PowerDsine

{{Short description|Semiconductor company}}

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| name = PowerDsine Ltd

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| foundation = 1994, 20px Israel

| founders = Igal Rotem
Ilan Atias

| location = 20px Hod HaSharon, Israel

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| industry = Semiconductor, Networking equipment

| products = Power over Ethernet, xDSL power feeding, Reverse Power Feeding, Ringing (telephony) generators

| revenue = {{loss}} $38.6 million USD(2005){{cite web|title=Audited Financial Statement|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/containers/fix011/310568/000119312507063018/dex991.htm|website=SEC|accessdate=29 March 2016}}

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| net_income = {{profit}} $0.751 million USD (2005)

| successor = Microsemi

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| homepage = {{URL|http://www.microsemi.com}}

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PowerDsine was a semiconductor and systems company, acquired by Microsemi in January 2007{{cite news|title=Microsemi buys PowerDsine|url=http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1164094|accessdate=29 March 2016|publisher=EETimes|date=24 October 2006}} following its IPO in 2004.{{cite web|title=POWERDSINE LTD (PDSN) IPO|url=http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/ipos/company/powerdsine-ltd-636727-39631|website=NASDAQ}} It was established in 1994.{{cite web|title=PowerDsine company profile and information|url=https://datafox.com/powerdsine|website=DataFOX|accessdate=29 March 2016}} Its initial products were telephone ringing generators,{{cite web|title=SIN15 Ring Generators Datasheet|url=http://www.microsemi.com/document-portal/doc_view/10615-pcr-sin06series-pdf|website=www.microsemi.com|accessdate=29 March 2016}} and it also developed DSL remote power feeding modules,{{cite web|title=xDSL Power Modules|url=http://www.eettaiwan.com/ARTICLES/2002APR/PDF/2002APR19_AMD_NTEK_RFD_AN200.PDF?SOURCES=DOWNLOAD|accessdate=29 March 2016}} before inventing Power over Ethernet's (PoE) precursor Power over LAN.{{cite web|title=PowerDsine Introduces Power over LAN™: First IP Telephony Power Solution Technology Merges Power and Data Over One Line |url=http://www.powerdsine.com/news/prs/pr5.html |website=www.powerdsine.com (web archive) |accessdate=21 April 2016 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061114100626/http://www.powerdsine.com/news/prs/pr5.html |archivedate=November 14, 2006 }}

PowerDsine, a prominent company in the field of Power over Ethernet (PoE) technologies, supplied a range of products including PoE Injectors, which are devices that add power to Ethernet cables for powering network devices. Additionally, they provided specialized PoE Test Equipment to ensure the proper functioning of PoE installations, and PoE Integrated Circuits (ICs) for embedding PoE capabilities into various network devices.{{cite web|title=Power over Ethernet|url=http://www.microsemi.com/product-directory/ics/848-power-over-ethernet|website=Microsemi}}