Patents by Inventor Clayton Reynolds Stanford

Clayton Reynolds Stanford has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Adjusting current limit thresholds based on power requirement of powered device in system for providing power over communication link
    Patent number: 9769090
    Abstract: Novel system and methodology for adjusting a current limit threshold in a Power over Ethernet (PoE) system in accordance with requirements of a Powered Device (PD). A system for supplying power to a PD over a communications link has a requirement determining circuit for determining a PD's requirement, and a control circuit for setting a parameter restricting an output signal of the PSE in accordance with the determined PD's requirement. The control circuit may set a current limit threshold of the PSE and/or the PD in accordance with the determined PD's requirement, such as a power requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Clayton Reynolds Stanford, Jeffrey Lynn Heath, Kirk Tzukai Su, Harry Joseph Kleeburg
  • Classification mechanism in system for supplying power over communication link
    Patent number: 7504744
    Abstract: System and methodology for providing classification of a load in a power supply system for providing power over a communication link. The power supply system has a classification engine for probing the load to determine a characteristic of the load. The classification engine supplies the load with multiple classification signals to determine multiple response signals presented by the load in response to the respective classification signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Linear Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Clayton Reynolds Stanford