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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robert A. Card, Scarborough, ME (US);
Erik Maier, Scarborough, ME (US);
Assignee:
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/4282 (2013.01); G06F 1/206 (2013.01); G06F 1/266 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0042 (2013.01);
Abstract
A paddle board includes an electronic marker circuit configured to indicate at least one capability of a cable assembly to a device coupled to the cable assembly and to select the device as one of a source or a sink, the paddle board being powered by the device, a register configured to store at least one variable value associated with at least one of the cable assembly and the paddle board, and a temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of the paddle board and configured to store a value indicating the sensed temperature in the register.