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Patent No.:

US 9880958 B1

Date of Patent:

Jan. 30, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 04, 2015

Extensible host controller of a host for optionally controlling the host to act as a target side or a host side and related operation method thereof

Applicant:

Etron Technology, Inc., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Cheng-Pin Huang, Taoyuan, TW;

Hsuan-Ching Chao, Keelung, TW;

Chih-Hung Huang, Taipei, TW;

Assignee:

eEver Technology, Inc., Taipei, TW;

Attorney:

Winston Hsu

Primary Examiner:

Jing-Yih Shyu

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/362 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 13/362 (2013.01); G06F 13/4068 (2013.01); G06F 13/4286 (2013.01);

Abstract

An extensible host controller applied to a host includes a universal serial bus (USB) module, a control unit, and a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIE) bus. The USB module includes a USB unit and a predetermined unit. The PCIE bus is coupled to the control unit, wherein the PCIE bus supports a USB mode and a predetermined mode. When a first host with a first extensible host controller is connected to the USB module, the control unit makes the host utilize the USB mode and the USB unit, or the predetermined mode and the predetermined unit to communicate with the first host according to a determination way.

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