公开(公告)号：US11055253B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-06

申请号：US16652642

申请日：2018-10-17

Applicant: Nvidia Corporation

Inventor： Luc Bisson ,  Rambod Jacoby ,  Mark Overby

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.

公开(公告)号：US20200242070A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-30

申请号：US16652642

申请日：2018-10-17

Applicant: Nvidia Corporation

Inventor： Luc Bisson ,  Rambod Jacoby ,  Mark Overby

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.