US 11,675,381 B2
Apparatuses and related methods for reducing power loss
Michael R Guerin, St Charles, IL (US); and John Charles Chamberlain, Hickory, NC (US)
Assigned to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed by CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed on Apr. 10, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/380,907.
Application 16/380,907 is a continuation of application No. 15/898,809, filed on Feb. 19, 2018, granted, now 11,275,395.
Application 15/898,809 is a continuation of application No. 15/226,977, filed on Aug. 3, 2016, granted, now 10,025,335, issued on Jul. 17, 2018.
Application 15/226,977 is a continuation of application No. 14/321,897, filed on Jul. 2, 2014, granted, now 9,448,576, issued on Sep. 20, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/940,631, filed on Feb. 17, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2019/0235552 A1, Aug. 1, 2019
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G05F 1/62 (2006.01); H04W 52/00 (2009.01); H04M 19/00 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04B 3/54 (2006.01)
CPC G05F 1/62 (2013.01) [H04B 3/548 (2013.01); H04M 19/008 (2013.01); H04W 52/00 (2013.01); H04W 52/0206 (2013.01); Y02D 30/70 (2020.08)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a measurement sensor coupled to radio ends of power conductors, and configured to measure a direct current (DC) parameter at the radio ends of the power conductors; and
a transmitter configured to send the DC parameter to a first power supply coupled to first ends of the power conductors and configured (i) to receive DC power from a second power supply, (ii) to provide to the first ends of the power conductors a first DC voltage level determined with use of the DC parameter, and (iii) to provide at the radio ends of the power conductors a second DC voltage level that exceeds a nominal DC input voltage level rating of a radio, that is substantially constant notwithstanding variation in a current drawn through the power conductors by the radio, and that reduces a DC power loss in the power conductors from the first ends to the radio ends resulting from the current.