CN218242499U - Connecting device and electronic equipment - Google Patents

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CN218242499U
CN218242499U CN202122817163.7U CN202122817163U CN218242499U CN 218242499 U CN218242499 U CN 218242499U CN 202122817163 U CN202122817163 U CN 202122817163U CN 218242499 U CN218242499 U CN 218242499U
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The application provides a connecting device and electronic equipment, wherein the connecting device comprises a first interface, a second interface, a power supply passage and a control module, wherein the first interface and the second interface can be respectively connected with the first electronic equipment and the second electronic equipment so as to establish connection between the first electronic equipment and the second electronic equipment; the two ends of the power supply path are respectively connected with the first interface and the second interface and used for transmitting power signals between the first electronic equipment and the second electronic equipment; the control module is arranged between the first interface and the second interface and can control the on-off of the power supply path so as to control the power transmission between the first electronic equipment and the second electronic equipment. The control module is arranged through a power supply path corresponding to the first interface and the second interface, and the control module is used for controlling whether the power supply path is conducted or not, so that the problem that the electronic equipment is damaged easily due to automatic charging after the two electronic equipment are directly connected is solved.

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Connecting device and electronic equipment
Technical Field
The application relates to the technical field of crystal manufacturing, in particular to a connecting device and electronic equipment.
Background
Among the prior art, USB is inconsistent in order to prevent the USB voltage quasi-position at two terminals that both ends were pegged graft to copying the line, causes high voltage electric current to pour into the low voltage USB mouth, causes the condition of damage to the computer to the power connection at cable both ends is kept apart, when USB pegs graft respectively on two different terminals to copying the line both ends, can carry out information transmission, nevertheless because the power connection can't charge for another computer, use and have very big limitation.
Therefore, how to provide a USB copy-off line capable of providing a charging function for a terminal is a problem to be solved urgently.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The embodiment of the application aims to provide a connecting device and electronic equipment, and aims to solve the problem that the existing USB pair copying line cannot realize stable power supply between two pieces of electronic equipment.
In order to solve the above technical problem, the embodiments of the present application provide the following technical solutions:
in a first aspect, the present application provides a connection device comprising
The first interface and the second interface can be respectively connected with first electronic equipment and second electronic equipment so as to establish connection between the first electronic equipment and the second electronic equipment;
a power supply path, both ends of which are respectively connected to the first interface and the second interface, for transmitting power signals between the first electronic device and the second electronic device;
the control module is arranged between the first interface and the second interface and can control the on-off of the power supply channel so as to control the power transmission between the first electronic equipment and the second electronic equipment.
In some modified embodiments of the first aspect of the present application, the aforementioned connection device further includes a switch;
the switch is arranged on the power supply path and connected with the control module so as to switch on or switch off the power supply path according to the instruction of the control module.
In some modified embodiments of the first aspect of the present application, the aforementioned connection device further includes a first data channel and a second data channel;
the first data channel is connected with the first interface and the control module, and the second data channel is connected with the second interface and the control module;
wherein the control module is capable of determining a connection state between the first electronic device and the second electronic device through a conduction state between the first data channel and the second data channel.
In some modified embodiments of the first aspect of the present application, the aforementioned connection device further includes a configuration channel;
two ends of the configuration channel are respectively connected to the first interface and the second interface, and are used for configuring power supply/receiving information between the first electronic device and the second electronic device;
and after the power supply/receiving information is configured, the control module can control the switch to conduct the power supply path.
In some modified embodiments of the first aspect of the present application, in the aforementioned connecting device, when the first data channel is conducted with the first electronic device and the second data channel is conducted with the second electronic device, the connecting device can transmit data signals between the first electronic device and the second electronic device.
In some variations of the first aspect of the present application, the aforementioned connecting device, wherein the control module comprises a first memory;
the first memory is in communication with the first data channel and the second data channel to buffer data signals from the first electronic device and/or the second electronic device.
In some modified embodiments of the first aspect of the present application, the aforementioned connecting device, wherein the connecting device further includes a second memory connected to the control module, the second memory being in communication with the first data channel and the second data channel to buffer data signals from the first electronic device and/or the second electronic device.
