USB Type-C and Power Delivery | Cypress Semiconductor
USB Type-C and Power Delivery
New Update: Learn about the Cypress EZ-PD™ Barrel Connector Replacement controller for electronic devices
New Update: Learn about the Cypress Automotive USB-C controllers, for automotive charger ports
New Update: Learn about the Cypress EZ-PD™ CCG6 controller for PC, Notebook Applications
USB Type-C is the new USB-IF standard that solves several challenges faced by today's Type-A and Type-B cables and connectors. USB Type-C uses a slimmer connector (measuring only 2.4-mm in height) to allow for increasing miniaturization of consumer and industrial products. The USB Type-C standard is gaining rapid support by enabling small form-factor, easy-to-use connectors and cables with the ability to transmit multiple protocols and offer power delivery up to 100 W – a significant improvement over the 7.5 W for previous standards.
USB Type-C Highlights
- - Brand new reversible connector, measuring only 2.4-mm in height
- - Compliant with USB Power Delivery 2.0, providing up to 100 W
- - Double the bandwidth of USB 3.0, increasing to 10 Gbps with SuperSpeed+ USB3.1
- - Combines multiple protocols in a single cable, including DisplayPort™, PCIe® or Thunderbolt™
For more information on Type-C technology and its applications, please watch the training video available here. This training video explains the technological advances introduced with the new USB IF’s Type-C Specification. It also shows how USB-Type-C can be designed into practical products. The four applications covered in this video are: host design, cable design, peripheral design and power adapter design. Working prototype of Reference Designs are presented for each application area along with design and debug tools.
Cypress’s Type-C controllers are based on Cypress’s PSoC® 4 programmable system-on-chip architecture, which includes programmable analog and digital blocks, an Arm® Cortex®-M0 core and 32 KB of flash memory. This product family is driving the industry’s first Type-C products with top-tier PC makers, enabling them to bring these USB Type-C benefits to market. Cypress has reference designs readily available for EMCA and dongle applications. These are available online and could be used to speed-up our customers design cycle.
USB Type-C Power Delivery and Connectivity – Now supporting USB PD 3.0
Our broad portfolio of USB Type-C and Power Delivery solutions now supports USB PD 3.0!
Get the USB PD 3.0 advantage
Choose from Cypress’ EZ-PD Solutions that:
- Enable higher power delivery over USB
- Allow for broader and more optimal use of power sources via Fast Role Swap
- Support extended messaging (28 Bytes in USB PD 2.0 and 260 Bytes in USB PD 3.0)
- Enhance bus utilization
- Improve battery management
- Interoperate with legacy USB PD 2.0 systems
For more information on our products and USB PD 3.0 support, read the Press Release.
Table: CCGx Feature Comparison at a Glance
| Features | CCG1 | CCG2 | CCG3 | CCG3PA | CCG4/4M | CCG5/5C | CCG6 | BCR |
| Number of Type-C+PD ports | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2/1 | 1 | 1 |
| Integrated Arm Cortex M0 MCU at 48 MHz | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A |
| Memory (Flash, SRAM) | 32KB, 4KB | 32KB, 4KB | 128KB, 8KB | 64KB, 8KB | 128KB, 8KB | 128KB, 12KB | 128KB, 12KB | N/A |
| VBUS Short protection to CC and SBU pins | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Serial Communication Blocks (I2C/SPI/UART) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Integrated BillBoard Class FS USB 2.0 Device | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Hardware Authentication Block (Crypto) | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Support for PPS (QC4.0) spec | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Total GPIOs | 11 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 24 | 28 / 15 | 17 | N/A |
| Integrated VCONN FETs | No | No | 1 pair | No | 2 pairs | 2 pairs / 1 pair | 1 pair | No |
| Integrated 20V VBUS NFET/PFET Gate Drivers | No | No | 4 (NFET/PFET) | 2 (PFET) | No | 2 (PFET) / 1 (PFET) |
1 (PFET) | No |
| Integrated VBUS Discharge Drivers | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VBUS Powered | No | No | 24 V | 30 V | No | Yes | Yes | 30V |
| Supply Voltage | 1.71 – 5.5 V | 2.7 – 5.5 V | 2.7 – 21.5 V | 2.7 – 21.5 V | 2.7 – 5.5 V | 2.7 – 21.5 V / 2.75 – 21.5 V | 2.75 – 21.5 V | 3 – 24.5 V |
| Integrated ADCs for OVP and OCP detection | 1 ch 12-bit SAR | 1 ch 8-bit SAR | 1 ch 8-bit SAR | 2 ch 8-bit SAR | 4 ch 8-bit SAR | 2 ch 8-bit SAR / 1 ch 8-bit SAR | 1 ch 8-bit SAR | 1 ch 8-bit SAR |
| Dedicated VBUS OCP & OVP | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Load Switch Controller (VBUS RCP & SCP Detection) | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| BC 1.2, Apple Charging, QC3.0, AFC | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (BC 1.3, Apple Charging) |
