US Patent Application 17826933. USB TYPE-C SUBSYSTEM simplified abstract

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USB TYPE-C SUBSYSTEM

Organization Name

Intel Corporation

Inventor(s)

Udaya Natarajan of El Dorado Hills CA (US)

Kannappan Rajaraman of Bangalore (IN)

Huimin Chen of Beaverton OR (US)

USB TYPE-C SUBSYSTEM - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17826933 titled 'USB TYPE-C SUBSYSTEM

Simplified Explanation

- The patent application is about a USB host system that can identify the orientation of a USB Type-C port and the configuration of its lanes. - The USB host system is designed to communicate using the USB 3.2 protocol. - The identification process does not require the use of a power delivery (PD) and/or Type-C port controller (TCPC) module. - The patent application also mentions that there may be other embodiments of the invention.


Original Abstract Submitted

Embodiments herein relate to a universal serial bus (USB) host system that is configured to perform port orientation identification and/or configuration lane identification. Specifically, the USB host system may include a USB Type-C port configured to communicate in accordance with the USB 3.2 protocol. The described identifications may be performed without the use of a power delivery (PD) and/or Type-C port controller (TCPC) module. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.