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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2010
Herve Letourneur, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hans Van Antwerpen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Herve LeTourneur, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hans Van Antwerpen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A multiple master USB hub device and method for enabling multiple OTG and host devices to control peripherals and slave devices with a connection of the multiple OTG and host devices to the USB hub device. The multiple master USB hub device is configured to enable at least two USB devices connected thereto to each be configured as host/master elements to control OTG and peripheral/slave devices connected to the USB hub device, the USB hub device comprising an element configured to switch configuration of each of the at least two USB devices to a host/master configuration at different predetermined times.