Design Implications of USB Type-C
Brian Fuller, Editor in Chief, Cadence Designs Systems
EETimes (5/12/2015 03:07 PM EDT)
USB Type-C is a very big deal for the USB community and IP developers. What are the gotchas? Is there no pain with this gain?
Remember the old spiritual? “Toe bone connected to the foot bone; Foot bone connected to the heel bone,” etc.? I hum that sometimes when I’m trying to figure out how to navigate the innumerable and multi-generational USB cables lying around the house.
With USB, there’s always been a Type-A connector and a different Type-B connector and therefore different device slots to find and fit. But those “which way is up?” days are fast coming to close with the launch of USB Type-C, a universal bidirectional cable that’s being designed in as we speak to devices around the world.
To read the full article, click here
Related Semiconductor IP
- Complete USB Type-C Power Delivery IP
- USB Type-C and Power Delivery Verification IP
- USB TYPE-C Verification IP
- USB Type-C Authentication IP
- Fully Self-contained Single/Multi Port USB Type-C Power Delivery IP
Related White Papers
- USB 3.1 implementation of USB Type-C
- Addressing Three Critical Challenges of USB Type-C Implementation
- Securing the Most Important Goal of USB Type-C Technology: A Better User Experience
- Designing AC/DC Adaptors for USB Type-C Power
Latest White Papers
- DRsam: Detection of Fault-Based Microarchitectural Side-Channel Attacks in RISC-V Using Statistical Preprocessing and Association Rule Mining
- ShuffleV: A Microarchitectural Defense Strategy against Electromagnetic Side-Channel Attacks in Microprocessors
- Practical Considerations of LDPC Decoder Design in Communications Systems
- A Direct Memory Access Controller (DMAC) for Irregular Data Transfers on RISC-V Linux Systems
- A logically correct SoC design isn’t an optimized design