Product category: DC/DC Convertors
News Release from: Phihong Europe
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 5 June 2006
Support gathers for
beefed-up PoE standard
Phihong supported the motion passed at the 23rd May 2006 IEEE802.3at committee meeting to set the output voltage for power sourcing equipment to 50-57V
Phihong supported the motion passed at the 23rd May 2006 IEEE802.3at committee meeting to set the output voltage for power sourcing equipment (PSE) to 50-57V, up from 44-57V specified in the IEEE802.3af standard. The powered device (PD) voltage will remain the same as the IEEE802.3af standard at 36-57V.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 5 June 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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'The PD voltage is not being increased because the higher current in long cables will result in more drop', said Keith Hopwood, Vice President of Marketing for Phihong USA.
'This will reduce the total current and heating in cables, along with maintaining a decent high voltage level at the PD after all of the cable drops'.
In addition to the higher output voltage, the IEEE802.3at committee agreed on a motion to increase the number of classification levels for the PD to up to 10 classes for two-pair systems, including existing IEEE802.3af classes.
The lowest classification level will be 2W, with a maximum number of 10, level 1 classifications on a two-pair device, including the existing IEEE802.3af standard.
Level 1 is the hardware interface, while level 2 is the management software that controls and manages the overall network.
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In level 2, there is a method to classify loads in 0.1W increments.
Even though products will be available that will comply with the new high power specification, many powered device manufacturers still plan to allow their high power PDs to provide limited functionality when plugged into an IEEE802.3af-enabled PSE.
This will result in multiband radios operating at lower ranges or not supporting all bands even though the access point will still work, a VoIP phone with a large colour display that works at low brightness only, or security cameras that still transmit pictures but cannot carry out the pan, tilt, and zoom functions.
The IEEE802.3af classification was determined by measuring a DC current at a low voltage before the device was turned on.
Because of the need for more levels and more information, the IEEEat devices will do additional classification via a series of pulses for a multistep result.
Although complexity is increased to get the benefit of higher power, the IEEE802.3at standard will be backward-compatible with 'af'.
'The major barrier to the completion of the new IEEE802.3at standard is that there are still no current and wire temperature definitions from the cabling standards committee', said Hopwood.
'Even though several representatives from the cable standards group were present at the Austin interim meeting, no progress has occurred'.
'Several members of the IEEE802.3at working group will attend the next standards meeting to petition for a result'.
Applications that will benefit from the increased IEEE802.3at classifications and voltage include wireless multiradio access points, pan-tilt-zoom security cameras, and IP phones with streaming video displays.
Other emerging applications, including emergency lighting, security system sensors and even medical monitoring, will greatly benefit from combining data and centralised backup power.
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