| ESD Protection ±8-kV Contact, ±15-kV Air | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes / No | Human Body Model Only | Yes |
| Package | 35-CSP, 40-QFN, 16-SOIC |
24-QFN, 14-DFN, 20-CSP |
40-QFN, 42-CSP |
16-SOIC, 24-QFN |
40-QFN | 96-BGA / 40-QFN | 40-QFN | 24-QFN |
| Datasheet | CCG1 | CCG2 | CCG3 | CCG3PA | CCG6 | BCR | ||
| Software tools | N/A | EZ-PD™ Configuration Utility
EZ-PD SDK v3.0.2 |
EZ-PD™ Configuration Utility
EZ-PD Host Software development Kit (Host Application) EZ-PD SDK v3.0.2 (Cable Adapter) |
EZ-PD™ Configuration Utility
EZ-PD CCGx Power Software Development Kit |
EZ-PD™ Configuration Utility
EZ-PD Host Software development Kit |
EZ-PD™ Configuration Utility
EZ-PD Host Software development Kit |
EZ-PD™ Configuration Utility
EZ-PD Host Software development Kit |
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CY4533 EZ-PD™ BCR Evaluation Kit:The CY4533 EZ-PD™ Barrel Connector Replacement (BCR) Evaluation Kit (EVK) is based on the BCR product in Cypress’ USB Type-C and Power Delivery controllers. Price: $25.00 |
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CY4532 EZ-PD™ CCG3PA Evaluation Kit:The EZ-PD™ CY4532 CCG3PA Evaluation Kit (EVK) is based on the CCG3PA product family (CYPD37xx) of Cypress's USB Type-C controller with Power Delivery for Power Adapters, Power Bank, Car Chargers. Price: $259.00 |
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CY4521 EZ-PD™ CCG2 Evaluation Kit: The CY4521 EZ-PD CCG2 Evaluation Kit is used to emulate a USB Type-C Host system. This kit features a Type-C host board along with a CCG2 daughter card. Price: $199.00 |
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CY4500 EZ-PD™ Protocol Analyzer: The CY4500 EZ-PD™ Protocol Analyzer records traffic passively on the Configuration Channel (CC) and allows user to analyze and debug USB Power Delivery communication. Price: $199.00 |
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The CY4501 CCG1 Development Kit (DVK) is based on the CCG1 product family (CYPD11xx) of Cypress’s USB microcontrollers. This DVK is primarily intended to be a development vehicle for USB host and client systems that house a Type-C connector as well as for EMCA cables. Price: $499.00 |
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CY4502 EZ-PD™ CCG2 Development Kit The CY4502 EZ-PD™ CCG2 Development Kit is used to emulate a smart cable with an embedded Type-C controller at both ends. This Kit features a space-saving 20-ball WLCSP package Price: $49.00 |
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CY4531 EZ-PD CCG3 Evaluation Kit: The CY4531 EZ-PD CCG3 Evaluation Kit is used to emulate a USB Type-C Host system. This kit features a Type-C host board along with a CCG3 daughter card. Price: $249.00 |
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CY4541 EZ-PD™ CCG4 Evaluation Kit: The CY4541 EZ-PD CCG4 Evaluation Kit is used to emulate a USB Type-C Host system. This kit features a Type-C host board along with a CCG4 daughter card. Price: $299.00 |
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Cypress has developed numerous Type-C reference designs using CCGx to help reduce your design cycle time, effort and risk. Each reference design has been built and tested.
| Applications | CCG1 | CCG2 | CCG3 | CCG4 | CCG3PA | CMG1 |
| Electronically Marked Cable Assembly (EMCA) | Available | Available | - | - | - | Available |
| Type-C to Legacy USB | Available | - | - | - | - | - |
| Type-C to DisplayPort | Available | Available | Available | - | - | - |
| Type-C to HDMI/VGA/DVI | Available | Available | Available | - | - | - |
| Monitor/Dock | - | Available | - | Available | - | - |
| Charge-Through Dongle | - | - | Available | - | - | - |
| 18W Power Adapter | - | Available | - | - | - | - |
| 20W Power Adapter | - | Available | - | - | - | - |
| 24W Power Adapter | - | Available | - | - | - | - |
| Car Charger | - | Available Available |
- | - | Available (Southchip) Available (Active-Semi) |
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| Power Bank | - | Available | Available | - |
Coming Soon (Southchip 18W) |
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| QC4.0 Cell Phone chargers 27W | - | - | - | - | Available (Power Integration) Available (Diodes) |
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| Notebook Adapter 45W | - | - | - | - | Available (MPS) |
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| HDMI over USB-C Alternate Mode | - | - | Available | - | - | - |
Please submit a case in the Online Tech Support Case System for any further information.
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EZ-PD™ CCGx Power Software Development Kit
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EZ-PD™ Configuration
Utility
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