In some modified embodiments of the first aspect of the present application, in the aforementioned connecting device, the control module includes a bridge chip and/or a microcontroller, and the first memory is a memory space of the bridge chip or the microcontroller.
In some modified embodiments of the first aspect of the present application, the connecting device mentioned above, wherein the first data channel and the second data channel are connected to form a data transmission channel created based on at least a specification of a generic driver, a human-computer interaction interface, or a remote network driver interface.
A second aspect of the present application provides an electronic device, which includes the aforementioned connecting device.
Compared with the prior art, the connecting device that this application first aspect provided sets up the control module group through the power supply route that corresponds between first interface and the second interface to switch on through control module group control power supply route, thereby when using connecting device at first electronic equipment and second electronic equipment, can control whether can charge the operation between the two through the control module group, in order to avoid two electronic equipment to directly link the problem that the automatic charging caused the electronic equipment to damage easily after.
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The above and other objects, features and advantages of exemplary embodiments of the present application will become readily apparent from the following detailed description, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings. Several embodiments of the present application are illustrated by way of example and not by way of limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings and in which like reference numerals refer to similar or corresponding parts and in which:
fig. 1 schematically shows a structural view of a connecting device;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing an internal structure of a connecting device;
FIG. 3 schematically illustrates another internal construction of a coupling device;
FIG. 4 is a first schematic diagram of a hardware architecture of a connection device;
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a hardware architecture of a connection device;
the reference numbers illustrate: the device comprises a connecting device 1, a first interface 2, a second interface 3, a power supply path 4, a control module 5, a first memory 51, a second memory 52, a switch 6, a first data channel 7, a second data channel 8 and a configuration channel 9.
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Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art.
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Referring to fig. 1, an embodiment of the present application provides a connection device 1, which includes a first interface 2, a second interface 3, a power path 4, and a control module 5; the first interface 2 and the second interface 3 are capable of being connected with a first electronic device (not shown in the figure) and a second electronic device (not shown in the figure) respectively to establish a connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device;
two ends of the power supply path 4 are respectively connected to the first interface 2 and the second interface 3, and are used for transmitting power signals between the first electronic device and the second electronic device; the control module 5 is disposed between the first interface 2 and the second interface 3, and is capable of controlling on/off of the power supply path 4 to control power transmission between the first electronic device and the second electronic device.
Specifically, in order to solve the problem that the current USB can not realize stable power supply between two electronic devices to copying the line, this embodiment provides a connecting device 1, it realizes the control to the break-make of power supply path 4 through control module 5, thereby realize first interface 2 and second interface 3 and be exactly the power transmission between first electronic device and the second electronic device, realize the power supply between first electronic device and the second electronic device and receive the electricity, avoided two electronic devices to directly link the problem that the automatic charging caused the electronic device to damage easily after.
Referring to fig. 4, the connection device 1 is an electrical connection device, such as a USB wire pair, the connection device 1 has a first interface 2 and a second interface 3, and the first interface 2 and the second interface 3 may be electrical connection interfaces or electrical connection PIN PINs, for example: the USB interface may be a Type-C interface, and only needs to be electrically connected to the first electronic device and the second electronic device, which is not described herein in detail; and said first interface 2 and said second interface 3 each have a physical interface (USB 3.0 PHY) and a corresponding driver (USB Device Ctrl).
The power supply path 4 is a path capable of transmitting power, and includes: and the power transmission line VBUS is capable of transmitting a power signal between the first interface 2 and the second interface 3, that is, capable of transmitting the power signal between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, so as to supply power and receive power between the first electronic device and the second electronic device.
The control module 5 has a data transceiving and processing function, and can perform program editing, and can control the on/off of the power supply path 4, for example: the conduction of the power supply path 4 is controlled under the feedback of a certain predetermined signal to realize the transmission of the power supply signal between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, and when the predetermined signal is not received, the power supply parameters of the first electronic device and the second electronic device are not clear, the power supply path 4 cannot be conducted, otherwise, the first electronic device and/or the second electronic device can be damaged.
