ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,553, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Microchip Technology Inc. (Chandler, Ariz.).
"USB-C orientation detection" was invented by Andrew Rogers (Tempe, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes two PHY circuits, each including a PHY transmitter circuit and connected to a universal serial bus (USB)-C connector. The apparatus includes a USB circuit to issue a receiver detect signal through one of the PHY transmitters circuit to the USB-C connector, issue another receiver detect signal through the other PHY transmitter circuit to the USB-C connector, determine which receiver detect signal resulted in a termination in a...