Patent ID: 11936485
Assignee: MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A method for providing telemetry information from a powered device interface of a powered device in a system employing power over ethernet, the method comprising:
generating encoded telemetry information of the powered device via the powered device interface;
outputting the encoded telemetry information via a single pin of the powered device interface, the encoded telemetry information including a start pulse width, a first data pulse width, and a second data pulse width, wherein each of the start pulse width, the first data pulse width, and the second data pulse width differs from each other of the start pulse width, the first data pulse width, and the second data pulse width; and
transmitting the encoded telemetry information to a microcontroller of the powered device via the single pin.