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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2011
Applicants:

Jennifer C. Wang, Tempe, AZ (US);

Alejandro Lenero Beracoechea, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Nai-chih Chang, Chandler, AZ (US);

Steven B. Mcgowan, Portland, OR (US);

Inventors:

Jennifer C. Wang, Tempe, AZ (US);

Alejandro Lenero Beracoechea, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Nai-Chih Chang, Chandler, AZ (US);

Steven B. McGowan, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:

INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/36 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/36 (2013.01); G06F 13/4022 (2013.01); G06F 13/4081 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0042 (2013.01);
Abstract

Examples are disclosed for automatic downstream to upstream mode switching at a universal serial bus (USB) physical (PHY) layer including activating a switching structure to switch a USB port operating in a downstream mode to an upstream mode based on an attempted attachment by another USB port also operating in a downstream mode. The examples may also include facilitating attachment of the switched USB port now operating in the upstream mode to the other USB port operating in the downstream mode.


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