公开(公告)号：US10339089B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-02

申请号：US14924844

申请日：2015-10-28

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Nir Gerber ,  Itamar Berman ,  Yair Cassuto ,  Lalan Jee Mishra

IPC: G06F13/42 ,  G06F13/40 ,  G06F13/38

Abstract: Enhanced communications over a Universal Serial Bus (USB) Type-C cable are disclosed. In one aspect, a link control circuit is provided in a USB host to enable one or more communication circuits in the USB host to transmit and receive protocol-specific data over a sideband use (SBU) interface according to communication protocols that may or may not be USB compliant. In another aspect, the link control circuit is provided in a USB client to enable one or more communication circuits in the USB client to transmit and receive protocol-specific data over the SBU interface according to communication protocols that may or may not be USB compliant. By configuring the USB host and the USB client to support multi-protocol communications via the SBU interface, it is possible to enable more flexible architectural design in mobile communication devices for enhanced performance and reduced costs.

公开(公告)号：US20170124016A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-04

申请号：US14924844

申请日：2015-10-28

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Nir Gerber ,  Itamar Berman ,  Yair Cassuto ,  Lalan Jee Mishra

IPC: G06F13/42 ,  G06F13/40

CPC classification number: G06F13/4282 ,  G06F13/385 ,  G06F13/4068

Abstract: Enhanced communications over a Universal Serial Bus (USB) Type-C cable are disclosed. In one aspect, a link control circuit is provided in a USB host to enable one or more communication circuits in the USB host to transmit and receive protocol-specific data over a sideband use (SBU) interface according to communication protocols that may or may not be USB compliant. In another aspect, the link control circuit is provided in a USB client to enable one or more communication circuits in the USB client to transmit and receive protocol-specific data over the SBU interface according to communication protocols that may or may not be USB compliant. By configuring the USB host and the USB client to support multi-protocol communications via the SBU interface, it is possible to enable more flexible architectural design in mobile communication devices for enhanced performance and reduced costs.