Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method to increase the bandwidth of a USB-C connector
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Application No.: US16652642Application Date: 2018-10-17
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Publication No.: US11055253B2Publication Date: 2021-07-06
- Inventor: Luc Bisson , Rambod Jacoby , Mark Overby
- Applicant: Nvidia Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
- Current Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- International Application: PCT/US2018/056345 WO 20181017
- International Announcement: WO2019/079495 WO 20190425
- Main IPC: G06F13/42
- IPC: G06F13/42

Abstract:
This disclosure provides a method that allows connector pins of a USB-C connector to be dynamically repurposed between low bandwidth USB2 traffic and high bandwidth USB3 traffic. USB-C devices can negotiate the use of these pins for a dynamic transition to another function or functions. The pins can be the four center connector pins of a USB-C connection, pins A6, A7, B6, B7, that are originally designated as USB 2.0 differential pairs Changing the function of the pins provides flexibility for communicating using USB-C connectors. For example, the disclosed method/device/system can be used to support high-resolution cameras and sensors in high-resolution virtual reality headsets via a single USB-C connection instead of a user having to connect multiple cables.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200242070A1 METHOD TO INCREASE THE BANDWIDTH OF A USB-C CONNECTOR Public/Granted day:2020-07-30
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