US Patent Issued on Sept. 9 for "Multi-functional device for communications networks and methods and systems utilizing same" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,515, issued on Sept. 9.

"Multi-functional device for communications networks and methods and systems utilizing same" was invented by Sean Iwasaki (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present subject matter relates to methods, circuitry and equipment providing a multi-functional, cost effective, media independent, open platform device for communication services using differential signaling interfaces. The methods, circuitry and equipment comprise a plurality of input amplifiers, output amplifiers, and retimers. A non-blocking cross-point switch may be used to switch any differential signals from the cross-point switch input to...