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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robert A. Card, Scarborough, ME (US);
James A. Meacham, II, Gorham, ME (US);
Assignee:
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01R 24/20 (2011.01); H01R 24/60 (2011.01); H01R 24/28 (2011.01); H01R 107/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); H01R 24/20 (2013.01); H01R 24/60 (2013.01); H02J 7/00 (2013.01); H01R 24/28 (2013.01); H01R 2107/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for charging an electronic device using a Universal Serial Bus (USB) cable and connector are provided. In an example, an apparatus can include a charger, a USB cable coupled to the charger at a first end of the cable, a paddle card for a USB connector coupled to the cable at a second end of the cable, the paddle card including differential data contacts, and wherein the differential data contacts of the paddle card are shorted together at the paddle card.