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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2004
Horng-yee Chou, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ren-kang Chiou, Fremont, CA (US);
Edward W. Lee, Mountain View, CA (US);
Horng-Yee Chou, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ren-Kang Chiou, Fremont, CA (US);
Edward W. Lee, Mountain View, CA (US);
Super Talent Electronics, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A peripheral device having a device processor, a multi-personality bus switch, and an extended Universal-Serial Bus (USB) plug is disclosed. The peripheral device is capable of communicating with a host computer using one or more protocols. The extended Universal-Serial Bus (USB) plug includes an extended pin substrate, the extended pin substrate and at least some of a plurality of contacts thereon being dimensioned to be mechanically compatible with an industry-standard USB socket. The extended USB plug further lacks an industry-standard cover associated with an industry-standard USB plug, thereby causing the extended USB plug to be thinner than the industry-standard USB plug.