公开(公告)号：US20180239718A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-23

申请号：US15752314

申请日：2015-10-15

Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LP.

Inventor： MONJI G JABORI ,  KENNETH CHAN

IPC: G06F13/10 ,  G06F13/42

CPC classification number: G06F13/102 ,  G06F13/385 ,  G06F13/4282 ,  G06F13/4295 ,  G06F2213/0042

Abstract: Utilizing pins on a universal serial bus (USB) type-C connector for a data signal includes a circuit to, based on an orientation of a receptacle side of the USB type-C connector when connected to an electronic device, identify spare pins used for the data signal instead of a USB differential pair signal on the receptacle side of the USB type-C connector, a controller to create the data signal from a number of signals received by the controller, the data signal to be routed from the receptacle side of the USB type-C connector to a plug side of the USB type-C connector, and a multiplexor (MUX) to, when the plug side of the USB type-C connector is connected to a peripheral device, route the data signal to the spare pins of the receptacle side of the USB type-C connector to allow the data signal to be exchanged between the electronic device and the peripheral device via the spare pins of the receptacle side of the USB type-C connector and bottom pins on the plug side of the USB type-C connector.