Technical Articles

Use a ReDriver™ or ReTimer for Longer and Thinner USB, USB Type-C, and DP Cables

Tagged DP Cables, USB, USB Type-C; Posted 13 months ago by Eric Lan | Product Marketing of High Speed Media

USB, USB Type-C^®, and DisplayPort™ (DP) cables have become so ubiquitous as to even be purchased in low-cost convenience stores. However, while two individual cables may appear identical to the naked eye, they can differ considerably in the quality of performance they provide. Low cost can mean low quality, and alongside instances where cheap cables have caused electronic equipment to malfunction or have corrupted data, they typically cause poor picture quality or slow down the rate of data transfer to well below the multi-gigabit bandwidth offered by the latest USB specification (USB 4).

Plug-and-Play USB Charging Controller Makes Charging of Battery-Powered Devices Seamless

Tagged Battery-powered devices, Charging Controller, USB Type-C; Posted 20 months ago by Johnny Lu | PTC Marketing Manager

In the not-too-distant past, it seemed like every electronic device had its own custom power supply, cable, and interface (Figure 1). USB Type-C^® (or USB-C^®), which implements the USB power delivery (USB-PD) specification, was supposed to solve this problem by introducing a single standard interface that all devices could use.

Integrated Solutions to USB Type-C Port Implementation Challenges

Posted in USB Type-C; Tagged Integrated Solutions, USB Type-C; Posted 4 years ago by Kay Annamalai | Senior Marketing Director

Highly integrated solutions for USB 3.2 data switching, USB Power Delivery and USB Battery Charging control, and transient protection help designers unleash the full potential of the USB Type-C interface.

USB Type-C: Everything you need to know about delivering high-speed serial connectivity in your devices

Posted in USB Type-C; Tagged USB Type-C; Posted 8 years ago by Kay Annamalai | Senior Marketing Director

As well as being faster and able to deliver more power than its predecessors, USB Type‐C^®makes some outwardly noticeable changes to this ubiquitous connectivity standard. For one, there’s a new reversible connector, which isn’t keyed so can be plugged into a port either way up. Secondly, USB Type‐C will see the same connectors used on both ends of the cable.

Tag: USB Type-C