| CPC G06F 1/266 (2013.01) [H01R 13/66 (2013.01); H01R 2201/04 (2013.01); H04L 12/10 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. A power control block comprising:
a plurality of power connectors, wherein a first power connector of the plurality of power connectors is directly coupled to the power control block, wherein a second power connector of the plurality of power connectors is directly coupled to the power control block and another power control block for transferring power to the another power control block, and wherein the first power connector is a power input for receiving pulse power from a power source, the pulse power being received in a sequence of pulses in which power varies between a relatively small power level during a first interval and a larger power level during a second interval;
a power output for delivering the pulse power or Power over Ethernet (PoE) to a transmission line connector;
a housing comprising:
a pulse power module operable to receive the pulse power and transmit the pulse power to the power output; and
a PoE module, the PoE module including:
a direct current (DC)-to-DC converter operable to receive the pulse power and reduce a voltage of the pulse power, and
a circuit operable to convert the pulse power to PoE by combining multiple phases of the pulse power or storing energy from the pulse power to provide a constant power output, and transmit the PoE to the power output for delivery of the PoE to the transmission line connector; and
a power controller for selecting the pulse power module to deliver the pulse power to the power output or the PoE module to deliver the PoE to the power output.
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