TW202332150A - Expansion adapter with specific function ic component - Google Patents

Abstract

An expansion adapter includes a circuit board, a plurality of expansion connectors, a USB C-Type connector, a hub IC component and a specific function IC component. The expansion connectors are electrically connected on an edge of the circuit board. The USB C-Type connector is electrically connected to the circuit board and has a circuit substrate thereon. The hub IC component is electrically connected to the circuit board. The specific function IC component is electrically connected on the circuit substrate. Moreover, the USB C-Type connector receives a data, a command and a power, and after processing and converting by the specific function IC component, the data, the command and the power are transmitted to the hub IC component, and then distributed by the hub IC component, to output to the corresponding expansion connectors.

Description

Expansion adapter with specific function IC components

The invention relates to an expansion adapter, in particular to an expansion adapter with IC elements capable of expanding specific functions.

In the past, traditional personal computers communicated with the outside world through various connectors on the I/O interface, such as Universal Serial Bus (USB) connectors, External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment , eSATA) connector, Firewire (Fire wire, or IEEE 1394) and audio connector (Audio Jack). Although very convenient, setting these connectors on the motherboard inside the computer will occupy a considerable proportion of the configuration space on the motherboard.

In view of this, someone proposes an expansion device. This expansion device is a USB hub (USB HUB). It is quite practical for people who use the device to work, process files or even play games. Although, the USB hub provides external expansion and connection to many peripheral devices, there are no other additional functions that can be used.

Therefore, how to make the above-mentioned USB hub keep up with the evolution of the connector is a subject that those skilled in the art would like to discuss.

Therefore, the main purpose of the present invention is to solve the traditional deficiencies. The present invention builds a specific function IC component on the expansion adapter, allowing users to use it in addition to the original function of connecting multiple peripheral devices. Application programs with specific additional functions can be used, so that users no longer need to load them on their personal computers.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the present invention provides an expansion adapter with specific function IC components, the expansion adapter includes: a circuit board, a plurality of expansion connectors, a USB C-Type connector, a hub IC component and A specific function IC component. The expansion connectors are electrically connected to the edge of the circuit board. The USB C-Type connector is electrically connected with the circuit board and has a circuit substrate on it. The hub IC component is electrically connected with the circuit board. The specific function IC element is electrically connected to the circuit substrate. Among them, the USB C-Type connector receives data, commands and power, and after being processed and converted by specific functional IC components, the data, commands and power are transmitted to the hub IC component, and then distributed by the hub IC component, to output to the corresponding expansion connectors.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the specific function IC device is a file or file encryption chip, a macro chip, a noise reduction chip, a signal enhancement chip, a sensor chip or a super-connected chip.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the expansion connectors include a USB C-Type female head, a USB2.0 female head, a USB3.0 female head, a power socket and a high-definition multimedia interface female head.

In one embodiment of the present invention, a display port connector, an external serial high-tech configuration connector, an NGFF connector, a Wi-Fi module or a near field communication module are added on the circuit board. at least one of them.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the USB C-Type connector is a female USB C-Type connector.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the expansion adapter further includes a housing for covering the circuit board, the USB C-Type connector, the specific function IC components, the hub IC components and the Expansion connector.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the present invention also provides an expansion adapter with specific function IC components, the expansion adapter includes: a circuit board, a plurality of expansion connectors, a transmission wire, a hub IC component and a specific function IC components. The expansion connectors are electrically connected to the edge of the circuit board. One end of the transmission wire has a USB C-Type connector male head, and the other end is electrically connected with the circuit board. The USB C-Type connector male head has a circuit substrate inside. The hub IC component is electrically connected with the circuit board. The specific function IC element is electrically connected to the circuit substrate. Among them, the male head of the USB C-Type connector receives data, commands and power, and after being processed and converted by specific functional IC components, the data, commands and power are transmitted to the hub IC component, and then the hub IC component performs assigned to output to the corresponding expansion connectors.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the specific function IC device is a file or file encryption chip, a macro chip, a noise reduction chip, a signal enhancement chip, a sensor chip or a super-connected chip.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the expansion connectors include a USB C-Type female head, a USB2.0 female head, a USB3.0 female head, a power socket and a high-definition multimedia interface female head.

In one embodiment of the present invention, a display port connector, an external serial high-tech configuration connector, an NGFF connector, a Wi-Fi module or a near field communication module are added on the circuit board. at least one of them.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the expansion adapter further includes a housing for covering the circuit board, the USB C-Type connector, the specific function IC components, the hub IC components and the Expansion connector.

