USB signal switching circuit, USB data line, USB signal switching method and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10333261-B2
Application number	US-201515528533-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 14, 2015
Priority date	Nov 20, 2014
Publication date	Jun 25, 2019
Grant date	Jun 25, 2019

Abstract

A USB signal switching circuit and method, and a storage medium, which are applicable to a USB data line with a first USB plug and a second USB plug. Both front and back surfaces of an insulation tongue piece in the first USB plug are provided with functional pins. The USB signal switching circuit comprises a signal switching module and two switching switch modules connected to the signal switching module. Two functional pins Vbus in the first USB plug are respectively connected to a functional pin Vbus on the second USB plug via the switching switch module. Functional pins D+ and D− in the first USB plug are connected to a functional pin D+ and a functional pin D− on the second USB plug via the signal switching module respectively.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A Universal Serial Bus (USB) signal switching circuit, which is applied to a USB data line that has a first USB plug and a second USB plug, either of front and back sides of an insulative tongue in the first USB plug being provided with a group of functional pins that is capable of implementing standard USB signal transmission independently, wherein
the USB signal switching circuit comprises a signal switching module and two switching modules connected to the signal switching module; functional pins Vbus on the front and back sides of the insulative tongue in the first USB plug are connected to a functional pin Vbus on the second USB plug via the respective switching modules; and
functional pins D+ and D− on the front and back sides of the insulative tongue in the first USB plug are connected to functional pins D+ and D− on the second USB plug via the signal switching module respectively,
wherein the signal switching module comprises a signal switching chip U 1 , and a functional pin VCC of the signal switching chip U 1 is connected to the functional pin Vbus on the second USB plug through a resistor R 1 ;
a functional pin S of the signal switching chip U 1 is connected to the functional pin Vbus on the second USB plug through the switching module;
functional pins D+ and D− of the signal switching chip U 1 are connected to the functional pins D+ and D− on the second USB plug respectively;
functional pins HSD 1 + and HSD 1 − of the signal switching chip U 1 are connected to the functional pins D+ and D− on the front side of the insulative tongue in the first USB plug respectively; and
functional pins HSD 2 + and HSD 2 − of the signal switching chip U 1 are connected to the functional pins D+ and D− on the back side of the insulative tongue in the first USB plug respectively.

2. The USB signal switching circuit according to claim 1 , wherein
either of the switching modules is a diode;
an anode of the diode is connected to the functional pin Vbus of the insulative tongue in the first USB plug; and
a cathode of the diode is connected to the functional pin Vbus on the second USB plug.

3. The USB signal switching circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the switching module comprises an MOS transistor Q 1 and a driving chip U 2 , an electrode G of the MOS transistor Q 1 is connected to a functional pin GATE of the driving chip, an electrode D of the MOS transistor Q 1 is connected to a functional pin VIN of the driving chip U 2 and as a signal input terminal of the switching module, is connected to the functional pin Vbus on the insulative tongue in the first USB plug, and an electrode S of the MOS transistor Q 1 is connected to a functional pin SENSE of the driving chip U 2 and as a signal output terminal of the switching module, is connected to the functional pin Vbus on the second USB plug.

4. The USB signal switching circuit according to claim 3 , wherein a diode is connected in series between the functional pin Vbus on the second USB plug and the resistor R 1 , an anode of the diode is connected to the functional pin Vbus on the second USB plug, and a cathode of the diode is connected to the resistor R 1 .

5. The USB signal switching circuit according to claim 3 , wherein the MOS transistor Q 1 is a P-channel MOS transistor.

6. A USB data line, comprising a first USB plug, a second USB plug and a connection line connected between the first USB plug and the second USB plug, wherein
either of front and back sides of an insulative tongue in the first USB plug is provided with a group of functional pins that is capable of implementing standard USB signal transmission independently, and the USB data line further comprises a USB signal switching circuit, and the USB signal switching circuit comprises a signal switching module and two switching modules connected to the signal switching module; functional pins Vbus on the front and back sides of the insulative tongue in the first USB plug are connected to a functional pin Vbus on the second USB plug via the respective switching modules; and
functional pins D+ and D− on the front and back sides of the insulative tongue in the first USB plug are connected to functional pins D+ and D− on the second USB plug via the signal switching module respectively;
wherein the signal switching module comprises a signal switching chip U 1 , and a functional pin VCC of the signal switching chip U 1 is connected to the functional pin Vbus on the second USB plug through a resistor R 1 ;
a functional pin S of the signal switching chip U 1 is connected to the functional pin Vbus on the second USB plug through the switching module;
functional pins D+ and D− of the signal switching chip U 1 are connected to the functional pins D+ and D− on the second USB plug respectively;
functional pins HSD 1 + and HSD 1 − of the signal switching chip U 1 are connected to the functional pins D+ and D− on the front side of the insulative tongue in the first USB plug respectively; and
functional pins HSD 2 + and HSD 2 − of the signal switching chip U 1 are connected to the functional pins D+ and D− on the back side of the insulative tongue in the first USB plug respectively.

7. A USB signal switching method, which is applied to a circuit that has a first USB plug and a second USB plug, either of front and back sides of an insulative tongue in the first USB plug being provided with a group of functional pins that is capable of implementing standard USB signal transmission independently, the circuit comprises a signal switching module and two switching modules connected to the signal switching module; functional pins Vbus on the front and back sides of the insulative tongue in the first USB plug are connected to a functional pin Vbus on the second USB plug via the respective switching modules; and functional pins D+ and D− on the front and back sides of the insulative tongue in the first USB plug are connected to functional pins D+ and D− on the second USB plug via the signal switching module respectively;
the method comprising:
when the functional pins on the front side of the insulative tongue in the first USB plug are connected to a USB socket, conducting, by the signal switching module, the functional pin Vbus on the front side of the insulative tongue in the first USB plug and the functional pin Vbus on the second USB plug, conducting, by the signal switching module, the functional pin D+ on the front side of the insulative tongue in the first USB plug and the functional pin D+ on the second USB plug, and conducting, by the signal switching module, the functional pin D− on the front side of the insulative tongue in the first USB plug and the functional pin D− on the second USB plug;
when the functional pins on the back side of the insulative tongue in the first USB plug are connected to a USB socket, conducting, by the signal switching module, the functional pin Vbus on the back side of the insulative tongue in the first USB plug and the functional pin Vbus on the second USB plug, conducting, by the signal switching module, the functional pin D+ on the back side of the insulative tongue in the first USB plug and the functional pin D+ on the second USB plug, and, by the signal switching module, conducting the functional pin D− on the back side of the insulative tongue in the first USB plug and the functional pin D− on the second USB plug
wherein the signal switching module comprises a signal switching chip U 1 , and a functional pin VCC of the signal switching chip U 1 is connected to the functional pin Vbus on the second USB plug through a resistor R 1 ;
a functional pin S of the signal switching chip U 1 is connected to the functional pin Vbus on the second USB plug through the switching module;
functional pins D+ and D−

Assignees

• Oneplus Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Peng Liangcai
• Wu Kewei

Classifications

• H01R13/6616

  with resistor · CPC title

• H01R13/70

  with built-in switch · CPC title

• G06F2213/0042

  Universal serial bus [USB] · CPC title

• G06F13/4282 Primary

  on a serial bus, e.g. I2C bus, SPI bus (on daisy chain buses G06F13/4247) · CPC title

• H01R13/04

  Pins or blades for co-operation with sockets · CPC title