device to a second device via a cable. The cable may include electronic components integrated within the cable. The method may also include providing a signal from the first device to the second device. The method may also include providing, via an internal power line within the cable, power to the integrated electronic components. The method may also include providing, via a device power line within the cable, power between the first device and the second device, wherein the internal power line and the device power line are electrically isolated from one another inside the cable.
Claims32
A method, comprising:
- communicatively coupling a first device to a second device via a cable comprising electronic components integrated within the cable;
- providing a data signal from the first device to the second device;
- providing, via an internal power line within the cable, power to the integrated electronic components;
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- providing, via a device power line within the cable, power from the first device to the second device, the internal power line and the device power line are electrically isolated from one another inside the cable.
A cable assembly comprising:
- a cable, comprising electronic components integrated within the cable, to provide a signal from a first device to a second device;
- an internal power line within the cable to provide power to one or more of the integrated electronic components;
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- a device power line within the cable to provide power from the first device to the second device, the internal power line and the device power line are electrically isolated from one another inside the cable.
A system, comprising:
- a first device to communicatively couple to a second device;
- a cable, comprising electronic components integrated within the cable, to provide a signal from the first device to the second device;
- an internal power line within the cable to provide power to the integrated electronic components;
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- a device power line within the cable to provide power from the first device to the second device, the internal power line and the device power line are electrically isolated from one another inside the cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.