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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Zhenyu Zhu, Folsom, CA (US);
Mikal C Hunsaker, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Christopher J. Lake, Folsom, CA (US);
Kie Woon Lim, Bayan Lepas, MY;
Assignee:
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/38 (2006.01); G06F 13/364 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/385 (2013.01); G06F 13/364 (2013.01); G06F 13/404 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method implemented by a system on a chip (SOC) system executing an enhance serial peripheral interconnect (eSPI) master. The method to receive an alert from an eSPI slave, send a get out of band message to the eSPI slave, and receive an out of band message from the eSPI slave including a connection or disconnection command. The method enabling the SOC to include an embedded multiplexor for managing the role of a universal serial bus (USB) Type-C connector.