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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2015
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Nir Gerber, Haifa, IL;
Itamar Berman, Kerem Maharal, IL;
Yair Cassuto, Haifa, IL;
Lalan Jee Mishra, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
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.