The first electronic device and the second electronic device may be any device capable of providing electric energy and charging, such as a mobile phone, a computer, a tablet computer, a camera, a display and the like.
The connecting device 1 that this application first aspect provided sets up control module group 5 through corresponding power supply path 4 between first interface 2 and second interface 3 to switch on whether through control module group 5 control power supply path 4, thereby when using connecting device 1 at first electronic equipment and second electronic equipment, can control whether can charge the operation between the two through control module group 5, in order to avoid two electronic equipment to directly link the problem that the automatic charging caused the electronic equipment to damage easily after.
Further, referring to fig. 2, the connection device 1 provided in this embodiment further includes, in a specific implementation, a switch 6;
the switch 6 is disposed on the power path 4, and the switch 6 is connected to the control module 5 to turn on or off the power path 4 according to an instruction of the control module 5.
Specifically, in order to realize the control of the control module 5 on the conduction state of the Power path 4, the switch 6 is provided in this embodiment, the switch 6 may be a Power switch (Power switch) or a metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (Mosfet), the switch 6 is provided on the Power path 4, whether the switch 6 is turned on determines whether the Power path 4 is turned on, and then the switch 6 is connected to the control module 5, and the control module 5 only needs to control whether the switch 6 is turned on or off to correspondingly control whether the Power path 4 is turned on; for example: the switch 6 is controlled to be closed under the feedback of a certain predetermined signal so as to conduct the power path 4 to realize the transmission of the power signal between the first electronic device and the second electronic device.
Further, referring to fig. 2, the connection device 1 provided in this embodiment further includes, in a specific implementation, a first data channel 7 and a second data channel 8;
the first data channel 7 connects the first interface 2 and the control module 5, and the second data channel 8 connects the second interface 3 and the control module 5;
wherein the control module 5 is capable of determining a connection state between the first electronic device and the second electronic device through a conduction state between the first data channel 7 and the second data channel 8.
Specifically, in this embodiment, through the setting of the first data channel 7 and the second data channel 8, the control module 5 can determine whether a connection is established between the first electronic device and the second electronic device through the conduction condition of the first data channel 7 and the second data channel 8, and only if a connection is established between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, the control module 5 can control the conduction condition of the power supply path 4 on this basis.
Further, referring to fig. 2, the connection device 1 provided in this embodiment further includes, in a specific implementation, a configuration channel 9;
two ends of the configuration channel 9 are respectively connected to the first interface 2 and the second interface 3, and are used for configuring power supply/receiving information between the first electronic device and the second electronic device;
wherein, after the power supply/receiving information is configured, the control module 5 can control the switch 6 to turn on the power supply path 4 by the control module 5.
Specifically, in order to ensure that the control module 5 can control the conduction of the power supply path 4 after receiving a preset signal, and ensure the safety of power supply, the configuration channel 9 is provided in this embodiment, and the configuration channel 9 is directly connected to the first interface 2 and the second interface 3, and is used for performing handshake communication with power chips (PDs) in the first electronic device and the second electronic device, for example: handshaking with power supply chips (PDs) in the first electronic device and the second electronic device through the CC pin, obtaining respective power supply/reception configuration information, for example: voltage parameters, current parameters, power parameters, etc., so that the first electronic device and the second electronic device know power supply/receiving parameters of the electronic devices connected thereto, so as to determine the power supply device and the power receiving device in the first electronic device and the second electronic device, and provide corresponding power supply signals to the power supply path 4 after the power supply path is turned on; after the configuration channel 9 is conducted, that is, after the handshake is successful, that is, the predetermined signal is a signal that the configuration channel 9 successfully handshakes the two electronic devices, a power chip (PD) in the first electronic device and/or the second electronic device sends a signal to the control module 5 through the first data channel 7 and/or the second data channel 8, so that the control module 5 controls the switch 6 to be closed to conduct the power path 4, thereby implementing a charging process between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, and avoiding a problem of damage caused by charging when there is no power parameter communication between the first electronic device and the second electronic device.
Further, referring to fig. 2, in a specific implementation of the connection apparatus 1 provided in this embodiment, in a case that the first data channel 7 is conducted with the first electronic device and the second data channel 8 is conducted with the second electronic device, the connection apparatus 1 is capable of mutually transmitting a data signal between the first electronic device and the second electronic device.
