USB-C Charging Port Controllers
Power your next product with any USB-C power adapter
USB-C Charging Port Controllers subcategories
Infineon´s USB-C charging port controllers’ portfolio for power consumer applications up to 100 W is the solution for all designers interested in exploring USB-C and USB Power Delivery for their products. The EZ-PD™ BCR family easily adds USB-C power consumer capability to a device, allowing it to be powered by any USB-C power source including USB-C chargers, power adapters, power banks, and in-wall or in-car charging ports.
But why shift to USB-C? Because USB-C is the “Holy Grail” of wired connectivity: it offers bidirectional data and power, a tiny orientation-agnostic connector that is the same on both ends of the cord, and can also carry up to 240 W of power. USB-C can truly become “the one connector” for powering all electronic devices.
Standardization on a single connector provides great benefits to consumers, manufacturers, and the environment. Consumers will be able to share and re-use the same power adapter for all their electronic devices: no more confusion when pairing a charger with a device or having to carry a dedicated charger for every device while on travel. Meanwhile, manufacturers will be able to consolidate dozens of incompatible barrel power connectors into a single USB-C connector; this will help streamline their power adapter supply chain and reduce inventory risk. Over the long-term, the wide-spread standardization will allow manufacturers to stop shipping a power adapter with their products altogether. The reduction of new power adapter shipment will eventually reduce the one million tons of thrown-away power adapters ending up in landfill each year – a significant portion of the total e-waste produced annually. This is truly a “win-win-win” scenario.
Infineon is the market leader in USB-C and has been helping early adopters bring their USB-C connected products to market since 2015. Today, more than two billion devices are shipped annually with USB-C and USB Power Delivery on board. Going forward, USB-C will become the most common DC power source for consumer electronics, replacing all incompatible barrels or custom connectors with one common connector that is truly universal and accepted worldwide.
Features |
EZ-PD™ BCR family |
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Product name |
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Part number |
CYPD3176 |
CYPD3177 |
CYPD3178 |
Integrated ARM® Cortex®-M0 MCU at 48 MHz |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
USB PD 3.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
USB PD role |
UFP (power sink) |
UFP (power sink) |
No |
Programmable power supply (PPS) |
Yes |
No |
No |
USB Type-C charging (5 V@ 0.5 A, 0.9 A, 1.5 A, 3 A) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Legacy charging support (BC1.2 and others) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
USB data compatible |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
VBUS gate driver |
PFET |
PFET |
PFET |
Supply voltage |
3.0 V – 24.5 V |
3.0 V – 24.5 V |
3.0 V – 24.5 V |
VBUS to CC short protection |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
OVP/UVP |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
OCP |
Yes |
No |
No |
ESD protection on CC, D+/D-, ±8 kV (contact), ±15 kV (air) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
I2C Interface |
1 |
1 |
1 |
EZ-PD BCR HPI utility |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
EZ-PD configuration utility |
Yes |
No |
No |
Evaluation kit |