USB 3.

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Universal Serial Bus.

Rainny
rainny.tu@gmail.com
2016/08/31 update.
 Agenda
• Introduction • Type-C
– What is USB? • Applications of Type-C
– History of USB. • Compliance
• Q&A
• USB 3.1
– Why is USB 3.1?
– Design Goals.
– Compare

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 What is USB?
• Universal Serial Bus. (USB)
• User-friendly.
• Plug-and-play way for device and host.
• Do not need install device’s driver in computer.
• A standard bus to connector device to host
computer.

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 History of USB

Jan, 1996 Sep, 1998 Apr, 2000 Nov, 2008 Jul, 2013

USB1.0 USB1.1 USB2.0 USB3.0 USB3.1

1.5Mbps 12Mbps 480Mbps 5Gbps 10Gbps
Low Speed Full Speed Hi Speed Super Speed Super Speed +

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Logo: USB-IF
 Why is USB 3.1?
• USB / HDMI / Thunderbolt Data Rate
USB3.0 has lower rate of other usual device.

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 Why is USB 3.1?
• We have large data everyday.
Such as HDD, DVD, BR-DVD, HD TV, Ultra HD TV.
• People demand higher performance between host
and peripheral.
• Improve EMI performance & effect.
USB 3.0 will affect some device. (like wireless LAN
Card)

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 USB 3.1 Design Goals
• Smart host and simple device.
• Improve power management.
• Ease of use .
• Backward compatibility 2.0 at Type-A
connector.
• Take advantage of USB 3.1 without change OS.

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 Compare - Cable
• About Cable.
Characteristic USB3.1 USB3.0 USB 2.0

Data Interface

Type-A
Connector Pinout

Cable Length 1 Meter 3 Meter 5 Meter

PCB Trace Length 8 Inch (20.32cm) 12 Inch (30.48cm)
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 Compare – Data Rate
• About Data Rate.
Characteristic USB3.1 USB3.0 USB 2.0
Speed SuperSpeed Plus SuperSpeed HiSpeed
Data Rate 10 Gbps (Gen 2) 5.0 Gbps (Gen 1) 480Mbps
Encoded
128b/132b 8b/10b 8b/10b
Mode
Encoded Loss -3.03% (96.97%) -20% (80%) -20% (80%)
10Gb/s * (128/132) 5Gb/s * (8/10) 480Mb/s * (8/10)
Actual Rate = 9.697Gb/s = 4Gb/s = 384Mb/s
= 1.21GB/s = 500MB/s = 48MB/s

* USB3.1 (Gen 2) real transfer speed is up to x2.4 of USB3.0.

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 Compare - Connector
• Review USB 2.0 & USB 3.0 connector.

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 Type-C
• About USB 3.1 connector
• Type-A : the same as USB 3.0 Type A.
• Type-C : Release by USB.org in 2015 April.
USB.org want to let Type C become the common
connector of mobile devices.
• Existing USB connector is difficult to use.
New connector is no directionality.
• Backward compatibility.

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 Type-C
• Plug-unplug over 10,000 times.
• Support large power charging. (According to PD spec.)
Supply peripheral or mobile device with up to 100W.
Need to add ICs to control.
• Increased data channels. (Ideal)
Two pairs of Tx/Rx signal paths.
Provide total bandwidth of 20Gbps.
• Thunderbolt 3 connector.
(release: June, 2015)
Data rate: 40Gb/s ~= 5GB/s

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 Type-C
• Let’s see how does it look like.

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Photo by rainny.
 Type-C
• USB Type-C Pin defined.
- Receptacle Configuration.

- Plug Configuration. (for cable and device)

- Plug can insert into receptacle. Also can rotate 180˚.

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Fig 2-1/2-2: USB3.1 spec.
 Type-C
• Let’s check the receptacle side of system or device.

• D+/D-: signal path for USB2 only.

• Vbus/GND: Power for USB.
Also implement large power charging. Can deliver up to 100W.
• Tx1/2, Rx1/2: 2 channels of SuperSpeed+ data links.
• CC1/CC2: Configuration channel. Detect connections and
interface.
• SBU1/ 2: Sideband use pins. Non-USB signals.
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 Applications of Type-C
• ex. USB Type-C to DisplayPort

• DisplayPort can use all of the high speed paths to deliver.

• Type-C side can be reversible.
• Also can support HDMI, DVI, VGA cable.

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 Compliance
• Updating compliance plans & specs.
• Host/ Devices will be test for:
– Support USB 2.0 speeds.
– Meet Superspeed(Gen1) requirements.
– Meet Superspeed+(Gen2) requirements.
• USB 3.1 Compliance Requirement
– New electrical test for physical layer.
– New cable and connector test.

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 Compliance
• Compare with the basic spec.

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Table 6-17/ 6-19: USB3.1 spec.
 Compliance
• Eye Diagram.

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Eye Diagram: USB3.1 spec.
 Conclusion
• High performance.
USB 3.1 provide data rate up to 10Gbps, 2x of USB3.0.
• Conveniently.
Standard connector, has no directionality.
• Less lose of encoder. Efficiency is improved up.
• No driver software changes required.
• EMI performance upgrade.
Improved shielding and grounding of connector.

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Thanks.

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Q&A

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