The technical content and detailed description of the present invention are hereby described as follows in conjunction with the drawings:

Please refer to FIGS. 1-3 , which are exploded schematic diagrams of the expansion adapter according to the first embodiment of the present invention, a perspective view of the external appearance of the expansion adapter in FIG. 1 , and a schematic front view in FIG. 2 . As shown in the figure: the present invention is an expansion adapter with specific functional IC components, the expansion adapter 1 mainly includes a circuit board 11, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) C-Type connector 12 , a specific function IC (Integrated Circuit, IC) component 13 , a hub IC component 14 and multiple expansion connectors 15 .

The USB C-Type connector 12 , the hub IC component 14 and the expansion connectors 15 are respectively electrically connected to the circuit board 11 and connected to each other through the circuit board 11 .

The USB C-type connector 12 is disposed on the front edge of the circuit board 11 , and the expansion connectors 15 are jointly disposed on the rear edge of the circuit board 11 . However, in other embodiments, the USB C-type connector 12 and the expansion connectors 15 can be respectively arranged on any part of the circuit board 11, and can also be separately arranged on the top of the circuit board 11. Surface and bottom should not be limited. In this figure, the USB C-type connector 12 is a female USB C-type connector.

Generally speaking, the USB C-Type connector 12 has a circuit board 121 inside the USB C-Type connector female head. The tongue 122 at the front end of the circuit board 121 has at least 24 terminals, including at least four power terminals. Terminals (4th, 9th on the upper layer and 4th, 9th on the lower layer), four grounding terminals (1st, 12th on the upper layer and 1st, 12th on the lower layer), twelve differential terminals (2nd, 3rd, 6th on the upper layer , 7, 10, 11 and lower 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11), two selection terminals (upper 5th and lower 5th) and two reserved terminals (upper 8th and lower The 8th root in the lower layer). Therefore, the USB C-Type connector male head can definitely support the USB C-Type female head 151, the USB3.0 female head 152, the USB2.0 female head 153, and the power socket 154 shown in FIG. And the HDMI female head 155.

The specific function IC component 13 is electrically fixed on the circuit substrate 121 , and is electrically connected with external electronic equipment through the USB C-Type connector 12 . It is worth mentioning that the specific function IC element 13 is a file or file encryption chip (Encryption file chip), macro chip (Macro chip), noise reduction chip (Noise reduction chip), signal enhancement function chip (Repeater function chip) , Sensing chip (Sensor chip) or super link chip (Super link chip). The file or file encryption chip is a file or file encryption function. The macro chip has the ability to formulate a macro command setting program to execute the macro command management setting program to perform custom keyboard or recording macro command settings; in the custom keyboard setting, multiple groups of personal configuration files can be customized first , set a single command or a macro command in each personal configuration file, and each personal configuration file corresponds to define a toggle key. The noise reduction chip is used to eliminate the noise signal heard in the earphone. The signal enhancement function chip is a signal amplifier function, which can enhance the signal quality of each interface. The sensing chip is used to sense the environment, such as temperature, humidity, smog, gas and so on. The super connected crystal chip is capable of connecting two computer devices, and can share the keyboard/mouse/data between the two devices.

The hub IC component 14 is electrically connected to the expansion connectors 15 through the circuit board 11 , and the expansion adapter 1 is respectively connected to the expansion electronic devices (not shown) of different interfaces through the expansion connectors 15 . In this embodiment, the data, commands and power are mainly received from the USB C-Type connector 12, and after being processed and converted by the specific function IC component 13, the above data, command and power are transmitted to the hub IC component 14, And then distributed by the hub IC component 14 to output to the corresponding expansion connectors 15 . In this way, the expansion adapter 1 transmits the above-mentioned data, commands and power to corresponding external expansion electronic devices (not shown in the figure) via the expansion connectors 15 .

These expansion connectors 15 include: a USB C-Type female head 151, a USB3.0 female head 152, a USB2.0 female head 153, a power socket (DC Jack) 154 and a high-definition multimedia interface ( High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) female connector 155 is used as an example, but not limited. The USB C-type connector 12 generally has 24 built-in terminals (as mentioned above), within the range supported by the number of terminals of the USB C-type connector 12, the number and types of these expansion connectors 15 can be determined according to the actual situation. Changes may be made as necessary and are not limited to the above.

The expansion adapter 1 also has a housing 16, which is used to cover the circuit board 11, the USB C-Type connector 12, the specific function IC components 13, the hub IC components 14 and these Expansion connector 15. Wherein, the USB C-Type connector 12 is a USB C-Type connector female head, for plugging a transmission line (not shown) with a USB C-Type connector male head and an external main electronic device (not shown in the figure). not shown) are electrically connected. The connector interfaces of the expansion connectors 15 are respectively exposed outside the housing 16 for connecting transmission lines, and are respectively connected with external expansion electronic devices (not shown in the figure) through the transmission lines.

