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US 2025/0053533 A1Published application
Dual interface device with a single m.2 socket
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsCheow F. YEO, Reza MOAZENI, Nishant P. SABADRA, Theodore A. CARPER, Julio C. FUENTES
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Abstract
The interface devices and platforms described herein provide an M.2 specification interface for multiple types of external devices using a single host connector or socket. The devices determines, from a received voltage level, a device type for an external device connected to a host connector and enables a routing scheme for the plurality of configurable connection paths based on the device type.
Claims20
An interface device comprising:
- a host connector;
- a plurality of configurable connection paths between the host connector and internal components of the interface device;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory comprising instructions which, when executed on the processor, performs an operation, the operation comprising:
- determining a voltage level for an indicator signal received from the host connector;
- determining from the voltage level a device type for an external device connected to the host connector;
- and
- enabling a routing scheme for the plurality of configurable connection paths based on the device type.
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A method comprising:
- determining a voltage level for an indicator signal received from a host connector on an interface device;
- determining from the voltage level a device type for an external device connected to the host connector;
- and
- enabling a routing scheme for a plurality of configurable connection paths between the host connector and internal components of the interface device based on the device type.
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A method comprising:
- forming a configurable interface device platform comprising:
- a host connector;
- a plurality of fixed connection paths between the host connector and internal components of the configurable interface device platform;
- a plurality of configurable connection paths between the host connector and the internal components of the configurable interface device platform;
- determining an interface type for a completed interface device from a plurality of interface types of the configurable interface device platform;
- and
- enabling a routing scheme for the plurality of configurable connection paths by installing at least one hardware component on the configurable connection paths to form the completed interface device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.