EZ-USB™ HX3 USB 5 Gbps Hub Controller
USB 5 Gbps Hub Controller
EZ-USB™ HX3 is Infineon’s USB-IF certified 4-port hub controller. It is proven to work with all known host controllers, device classes and operating systems by repeated testing at every USB plug-fest and third-party laboratories.
EZ-USB™ HX3 supports most USB charging standards, including Battery Charging Specification v1.2, Apple charging standard, YD/T 1591-2006 and ACA-Dock.
EZ-USB™ HX3's ACA Dock feature allows charging of a smartphone or tablet supporting USB OTG, while simultaneously working with USB devices connected to the downstream ports. It also supports battery charging on the downstream ports, without a host connected to the upstream port.
EZ-USB™ HX3's configurable USB 5 Gbps and USB 2.0 PHY improve signal quality, giving the board designers more flexibility, and making USB-IF compliance easier. EZ-USB™ HX3 also supports shared USB link, a proprietary feature that doubles the number of USB ports, creating 8 ports from a 4-port hub controller.
- USB-IF Certified Hub, TID# 330000060, 30000074
- Supports up to four USB 5 Gbps-Compliant DS ports
- All ports support SS (5Gbps), backward-compatible with HS (480 Mbps), FS (12 Mbps), and LS (1.5 Mbps)
- USB 5 Gbps and USB 2.0 Link Power Management (LPM)
- Dedicated Hi-Speed Transaction Translators (Multi-TT)
- LED status indicators – suspend, SS, and USB 2.0 operation
- Shared USB link for embedded applications
- Each DS port can simultaneously connect to an embedded SS device and a removable USB 2.0 device
- Enables up to 8 device connections
- Enhanced battery charging
- Each DS port complies with the USB Battery Charging v1.2 (BC v1.2) specification
- Each DS port can emulate a Dedicated Charging Port (DCP) when the host is not connected to the US port
- The Accessory Charger Adapter Dock (ACA-Dock) enables simultaneous charging and data transfer for smartphones or tablets acting as host while being compliant to BC v1.2
- Apple charging supported on all DS ports
- Integrated ARM® Cortex™ M0 CPU
- 16 KB RAM, 32 KB ROM
- Configure GPIOs for overcurrent protection, power enable, and LEDs
- Upgrade firmware using I2C EEPROM or an external I2C master
- Vendor-Command Support to implement a USB-to-I2C Bridge
- Firmware upgrade of an external ASSP connected to EZ-USB™ HX3 through USB
- In-System Programming (ISP) of the EEPROM connected to EZ-USB™ HX3 through USB
- Extensive Configuration Support
- Pin-strap configuration for the following functions:
- Custom configuration modes supported with eFuse, I2C EEPROM, or I2C slave
- Software Features
- Microsoft WHQL-certified for Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1
- Compatible with Mac OS 10.9 and Linux kernel version 3.11
- Customize configuration parameters with the easy-to-use
- Shared link feature allows a USB 2.0 and a USB 5Gbps device to share one port, adding up to 8 total downstream devices
- Ghost charging and accessory charger adapter features enable EZ-USB™ HX3 to be part of a full-feature docking station solution
- High quality and reliability
- Standalone hubs
- Motherboard hubs
- Monitor hubs
- Advanced port replicators
- Docking stations
- Split-PC designs
- External personal storage drives
- Keyboard hubs
- Watch the videos of EZ-USB™ HX3’s shared link and ACA-Dock features
- Download EZ-USB™ HX3 datasheet and hardware design guidelines application note
- Buy the EZ-USB™ CY4609, EZ-USB™ CY4603 or EZ-USB™ CY4613 kit based on your application
- Download and install the Blaster Plus Configuration Utility
- Get your schematics reviewed by using the Online Tech Support Case System