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USB port connected to multiple USB compliant devices

US8364870B2 · kind B2 · utility

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22Claims

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Assignee

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation · US

Inventors

Hans Van Antwerpen · Mountain View, US
Herve Jacques Clement Letourneur · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 31, 2011
Grant date	Jan 29, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 31, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2213/0042
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

At least one downstream interface may be configured to be simultaneously connected to both a USB 3.0 compliant device and a USB 2.0 compliant device. The interface may be used for communicating with a USB 3.0 compliant device via a downstream port and simultaneously communicating with a USB 2.0 compliant device via the downstream port.

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