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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2011
David Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Nan Nan, San Jose, CA (US);
Jim Chin-nan NI, San Jose, CA (US);
Frank I-kang Yu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abraham C. MA, Fremont, CA (US);
Ming-shiang Shen, Taipei, TW;
David Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Nan Nan, San Jose, CA (US);
Jim Chin-Nan Ni, San Jose, CA (US);
Frank I-Kang Yu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abraham C. Ma, Fremont, CA (US);
Ming-Shiang Shen, Taipei, TW;
Super Talent Electronics, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An extended universal serial bus (USB) storage device is described herein. According to one embodiment, an extended USB storage device includes a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) having a flash memory device and a flash controller mounted thereon, and an extended USB connector plug coupled to the PCBA for providing a USB compatible interface between an external device and the flash memory device and the flash controller, wherein the extended USB connector plug includes a first end used to couple to the external device and a second end coupled to the flash memory device and the flash controller. The extended USB connector plug includes multiple communication interfaces. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.