Microsemi Corp. has commended the ratification of the HDBaseT™ specification. This represents an important milestone for the HDBaseT Alliance, the cross-industry alliance formed to promote and standardize HDBaseT technology for whole-home distribution of uncompressed high-definition (HD) multimedia content, in promoting industry-wide adoption of the technology.
“The ratification of POH further validates HDBaseT as an emerging industry standard, and Microsemi is fully committed to the development of new Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) midspans and IC’s supporting this new POH technology,” said Paul Pickle, senior vice president of Microsemi’s Integrated Circuit Group. "Microsemi already has our PD69108 IC in full production. This IC product is compliant with Power Over HDBaseT 1.0, which allows switch and AV receiver makers to develop PSE’s that can be extremely energy-efficient while delivering up to 100W. We look forward to working with the alliance to deliver additional products that leverage this innovative technology."