ON Semiconductor Extends PoE Power Capability to 100 Watts Over 802.3bt, It Says

ON Semiconductor extended Power over Ethernet power capability to 100 watts over local area network connectors, vs. the 90 watts specified by the IEEE 802.3bt standard, it said Wednesday. The IEEE 802.3bt standard optimizes energy management through the “Autoclass” feature, which maximizes available energy and bandwidth according to the needs of connected equipment. Additional power-delivery capability defined in IEEE 802.3bt will enable new applications such as higher-powered connected lighting, networked high-resolution surveillance cameras and high-performance wireless access points, it said.