Dynamic power sharing dual USB type C and power delivery receptacle
AssigneeEaton Intelligent Power Limited
InventorsNilesh Ankush Kadam, Saivaraprasad Murahari, Stanislav Popelka
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AssigneeEaton Intelligent Power Limited
InventorsNilesh Ankush Kadam, Saivaraprasad Murahari, Stanislav Popelka
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A receptacle includes a plurality of universal serial bus (USB) ports including a USB Type C PD port and a USB Type C port couplable to respective devices for charging, a controller coupled to the USB ports and including a dynamic power sharing logic, the controller structured to: determine whether one or more USB ports are coupled to the respective devices and manage first power negotiation and dynamic power sharing if both USB ports are coupled to respective devices or manage second power negotiation if only one USB port is coupled to respective device; an AC/DC converter including a gallium nitride (GaN) MOSFET on at least one of the primary side or the secondary side of the AC/DC converter, the AC/DC converter structured to provide high power to the USB Type C PD port; and a DC/DC converter structured to provide low power to the USB Type C port.
A receptacle comprising:
A method of dynamic power sharing using a dual universal serial bus (USB) Type C and PD receptacle, comprising:
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