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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2018
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Arun Khamesra, Bangalore, IN;
Anup Nayak, Fremont, CA (US);
Partha Mondal, Paschim Medinipur, IN;
Hemant P. Vispute, Bangalore, IN;
Ravi Konduru, Bengaluru, IN;
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A device includes a USB-C controller instantiated as a first integrated circuit, the USB-C controller comprising a first pair of terminals to communicate with a first communication protocol that is other than USB, a second pair of terminals to communicate with a second communication protocol that is other than USB, and a third pair of terminals, each of which is to be coupled to a corresponding SBU1 terminal or SBU2 terminal of a type-C receptacle. The controller further includes a multiplexer to selectively couple the first pair of terminals to the third pair of terminals and the second pair of terminals to the third pair of terminals. The controller further includes a series of cascaded, low-voltage n-type field-effect transistors (LVNFETs) coupled between the multiplexer and each terminal of the third pair of terminals.