ADAPTER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE ADAPTER

• US 20190058285A1
• Filed: 08/17/2017
• Published: 02/21/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation (Wistron Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation (Wistron Corporation)
• Inventors: YAO, YI-WEI, HUANG, KUO-FENG
• Granted Patent: US 10,218,115 B1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/2492 multiple contact points
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/516 Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing , hoods
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/62 Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6278 comprising a pin snapping into a recess
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2107/00 Four or more poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2201/06 for computer periphery
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/28 Coupling parts carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts and secured only to wire or cable
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/58 Contacts spaced along longitudinal axis of engagement
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/86 Parallel contacts arranged about a common axis
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 29/00 Coupling parts for selective co-operation with a counterpart in different ways to establish different circuits, e.g. for voltage selection, for series-parallel selection, programmable connectors
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 31/065 with built-in electric apparatus

Abstract

An adapter for connecting to a connector in a first direction is provided. The adapter includes a plurality of signal pins, arranged in a loop, a power pin, configured to transmit a power signal to the connector, and a detection circuit, coupled to the power pin and the plurality of signal pins. A feedback signal is provided by the connector in response to the power signal that is transmitted through one of the plurality of signal pins, and an interface of the connector is identified by the detection circuit and a pin order of the adapter is defined by the detection circuit according to the feedback signal.

Claims

1. An adapter for connecting to a connector in a first direction, comprising:

a plurality of signal pins, arranged in a loop;

a power pin, configured to transmit a power signal to the connector; and

a detection circuit, coupled to the power pin and the plurality of signal pins, wherein a feedback signal provided by the connector in response to the power signal is transmitted through one of the plurality of signal pins;

wherein an interface of the connector is identified by the detection circuit and a pin order of the adapter is defined by the detection circuit according to the feedback signal.

2. The adapter according to claim 1, wherein the pin order of the adapter is re-defined by the detection circuit when the connector is connected to the adapter in a second direction.

3. The adapter according to claim 1, wherein the loop is in a circular shape and the power pin is surrounded by the plurality of signal pins.

4. The adapter according to claim 1, further comprising:

an adapter housing; and

a plurality of ground pins;

wherein the plurality of ground pins and the plurality of signal pins are interleavingly-arranged on one of an inner surface and an outer surface of the adapter housing;

wherein the power pin is arranged at a center of the adapter housing.

5. The adapter according to claim 3, wherein an opening is further defined on the adapter housing, and the plurality of signal pins and the plurality of ground pins are closer to the opening than the power pin is.

6. The adapter according to claim 1, wherein the detection circuit includes a memory circuit stored with a look-up table, in the look-up table a plurality of voltage levels are stored, and the interface of the connector is identified by the detection circuit according to the voltage levels.

7. The adapter according to claim 1, wherein the signal pin receiving the feedback signal is defined as a feedback pin, and the pin order is defined clockwisely or counter clockwisely from the feedback pin.

8. The adapter according to claim 6, further comprising:

a pin order switching circuit coupled to the detection circuit;

wherein the detection circuit controls the pin order switching circuit to switch a first pin connection relationship between the plurality of signal pins and a control circuit for connecting the connector with the adapter after the pin order is defined.

9. The adapter according to claim 7, further comprising:

an interface switching circuit coupled to the pin order switching circuit to switch a second pin connection relationship between the plurality of signal pins and the control circuit;

wherein the detection circuit controls the interface switching circuit for connecting the connector with the adapter after the interface of the connector is identified.

11. The adapter according to claim 9, wherein the detection circuit includes a memory circuit stored with a look-up table, in the look-up table a plurality of voltage levels are stored, and the interface of the connector is identified by the detection circuit according to the voltage levels;

wherein the adapter further comprises a pin order switching circuit coupled to the detection circuit, wherein the detection circuit controls the pin order switching circuit for connecting the connector with the adapter after the pin order is determined.

12. The adapter according to claim 11, further comprising:

an interface switching circuit coupled to the pin order switching circuit and the detection circuit;

wherein the detection circuit controls the interface switching circuit for connecting the connector with the adapter after the interface of the connector is identified.

10. An adapter for connecting with a connector, comprising:

a plurality of signal pins;

a plurality of ground pins;

a plurality of power pins configured to transmit a power signal to the connector; and

a detection circuit, coupled to the plurality of power pins and the plurality of signal pins;

wherein the plurality of signal pins, the plurality of ground pins and the plurality of power pins are interleavingly-arranged;

wherein a feedback signal provided by the connector according to the power signal is transmitted to one of the plurality of signal pins;

wherein an interface of the connector is identified by the detection circuit and a pin order of the adapter is defined by the detection circuit according to the feedback signal.

13. An electronic device, comprising:

a receptacle adapter, having a plurality of signal pins and a power pin, wherein the plurality of signal pins are arranged in a loop, the power pin is configured to transmit a power signal and the receptacle adapter is configured to receive a corresponding plug connector; and

a detection circuit, coupled to the power pin and the plurality of signal pins, wherein a feedback signal provided by the connector according to the power signal is transmitted to one of the plurality of signal pins in response to the corresponding plug connector being accommodated in the receptacle connector;

wherein an interface of the connector is identified by the detection circuit and a pin order of the adapter is determined by the detection circuit according to the feedback signal.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13, further comprising:

a pin order switching circuit coupled to the detection circuit;

wherein the detection circuit controls the pin order switching circuit to switch a first pin connection relationship between the plurality of signal pins and a control circuit for connecting the connector with the adapter after the pin order is determined.

15. The adapter according to claim 14, further comprising:

an interface switching circuit coupled to the pin order switching circuit and the detection circuit;

wherein the detection circuit controls the interface switching circuit to switch a second pin connection relationship between the plurality of signal pins and the control circuit for connecting the connector with the adapter after the interface of the connector is identified.