Specifically, when the first electronic Device and the second electronic Device are both computers, a common USB data line cannot implement data transmission between the two computers, the connection Device 1 provided in this embodiment may implement data caching and then send out via a memory between the first data channel 7 and the second data channel 8 to implement data signal transmission between the two computers, and referring to fig. 4, a buffer Device (FIFO/Device Ctel) is provided in the connection Device 1 to perform data buffering; for example: the content of the data signal can be easily understood by those skilled in the art, and will not be described herein in detail.
Further, the buffer device in this embodiment is arranged in the following two ways:
first, referring to fig. 2, the present embodiment provides a connecting device 1, in a specific implementation, the control module 5 includes a first memory 51;
the first memory 51 is in communication with the first data channel 7 and the second data channel 8 to buffer data signals from the first electronic device and/or the second electronic device.
Specifically, in order to realize that the connection device 1 can perform data transmission between two computers, in this embodiment, the control module 5 is configured to include a first memory 51, where the first memory 51 has functions of data caching and storing, and data of the first electronic device and the second electronic device connected to the connection device 1 can be cached in the first memory 51 and then controlled by the control module 5 to be sent out, for example: when the first electronic device needs to send a file to the second electronic device, the file data is stored in the first memory 51 through the first data channel 7, and then the control module 5 transmits the file data to the second electronic device through the second data channel 8; the same principle for the second electronic device to send data to the first electronic device is not described herein. Of course, it is understood that: the control module 5 necessarily comprises a data transceiving unit and a receipt processing unit to realize the above functions.
And the second method comprises the following steps: referring to fig. 3, in a specific implementation of the connection device 1 provided in this embodiment, the connection device 1 further includes a second memory 52 connected to the control module 5, and the second memory 52 is in communication with the first data channel 7 and the second data channel 8 to buffer data signals from the first electronic device and/or the second electronic device.
Specifically, in order to realize that the connection device 1 can perform data transmission between two computers, in this embodiment, the second memory 52 is provided, the second memory 52 is a separately provided memory, and is connected to the control module 5, the second memory 52 has functions of data caching and storing, data of the first electronic device and the second electronic device connected to the connection device 1 can be cached in the second memory 52, and then is sent out under the control of the control module 5, for example: when the first electronic device needs to send a file to the second electronic device, the file data is stored in the second memory 52 through the first data channel 7, and then the control module 5 transmits the file data to the second electronic device through the second data channel 8; the same principle of sending data to the first electronic device by the second electronic device is not described herein.
Further, in the connection apparatus 1 provided in this embodiment, in a specific implementation, the control module 5 includes a bridge chip and/or a microcontroller, and the first memory 51 is a storage space of the bridge chip or the microcontroller.
Specifically, in order to implement the data transceiving and analysis processing functions of the control module 5, in this embodiment, the control module 5 is set as a bridge chip or a microcontroller, or the bridge chip and the microcontroller exist at the same time; the bridge chip is a chip capable of realizing bidirectional switching, and the microcontroller is a controller with data transceiving, analysis processing and program editing functions; when the bridging chip and the microcontroller exist at the same time, the transmission performance of the connecting device 1 can be improved, and the problem that the connecting device 1 fails due to the fact that one of the bridging chip and the microcontroller breaks down is avoided; when the control module 5 includes the first memory 51, the first memory 51 is a memory space of a bridge chip or a microcontroller, and is used for caching data; when the connection device 1 includes the second memory 52 and is connected with the control module 5, the second memory 52 is a separate memory space, and the second memory 52 is connected with the bridge chip and/or the microcontroller as an external memory space.
Further, referring to fig. 5, in the connection device 1 provided in this embodiment, in a specific implementation, the first data channel 7 and the second data channel 8 are formed to communicate with each other, and a data transmission channel created based on at least a general driver, a human-computer interaction interface, or a remote network driver interface specification is formed.
