Power Data Breakout Engine for Multi-Device Cabling Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional single-cable data and power transmission techniques require multiple cables and additional powering devices to support a large number of powered devices, leading to increased cabling and infrastructure needs.
Innovation Solution
An Information Handling System (IHS) with a power/data transmission breakout engine that receives power and data via a single cable, identifies destination devices, and distributes power and data through multiple secondary cables, allowing a single cable to power and communicate with multiple devices efficiently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional single-cable data and power transmission techniques are used, then each powered device requires its own dedicated cable and powering device, but this leads to increased cabling requirements and infrastructure complexity when supporting a large number of powered devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the power and data transmission function by introducing a breakout engine that divides the received power and data into multiple separate transmission paths. Each path can be independently routed to different powered devices through secondary cables, allowing one primary cable connection to serve multiple devices without requiring each device to have its own dedicated primary cable
Solution Approach 2:
The breakout engine acts as an intermediary device between the single powering device and multiple powered devices. It receives power and data from the primary cable, processes and distributes them through multiple secondary cables to various powered devices, thereby reducing the direct cabling requirements between the powering device and each individual powered device
2Reliability
If multiple cables are provided between the powering device and each powered device, then reliable power and data transmission is ensured, but the amount of cabling and infrastructure required increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple potential cable connections into a single primary cable by using the breakout engine to multiplex power and data transmission. Instead of having separate dedicated cables from the powering device to each powered device, the system combines multiple transmission paths through the breakout engine, maintaining reliable power and data delivery while reducing the total quantity of cabling required
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AI summary
A power/data transmission breakout system includes a power/data transmission breakout device coupled to a powering device and each of a plurality of powered devices. The power/data transmission breakout device receives power and data from the powering device via a first power/data cable that is connected to the power/data transmission breakout device, and identifies a first powered device as a destination for the data. The power/data transmission breakout device then transmits a respective subset of the power that was received from the powering device via each of a plurality of second power/data cables that are each connected to the power/data transmission breakout device and a respective one of the plurality of powered devices, and transmits the data along with the respective subset of the power that was received from the powering device via the second power/data cable that is connected to that first powered device.