Referring to FIG. 4 , it is a schematic diagram of the electrical connection between the expansion adapter of the present invention and the external main electronic device and multiple expansion electronic devices. In this embodiment, the main electronic device 2 is a notebook computer as an example, and the example is not limited. The expansion adapter 1 is plugged into an external transmission line (with a USB C-Type connector male head) 21 through the USB C-Type connector 12 , and connected to the main electronic device 2 through the transmission line 21 .

The multiple expansion electronic devices 3 include a display 31, and the display 31 can be connected to the expansion adapter 1 (specifically, connected to the HDMI female head 155 on the expansion adapter 1) through the HDMI interface. Thereby, the display 31 can be connected to the main electronic device 2 through the expansion adapter 1 , and receive and play the multimedia data transmitted by the main electronic device 2 .

These expansion electronic devices 3 also include a flash drive 32, which can be connected to the expansion adapter 1 through the USB2.0 or the USB3.0 interface (specifically, connected to the expansion adapter 1 The USB2.0 female head 153 or the USB3.0 female head 152). Thereby, the flash drive 32 can be connected to the main electronic device 2 through the expansion adapter 1, receive the power transmitted by the main electronic device 2 for operation, receive and store the data transmitted by the main electronic device 2, and simultaneously accept The main electronic device 2 is an instruction to access data in the flash drive 32 .

These expansion electronic devices 3 also include a power supply 33, which can be plugged into the expansion adapter 1 through the power plug at one end of the power supply 33 (specifically, plugged into the expansion adapter 1). power socket 154). One end of the power supply 33 can be connected to the main electronic device 2 through the expansion adapter 1, and the other end is electrically connected to the mains 34, whereby the power supply 33 can receive the AC power provided by the mains 34, and After processing such as AC-DC conversion, filtering, amplification, etc., the power required for the operation of the main electronic device 2 is provided.

These extended electronic devices 3 also include an extended computer 35 , a notebook computer is taken as an example in FIG. 4 , but it is not limited thereto. The extension computer 35 can be connected to the extension adapter 1 through the USB C-Type interface (specifically, connected to the USB C-Type female head 151 on the extension adapter 1). In this way, the expansion computer 35 can be connected to the main electronic device 2 through the expansion adapter 1 , and exchange necessary power, data and commands with the main electronic device 2 .

Please refer to FIGS. 5-6 , which are three-dimensional appearances of the expansion adapter and schematic diagrams of the electrical connection between the expansion adapter and the external main electronic device and multiple expansion electronic devices according to the second embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure: this embodiment is roughly the same as the first embodiment, the difference is that the expansion adapter 1 uses a USB C-Type connector 12 as a USB C-Type connector male head 120a transmission wire 12a instead. One end of the transmission wire 12a is electrically connected to the circuit board 11 of the expansion adapter 1, and the USB C-Type connector male 120a has an internal connection with the USB C-Type connector (female) 12 of the first embodiment. In the same circuit substrate 121a, the specific function IC element 13 is electrically connected to the circuit substrate 121a.

The male head 120a of the USB C-Type connector on the transmission wire 12a is electrically connected with the external main electronic device 2, and receives the data, instructions and power of the main electronic device 2, and processes and communicates with the specific function IC component 13. After conversion, the above data, commands and power are transmitted to the hub IC component 14 , and then distributed by the hub IC component 14 to output to the corresponding expansion connectors 15 .

The expansion adapter 1 is connected to the display 31 through the HDMI female 155 , connected to the power supply 33 through the power socket 154 , connected to the flash drive through the USB2.0 female 153 or the USB3.0 female 152 32. Connect the expansion computer 35 through the USB C-Type female head 151. The difference is that in this embodiment, the expansion adapter 1 is plugged into an external transmission line 21 through the USB C-Type connector 12 a, and is connected to the main electronic device 2 through the transmission line 21 .

The effect that the present invention can achieve through the expansion adapter 1 is that the main electronic device 2 only needs to have a USB C-Type connector female head, and the expansion adapter 1 of this case can be connected with external multiple An electronic device, such as the display 31, the flash drive 32, the power supply 33, and the expansion computer 35 are connected to transmit power, data and instructions. Although these expansion electronic devices 3 respectively adopt different transmission interfaces, the main electronic device 2 only needs to have a USB C-Type connector female head to connect the expansion adapter 1 of the present invention to simultaneously support these It is quite convenient to expand the transmission interface used by the electronic device 3 .

Further, in the first and second embodiments of the present invention, the expansion connectors 15 are in addition to the above-mentioned USB C-Type female head 151, the USB3.0 female head 152, the USB2.0 female head 153, and the power socket (DC Jack) 154 and the high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) female head 155, the expansion device 1 can also add other connection interfaces when the space of the circuit board 11 permits, to increase the expansion device 1 practicality and compatibility. Preferably, the expansion device 1 can also add a display port (Display Port) connector, an external serial high-tech configuration (external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment, e-SATA) connector, an NGFF (Next - at least one of a Generation Form Factor (Generation Form Factor) connector, a Wi-Fi module, or a Near Field Communication (NFC) module.

