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Delivery Solution Helps
LeEco Debut the World’s First
Smartphones with One Port
for Data Transmission, Power
Charging and Audio
Cypress Semiconductor Corp.
(Nasdaq: CY) today announced
that LeEco, a leading global
technology company, has selected
Cypress’s USB-C controller solution
to implement the USB-C port on
its flagship Le Max2 superphone—
providing the only physical
connector on the phone. The
Cypress EZ-PD™ CCG2 controller
helps enable the sleek, one-port
design of the innovative Le Max2,
which is the first phone to remove
the ubiquitous audio jack and use
the USB-C port for audio, in addition
to charging and data. LeEco’s
Continual Digital Lossless Audio
(CDLA) technology delivers true
fidelity audio and lossless music
experience via the USB-C port.
The Le Max2 is also the market’s
first phone to enable fast charging
utilizing the USB Power Delivery
(PD) standard, which allows transfer
of more than 15W of power over the
Type-C connector. The Le Max2
charger uses Cypress’s USB-C
controller solution to implement
USB PD as well.
Optimized for the2.4-mmthinUSB-C
connector, the programmable EZ-
PD CCG2 controller is capable
of fully supporting USB PD and
other proprietary charging standard
implementations in smartphones,
tablets, and mobile chargers.
CCG2 provides a complete, robust
solution by integrating the USB-C
transceiver, PD protocol and policy
layer functions. Available in a 3.3
mm2 20-ball Wafer Level Chip
Scale Package (WLCSP), a 14-
pin DFN and a 24-pin QFN, CCG2
also includes system-level ESD
protection and termination resistors
needed for all USB-C applications.
Cypress is demonstrating CCG2
and its complete portfolio of USB-C
and PD solutions at Computex
from May 31 to June 4 at the USB-
IF Pavilion in booth M0309a in the
Nangang Hall 4F Exhibition Center
in Taipei. More information on the
CCG2 controller is available athttp://
www.cypress.com/ccg2.“LeEco selected the Cypress
USB
Type-C
and
Power
Delivery solution because of its
interoperability performance and
robust implementation of the PD
protocol for flexible, on-demand
PD charging,” said Gao Chao,
Hardware Director of LeEco. “With
Cypress’s strong support, we were
able to get to market first with faster
PD charging in our Le Max2 phone.”
“The Le Max2 marks a new
generation of smartphones that will
use a single USB-C port to connect
and charge,” said Ajay Srikrishna,
vice president of the USB product
line at Cypress. “Cypress’s
programmable EZ-PD controllers
enable our customers to bring
their innovative designs to market
quickly, with the confidence that
comes with our USB-IF-certified
solutions. The Le Max2 charger is
one of only three chargers on the
market to be certified as compliant
to the USB Power Delivery standard,
and the other two are also based on
Cypress solutions.”
The USB Type-C standard is
gaining rapid support with top-tier
PC and electronics manufacturers
by enabling slim industrial designs,
easy-to-use connectors and cables,
and the ability to transmit multiple
protocols and deliver up to 100W of
power. The USB Type-C standard’s
2.4-mm-high connector plug is
significantly smaller than the current
4.5-mm USB Standard-A connector.
In addition to the transport of
USB signals, DisplayPort and
Thunderbolt signals can be
delivered over the same connector
via the USB Type-C standard’s
Alternate Mode capability. More
info on Cypress’s USB Type-C and
PD solutions is available at www.
cypress.com/Type-C.Panasonic Develops Two
Types of Connectors for
Connecting In-vehicle LED
Lamp Modules to Boards
Panasonic Corporation announced
today that it has developed two
types of connectors for connecting
in-vehicle LED lamp modules to
control boards. These connectors
allow for greater freedom and
refinement in designing in-vehicle
LED lighting. One of these is a
“Board to FPC (Flexible printed
circuit) Connector”, the first of its
kind in the industry*1that is suitable
for cable connection to daytime
running lights (DRLs), which are kept