Specifically, in order to make the coverage of data transmission between the first electronic device and the second electronic device connected to the connection device 1 wider, in this embodiment, the first data channel 7 and the second data channel 8 are set to be communicated to form a data transmission channel created based on at least a universal driver (WINUSB), a human-machine interface (HID), or a Remote Network Driver Interface (RNDIS) specification; when file data transmission is performed between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, the required rate does not need to be particularly large, and a universal driver (WINUSB) is selected, for example: acquiring file data by an application layer of an electronic device, sending the file data to a corresponding drive layer through a first interface 2, sending the file data to a physical layer, namely, a first memory 51 or a second memory 52 by the drive layer to occupy, and then sending the file data to an application layer of a second electronic device through a second interface 3 according to a corresponding path; when the first electronic device and the second electronic device perform display data communication, for example: the screen projection sharing requires a data channel with a large bandwidth, and further, the transmission of display (video) data can be performed through a Remote Network Driver Interface (RNDIS), for example: the method comprises the steps that display data are obtained by an application layer used for displaying of an electronic device, are sent to a corresponding driving layer through a first interface 2, are sent to a physical layer through the driving layer, namely are occupied by a first memory 51 or a second memory 52, and are sent to a display application layer of a second electronic device through a second interface 3 according to a corresponding path; when mouse key sharing is performed between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, a human-computer interaction interface (HID) can be selected for transmission, and the principle is the same as above, and will not be described herein. Specifically, the three data channel types or the data transmission protocol types may allow the SSTX data signal (super high speed transmission signal) and the SSRX data signal (super high speed reception signal) belonging to the USB3.0 data signal and the DP/DM data signal (general serial data positive signal/negative signal) belonging to the USB2.0 data signal to pass through.
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The embodiment of the application provides an electronic device, which comprises the connecting device 1.
Specifically, the connection device 1 is the connection device 1 described in embodiment 1, and for the specific structure and the working principle, please refer to the detailed description of embodiment 1, which is not repeated herein.
The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and shall be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

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1. A connection device, comprising:
the first interface and the second interface can be respectively connected with first electronic equipment and second electronic equipment so as to establish connection between the first electronic equipment and the second electronic equipment;
a power supply path, both ends of which are respectively connected to the first interface and the second interface, for transmitting power signals between the first electronic device and the second electronic device;
the control module is arranged between the first interface and the second interface and can control the on-off of the power supply channel so as to control the power transmission between the first electronic equipment and the second electronic equipment.
2. The connection device according to claim 1, wherein:
the device also comprises a switch;
the switch is arranged on the power supply path and connected with the control module so as to switch on or switch off the power supply path according to the instruction of the control module.
3. The connection device of claim 1,
the device also comprises a first data channel and a second data channel;
the first data channel is connected with the first interface and the control module, and the second data channel is connected with the second interface and the control module;
wherein the control module is capable of determining a connection state between the first electronic device and the second electronic device through a conduction state between the first data channel and the second data channel.
4. The connection device according to claim 2, wherein:
the system also comprises a configuration channel;
two ends of the configuration channel are respectively connected to the first interface and the second interface, and are used for configuring power supply/receiving information between the first electronic device and the second electronic device;
and after the power supply/receiving information is configured, the control module can control the switch to conduct the power supply path.
5. The connection device of claim 3, wherein:
under the condition that the first data channel is conducted with the first electronic device and the second data channel is conducted with the second electronic device, the connecting device can transmit data signals between the first electronic device and the second electronic device.
6. The connection device according to claim 5, wherein:
the control module comprises a first memory;
the first memory is communicated with the first data channel and the second data channel to buffer data signals from the first electronic device and/or the second electronic device.
7. The connection device of claim 5, further comprising a second memory connected to the control module, the second memory in communication with the first data channel and the second data channel to buffer data signals from the first electronic device and/or the second electronic device.
8. The connection device according to claim 6, wherein the control module comprises a bridge chip and/or a microcontroller, and the first memory is a memory space of the bridge chip or the microcontroller.
9. The connection device according to claim 3, wherein the first data channel and the second data channel are connected to form a data transmission channel created based on at least a general driver, a human-machine interaction interface, or a remote network driver interface specification.
10. An electronic device, comprising
A connection device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9.
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