Connecting device and transmitting system using the same
View Patent ↗A connecting device able to allocate master and slave roles between two intelligent devices having On-The-Go functions, depending on the intelligent device connects at a first point in time to one of two connectors, the connecting device also includes a control circuit connected between the two connectors. The control circuit between the connectors maintains and controls the master-slave relationship between the two intelligent devices.
1. A connecting device configured for coupling between a first external device and a second external device, and the connecting device comprising:
a first socket comprising a first state pin, coupled to the first external device;
a second socket comprising a second state pin, coupled to the second external device; and
a control circuit coupled between the first socket and the second socket;
wherein the control circuit is configured for setting a master-slave relationship between the first external device and the second external device according to the order the first external device is inserted into the first socket and the second external device is inserted into the second socket;
wherein when the first external device is inserted into the first socket and the second external device is later inserted into the second socket, the state pin of the first socket is locked at a low-voltage level and the state pin of the second socket at a high-voltage level; when the second external device is inserted into the second socket and the first external device is later inserted into the first socket, the state pin of the first socket is locked at a high-voltage level and the state pin of the second socket at a low-voltage level.
2. The connecting device of claim 1 , wherein when the first external device is inserted into the first socket and the second external device is later inserted into the second socket, the control circuit sets the first external device as a host device, and the control circuit sets the second external device as a slave device.
3. The connecting device of claim 2 , wherein when the second external device is inserted into the second socket and the first external device is later inserted into the first socket, the control circuit sets the second external device as a host device, and the control circuit sets the first external device as a slave device.
4. The connecting device of claim 1 , wherein the first socket and the second socket are micro universal serial bus connectors.
5. The connecting device of claim 1 , wherein the first socket further comprises a first data pin, a second data pin, a power pin, and a grounded pin; the second socket comprises a first data pin, a second data pin, a power pin, and a grounded pin; the first data pin, the second data pin, and the power pin of the first socket are electrically coupled to the first data pin, the second data pin, and the power pin of the second socket respectively; both the first state pin of the first socket and the second state pin of the second socket are electrically coupled to the control circuit.
6. The connecting device of claim 5 , wherein the control circuit comprises first electronic switches, a first comparator, a first resistor, a second resistor, and a third resistor; a first terminal of the first electronic switch is electrically coupled to the power pin of the first socket, a second terminal of the first electronic switch is electrically coupled to a power terminal of the first comparator, a third terminal of the first electronic switch is electrically coupled to the state pin of the first socket through the third resistor, a first input terminal of the first comparator is electrically coupled to the power pin of the first socket through the first resistor, a second input terminal of the first comparator is electrically coupled to the state pin of the first socket, the second input terminal of the first comparator is also electrically coupled to the grounded pin of the first socket through second resistor.
7. The connecting device of claim 6 , wherein the control circuit further comprises a second electronic switch, a third electronic switch, a sixth resistor; an output terminal of the first comparator is electrically coupled to a first terminal of the second electronic switch; a second terminal of the second electronic switch is electrically coupled to the grounded pin of the first socket, a third terminal of the second electronic switch is electrically coupled to the grounded pin of the second socket, a first terminal of the third electronic switch is electrically coupled to the power pin of the second socket, a second terminal of the third electronic switch is electrically coupled to a power terminal of the second comparator, a third terminal of the third electronic switch is electrically coupled to the output terminal of the first comparator, the third terminal of the third electronic switch is electrically coupled to the state pin of the second socket through the sixth resistor.
8. The connecting device of claim 7 , wherein the control circuit further comprises a fourth electronic switch, a fourth resistor, and a fifth resistor; a first input terminal of the second comparator is electrically coupled to the power pin of the second socket through the fourth resistor, a second terminal of the second comparator is electrically coupled to the state pin of the second socket, the second terminal of the second comparator is electrically coupled to the grounded pin of the second socket through the fifth resistor, an output terminal of the second comparator is electrically coupled to the state pin of the first socket through the third resistor, the output terminal of the second comparator is electrically coupled to a first terminal of the fourth electronic switch, a second terminal of the fourth electronic switch is electrically coupled to the grounded pin of the second socket, a third terminal of the electronic switch is electrically coupled to the grounded pin of the first socket.
9. The connecting device of claim 8 , wherein both the first electronic switch and the third electronic switch are a PMOS field effect transistors (FETs); the first terminal of the first electronic switch and the first terminal of the third electronic switch are a source of the PMOS FET; the second terminal of the first electronic switch and the second terminal of the third electronic switch are a drain of the PMOS FET; the third terminal of the first electronic switch and the third terminal of the third electronic switch are a gate of the PMOS FET.
10. The connecting device of claim 9 , wherein both the second electronic switch and the fourth electronic switch are a NMOS FET; both the first terminal of the second electronic switch and the first terminal of the fourth electronic switch are a gate of the NMOS FET; both the second terminal of the second electronic switch and the second terminal of the fourth electronic switch are a source of the NMOS FET; both the third terminal of the second electronic switch and the third terminal of the fourth electronic switch are a drain of the NMOS FET.
11. A transmitting system comprising a connecting device, a first external device, and a second external device, the connecting device comprising:
a first socket comprising a state pin, coupled to the first external device;
a second socket comprising a state pin, coupled to the second external device; and
a control circuit coupled between the first socket and the second socket;
wherein the control circuit is configured for setting a master-slave relationship between the first external device and the second external device according to the order the first external device is inserted into the first socket and the second external device is inserted into the second socket;
wherein when the first external device is inserted into the first socket and the second external device is later inserted into the second socket, the state pin of the first socket is locked at a low-voltage level and the state pin of the second socket at a high-voltage level; when the second external device is inserted into the second socket and the first external device is later inserted into the first socket, the state pin of the first socket is locked at a high-voltage level and the state pin of the second socket at a low-voltage level.
12. The transmitting system of claim 11 , wherein when the first external device is inserted into the first socket and the second external device is later inserted into the second socket, the control circuit sets the first external device as a host device, and the control circuit sets the second external device as a slave device.
13. The transmitting system of claim 12 , wherein when the second external device is inserted into the second socket and the first external device is later inserted into the first socket, the control circuit sets the second external device as a host device, and the control circuit sets the first external device as a slave device.
14. The transmitting system of claim 13 , wherein the first socket and the second socket are a micro universal serial bus connector.
15. The transmitting system of claim 14 , wherein the first external device and the second external device are an electronic device have OTG (On-The-Go) function.