How to Address USB Type-C™ Transmitter and Receiver Test Challenges

How to Address USB Type-C™ Transmitter and Receiver Test Challenges

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Overview

USB Type-CTM is a breakthrough standard designed to meet the demand for technology that supports new, ever smaller and thinner computers and devices, higher-speed data, and more power and flexibility. Key USB Type-C areas of focus include the connection between devices, managing power, and ensuring valid data transmissions. The USB Type-C connection provides:

  • Dynamic power and transmission of USB 2.0 with other protocols
  • The ability to be a key interface for many new and future devices
  • Backward compatibility
  • Ease-of-use as a result of reversibility

Design and test engineers face a number of challenges as they work to integrate USB Type-C into their products, while ensuring interoperability and achieving test compliance. Because USB Type-C compliance test standards have increased and become more complex due to higher data transmission speeds, more power, and additional functionality, successful testing requires highly accurate and standard-compliant test instruments, software, and fixtures.