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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2015
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Atish Ghosh, Austin, TX (US);
Donald L. Perkins, Madison, AL (US);
Brigham Steele, San Tan Valley, AZ (US);
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED, Chandler, AZ (US);
Abstract
A Universal Serial Bus (USB) hub includes a first port that is configured to be switched from a downstream port to an upstream port; a plurality of other ports; and a controller configured to switch a function of the first port from the downstream port to the upstream port responsive to a command from an attached device and further configured to switch at least one of the plurality of other ports from a data and charge port into a port dedicated to charging.
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