However, the above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of patent protection of the present invention. Therefore, all equivalent changes made by using the description or drawings of the present invention are all included in the rights of the present invention in the same way. Within the scope of protection, I agree with Chen Ming.

1: Expansion Adapter

11: Circuit board

12:USB C-Type connector

121, 121a: circuit substrate

12a: Transmission wire

120a: USB C-Type connector male

13: Specific function IC components

14: Hub IC components

15: Expansion connector

151:USB C-Type female

152:USB3.0 female head

153: USB2.0 female head

154: power socket

155:HDMI female

16: Shell

2: Main electronics

21: Transmission line

3: Expansion of electronic devices

31: Display

32: Pen drive

33: Power supply

34: mains electricity

35: Expansion computer

Fig. 1 is an exploded schematic view of the expansion adapter of the first embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the appearance of the expansion adapter in Figure 1;

Fig. 3 is a schematic front view of Fig. 2 .

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the electrical connection between the expansion adapter of the present invention and the external main electronic device and multiple expansion electronic devices.

Fig. 5 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the appearance of the expansion adapter according to the second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the electrical connection between the expansion adapter and the external main electronic device and multiple expansion electronic devices according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

1: Expansion Adapter

11: Circuit board

12:USB C-Type connector

121: circuit substrate

13: Specific function IC components

14: Hub IC components

15: Expansion connector

151:USB C-Type female

152:USB3.0 female head

153: USB2.0 female head

154: power socket

155:HDMI female

Claims (11)

An expansion adapter with IC components with specific functions, the expansion adapter includes: a circuit board; A plurality of expansion connectors are electrically connected to the edge of the circuit board; A USB C-Type connector is electrically connected to the circuit board and has a circuit substrate on it; A hub IC component is electrically connected to the circuit board; An IC component with a specific function is electrically connected to the circuit substrate; Among them, the USB C-Type connector receives data, instructions and power, and after being processed and converted by the specific function IC component, the data, the command and the power are transmitted to the hub IC component, and then the hub IC component Assign the output to the corresponding expansion connectors. The expansion adapter with specific function IC components as described in claim 1, wherein the specific function IC components are file or file encryption chips, macro chips, noise reduction chips, signal enhancement chips, sensing chips or super Even crystal slices. The expansion adapter with specific function IC components as described in claim 1, wherein the expansion connectors include a USB C-Type female head, a USB2.0 female head, a USB3.0 female head, and a power supply socket and a high-definition multimedia interface female head. The expansion adapter with IC components with specific functions as described in claim 1, wherein a display port connector, an external serial high-tech configuration connector, an NGFF connector, a Wi- At least one of a Fi module or a near field communication module. The expansion adapter with IC components with specific functions as described in claim 1, wherein the USB C-Type connector is a female USB C-Type connector. The expansion adapter with specific function IC components as described in claim 5, wherein, the expansion adapter further includes a shell, and the shell is used to cover the circuit board, the USB C-Type connector, the specific Functional IC components, the hub IC component and the expansion connectors. An expansion adapter with IC components with specific functions, the expansion adapter includes: a circuit board; A plurality of expansion connectors are electrically connected to the edge of the circuit board; A transmission wire, one end of which has a USB C-Type connector male head, and the other end is electrically connected to the circuit board, and the USB C-Type connector male head has a circuit substrate inside; A hub IC component is electrically connected to the circuit board; An IC component with a specific function is electrically connected to the circuit substrate; Wherein, the male head of the USB C-Type connector receives data, instructions and power, and after being processed and converted by the specific function IC component, the data, the command and the power are transmitted to the hub IC component, and then the hub The IC components are assigned to output to the corresponding expansion connectors. The expansion adapter with specific function IC components as described in claim 7, wherein the specific function IC components are file or file encryption chips, macro chips, noise reduction chips, signal enhancement function chips, sensing chips or super Even crystal slices. The expansion adapter with specific functional IC components as described in claim 7, wherein the expansion connectors include a USB C-Type female head, a USB2.0 female head, a USB3.0 female head, and a power supply socket and a high-definition multimedia interface female head. The expansion adapter with IC components with specific functions as described in claim 7, wherein a display port connector, an external serial high-tech configuration connector, an NGFF connector, a Wi- At least one of a Fi module or a near field communication module. The expansion adapter with specific function IC components as described in claim 7, wherein, the expansion adapter further includes a shell, and the shell is used to cover the circuit board, the USB C-Type connector, the specific Functional IC components, the hub IC component and the expansion connectors.

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