US 12,470,417 B2
Splitting unit for a single pair ethernet hybrid line and hybrid ethernet power system
Jeroen Joszef Maria De Bruijn, S'Hertogenbosch (NL); Wijnand Van Gils, s-Hertogenbosch (NL); Peter Dirk Jaeger, s-Hertogenbosch (NL); and Michael Hilgner, Bensheim (DE)
Assigned to TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, Bensheim (DE); and TE Connectivity Nederland B.V., S-Hertogenbosch (NL)
Filed by TE Connectivity Nederland BV, s'Hertogenbosch (NL); and TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, Bensheim (DE)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/331,267.
Claims priority of application No. 22177856 (EP), filed on Jun. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0412406 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 12/10 (2006.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 12/10 (2013.01) [H04L 12/4625 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A splitting unit for a single pair Ethernet (SPE) hybrid line, comprising:
an input connection element;
a first output connection element;
a second output connection element, the input connection element, the first output connection element, and the second output connection element transfer power and data, at the input connection element and at the first output connection element, power is transferred via a power line and data is transferred via a data line separate from the power line; and
an active unit providing power and data at the second output connection element, the active unit has a power sourcing equipment (PSE) connected to the input connection element and to at least one of the first output connection element and the second output connection element, the PSE taps power from the power line onto the data line to transfer the power and the data via a single data and power line at the second output connection element.