PACKET ENERGY TRANSFER POWERED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FOR MACRO ANTENNA SYSTEMS AND POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM THEREFOR

• US 20160294500A1
• Filed: 03/31/2016
• Published: 10/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: John Mezzalingua Associates, Llc
• Original Assignee: John Mezzalingua Associates, Llc
• Inventors: Chawgo, Shawn M., Landry, Todd
• Application Number:
  US15/086,706
• Publication Number:
  US 20160294500A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/25753 Distribution optical network, e.g. between a base station and a plurality of remote units
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/808 Electrical power feeding of an optical transmission system

Abstract

A power-data distribution system including a packet energy transfer (PET) system, a converter, a conductive cable and a fiber optic cable. The PET system transmits discrete packets of digital energy and produces a continuous stream of analog power. The converter reduces the analog power from the first to a second potential, wherein the second potential is lower than a threshold potential. A conductive cable transmits the discrete packets of digital energy from a power source to a load while a fiber optic cable exchanges data between a data source and the target device.

Claims

1. A power-data distribution system, comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit packets of digital energy;

a receiver configured to receive the packets of digital energy from the transmitter and convert the packets of digital energy into a source of analog power having a first potential;

a converter configured to receive the source of analog power for conversion from a first to a second potential, the second potential being lower than a threshold potential;

a conductive cable configured to transmit the packets of digital energy from the transmitter to the receiver, the receiver powering a target device; and

a fiber optic cable configured to exchange data between a data source and the target device.

2. The power-data distribution system of claim 1, wherein the fiber optic cable is disposed adjacent the conductive cable.

3. The power-data distribution system of claim 2, further comprising an insulating sheathing disposed over the conductive and fiber optic cables to form a hybrid cable.

4. The power-data distribution system of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of target devices, and a wave division multiplexer configured to send multiplexed signals through the optic fiber cable to each of the target devices.

5. The power-data distribution system of claim 1 wherein the data source device is a cellular radio and the target device is a cellular communication device.

6. The power-data distribution system of claim 1 wherein the threshold potential is a safety threshold regulated by a governing authority.

7. The power-data distribution system of claim 1 wherein the first potential is higher than the second potential by at least an order of magnitude.

8. The power-data distribution system of claim 7 wherein the converter comprises an interface port, wherein the conductive cable is configured to carry a first current on a first side of the interface port, and a second current on the second side of the interface port, the first current being larger than the second current.

9. The power-data distribution system of claim 1 further comprising:

an enclosure defining a cavity configured to house and electrically shield the converter.

10. The power-data distribution system of claim 1 wherein the converter is a DC-to-DC converter.

11. The power-data distribution system of claim 1 wherein the converter is a DC-to-AC inverter.

12. The power-data distribution system of claim 1 wherein the second potential is less than about sixty volts.

13. The power-data distribution system of claim 8 wherein the interface port comprises a plurality of interface elements, the interface elements comprising a one of an optical connection and a conductive pin connection.

14. A power-data distribution system for a MAS telecommunication system comprising:

a packet energy transfer transmitter configured to transmit packets of high potential digital energy, the transmitter transmitting the packets in accordance with a periodic interval;

a packet energy transfer receiver configured to receive the high potential digital energy for conversion to a continuous source of analog power;

a conductive cable electrically connecting the packet energy transfer transmitter to the packet energy transfer receiver and transmitting the high potential digital energy to the packet energy transfer receiver;

a fiber optic cable transmitting fiber optic data from a source device to a target device, the fiber optic cable disposed adjacent to, and alongside, the conductive cable;

a converter configured to reduce the analog power from the first to a second potential, the second potential being lower than a threshold potential.

15. The power-data distribution system of claim 14 further comprising:

an enclosure defining a cavity configured to house and electrically shield the converter.

16. The power-data distribution system of claim 15 wherein the packet energy transfer receiver and the converter are housed and electrically shielded within the cavity of the enclosure.

17. The power-data distribution system of claim 15 wherein the converter is a DC-to-DC converter.

18. The power-data distribution system of claim 15 wherein the converter is a DC-to-AC inverter.

19. The power-data distribution system of claim 15 wherein the threshold potential is less than about sixty volts.

20. The power-data distribution system of claim 15 further comprising a plurality of target devices, and a wave division multiplexer configured to send multiplexed signals through the optic fiber cable to each of the target devices.