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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2023
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Cheow F. Yeo, San Jose, CA (US);
Reza Moazeni, San Jose, CA (US);
Nishant P. Sabadra, Milpitas, CA (US);
Theodore A. Carper, San Jose, CA (US);
Julio C. Fuentes, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/4068 (2013.01); G06F 2213/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
The interface devices and platforms described herein provide an M.2 specification interface for multiple types of external devices using a single host connector or socket. The devices determines, from a received voltage level, a device type for an external device connected to a host connector and enables a routing scheme for the plurality of configurable connection paths based on the device type.