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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2021
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Deric Wayne Waters, Dallas, TX (US);
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A universal serial bus (USB) source device adapted to be coupled to a USB sink device via a USB cable, the USB source device including: a voltage bus (VBUS) terminal adapted to be coupled to a VBUS conductor of the USB cable; a configuration channel (CC) terminal adapted to be coupled to a CC conductor of the USB cable; a VOUT node coupled to the VBUS terminal and adapted to be coupled to a voltage supply; a controller circuit coupled to the VBUS terminal, the CC terminal and the VOUT node; a load circuit coupled to a discharge signal connection of the controller and to the VOUT node; and a resistor divider coupled to the VOUT node and the controller and adapted to be coupled to the voltage supply.