发明申请
- 专利标题: Integrated Virtual Hub Chip
- 专利标题(中): 集成虚拟集线器芯片
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申请号: US12027930申请日: 2008-02-07
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公开(公告)号: US20080133804A1公开(公告)日: 2008-06-05
- 发明人: Sree M. Iyer , Larry L. Jones , Arockiyaswamy Venkidu
- 申请人: Sree M. Iyer , Larry L. Jones , Arockiyaswamy Venkidu
- 申请人地址: US CA Cupertino
- 专利权人: MCM PORTFOLIO LLC
- 当前专利权人: MCM PORTFOLIO LLC
- 当前专利权人地址: US CA Cupertino
- 主分类号: G06F13/38
- IPC分类号: G06F13/38
摘要:
An apparatus that includes a serial port configured to interface with a separate host, one serial interface engine (SIE) connected to the serial port, and at least a first interface unit and a second interface unit connected to the one serial interface engine. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a virtual hub comprising a firmware unit configured to emulate a hub having multiple ports. In another alternative embodiment, the apparatus is a Universal Serial Bus (USB) peripheral and the serial port is a Universal Serial Bus port. In another alternative embodiment, apparatus is housed within a keyboard.