Using a standard USB Type-C connector to communicate both USB 3.x and displayport data

摘要

According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a USB Type-C connector connected to a second electronic device, a processor connected to the USB Type-C connector and including four terminals outputting an image signal, and a USB controller connected to the USB Type-C connector and including two terminals outputting USB 3.x signal. The USB Type-C connector includes two USB 2.0 pins D and D defined under USB Type-C standard and four USB 3.x pins TX1, RX1, TX2 and RX2 defined under the USB Type-C standard. The image signal and the USB 3.x signal are output via the two USB 2.0 pins D and D and the four USB 3.x pins TX1, RX1, TX2 and RX2.