Microsemi joins Consortium driving growth in PoE market

IRVINE, USA: Microsemi Corp., leading manufacturer of high performance analog/mixed signal integrated circuits and high reliability semiconductors, announced that it has joined the PoE Technology Consortium (PoETec) of industry-leading networking component, integrated circuit and systems companies serving the Power over Ethernet (PoE) market.

PoETec consortium members aim to accelerate the design process for Power over Ethernet equipment by defining common interfaces that ensure interoperability and ease of use, thereby driving growth within the PoE marketplace.

"By joining PoETec we expand Microsemi's presence within the PoE channel, providing customers an additional design option to implement PoE switches and midspans with our PoE integrated circuits," said Daniel Feldman, Director of Marketing at Microsemi's Analog Mixed Signal Group. "PoETec's integrated RJ45 PoE solution is perfect for customers looking for the highest integration."

Microsemi offers 1-port, 4-port, 8-port, 16-port, 24-port and 48-port reference designs for daughterboard or onboard implementations of PoE switches and midspans using its state of the art IEEE802.3af and IEEE802.3at families. With its PoETec membership Microsemi adds 12-port and 8-port PoETec-compatible reference designs, based on the PD69012 and PD69008 IEEE802.3at PoE PSE Managers.

Microsemi's PoETec solutions support unique features including dynamic power management, emergency power management and detection of pre-standard Cisco devices.

PoE allows the power necessary to operate such end devices as phones, security cameras and wireless LAN access points to be carried by data cables, rather than by separate power cords. It simplifies network installations, resulting in lower cost, less downtime, easier maintenance and greater installation flexibility.

The technology was pioneered by PowerDsine, a founding member of the IEEE 802.3af Task Force, prior to its acquisition by Microsemi. Microsemi has extended this technological leadership as a major contributor to the latest IEEE 802.3at standards for high power PoE.