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PRODUCT FEATURES
USB4604
USB 2.0 HSIC Hi-Speed 4-Port Hub Controller
Highlights
Hub Controller IC with 4 downstream ports
High-Speed Inter-Chip (HSIC) support
—
Upstream port selectable between HSIC or USB 2.0
USB-IF Battery Charger revision 1.2 support on up &
downstream ports (DCP, CDP, SDP)
Battery charging support for Apple® devices
FlexConnect: Downstream port 1 able to swap with
upstream port, allowing master capable devices to
control other devices on the hub
USB to I
2
C
TM
/SPI bridge endpoint support
USB Link Power Management (LPM) support
SUSPEND pin for remote wakeup indication to host
Start Of Frame (SOF) synchronized clock output pin
Vendor Specific Messaging (VSM) support
Enhanced OEM configuration options available
through OTP or SMBus Slave Port
Flexible power rail support
—
VBUS or VBAT only operation
—
3.3V only operation
—
VBAT + 1.8V operation
—
3.3V + 1.8V operation
48-pin (7x7mm) SQFN, RoHS compliant package
Target Applications
LCD monitors and TVs
Multi-function USB peripherals
PC mother boards
Set-top boxes, DVD players, DVR/PVR
Printers and scanners
PC media drive bay
Portable hub boxes
Mobile PC docking
Embedded systems
Additional Features
MultiTRAK
TM
—
Dedicated Transaction Translator per port
PortMap
—
Configurable port mapping and disable sequencing
PortSwap
—
Configurable differential intra-pair signal swapping
PHYBoost
TM
—
Programmable USB transceiver drive strength for
recovering signal integrity
VariSense
TM
—
Programmable USB receiver sensitivity
Low power operation
Full Power Management with individual or ganged
power control of each downstream port
Built-in Self-Powered or Bus-Powered internal default
settings provide flexibility in the quantity of USB
expansion ports utilized without redesign
Supports “Quad Page” configuration OTP flash
—
Four consecutive 200 byte configuration pages
Fully integrated USB termination and Pull-up/Pull-
down resistors
On-chip Power On Reset (POR)
Internal 3.3V and 1.2V voltage regulators
On Board 24MHz Crystal Driver, Resonator, or
External 24MHz clock input
USB host/device speed indicator. Per-port 3-color
LED drivers indicate the speed of USB host and
device connection - hi-speed (480 Mbps), full-speed
(12 Mbps), low-speed (1.5 Mbps)
Environmental
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Commercial temperature range support (0ºC to 70ºC)
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Industrial temperature range support (-40ºC to 85ºC)
Order Number(s):
This product meets the halogen maximum concentration values per IEC61249-2-21
The table above represents valid part numbers at the time of printing and may not represent parts that are currently
available. For the latest list of valid ordering numbers for this product, please contact the nearest sales office.
ORDER NUMBER
TEMPERATURE
RANGE
PACKAGE TYPE
USB4604-1080HN (Hub Controller Enabled)
0°C to +70°C
48-pin SQFN
USB4604-1070HN (Hub Controller Disabled)
USB4604-1080HN-TR (Hub Controller Enabled)
0°C to +70°C
48-pin SQFN
(Tape & Reel)
USB4604-1070HN-TR (Hub Controller Disabled)
USB4604i-1080HN (Hub Controller Enabled)
-40°C to +85°C
48-pin SQFN
USB4604i-1070HN (Hub Controller Disabled)
USB4604i-1080HN-TR (Hub Controller Enabled)
-40°C to +85°C
48-pin SQFN
(Tape & Reel)
USB4604i-1070HN-TR (Hub Controller Disabled)
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 General Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.1 Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 2 Acronyms and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.1 Acronyms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.2 Reference Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 3 Pin Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.1 Pin Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.2 Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.3 Buffer Type Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Chapter 4 Power Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.1 Integrated Power Regulators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.1.1 3.3V Regulator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.1.2 1.2V Regulator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.2 Power Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.2.1 Single Supply Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.2.2 Dual Supply Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4.3 Power Connection Diagrams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Chapter 5 Modes of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
5.1 Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5.1.1 Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5.1.2 Hardware Initialization Stage (HW_INIT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5.1.3 Software Initialization Stage (SW_INIT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5.1.4 SOC Configuration Stage (SOC_CFG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5.1.5 Configuration Stage (CONFIG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5.1.6 Battery Charger Detection Stage (CHGDET) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
5.1.7 Hub Connect Stage (Hub.Connect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
5.1.8 Normal Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Chapter 6 Device Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
6.1 Configuration Method Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
6.2 Customer Accessible Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
6.2.1 USB Accessible Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
6.2.2 SMBus Accessible Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
6.3 Device Configuration Straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
6.3.1 Port Disable (PRT_DIS_Mx/PRT_DIS_Px) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
6.3.2 SPI Speed Select (SPI_SPD_SEL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter 7 Device Interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
7.1 SPI Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
7.1.1 Operation of the Hi-Speed Read Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
7.1.2 Operation of the Dual High Speed Read Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
7.1.3 32 Byte Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
7.1.4 Interface Operation to the SPI Port When Not Performing Fast Reads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
7.1.5 Erase Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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7.1.6 Byte Program Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
7.1.7 Command Only Program Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
7.1.8 JEDEC-ID Read Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
7.2 I2C Master Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
7.2.1 I2C Message Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
7.2.2 Pull-Up Resistors for I2C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
7.3 SMBus Slave Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Chapter 8 Functional Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
8.1 Battery Charger Detection & Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
8.1.1 Upstream Battery Charger Detection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
8.1.2 Downstream Battery Charging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
8.2 SOF Clock Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
8.3 Flex Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
8.3.1 Port Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
8.4 Resets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
8.4.1 Power-On Reset (POR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
8.4.2 External Chip Reset (RESET_N). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
8.4.3 USB Bus Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
8.5 Link Power Management (LPM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
8.6 Suspend (SUSPEND) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Chapter 9 Operational Characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
9.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
9.2 Operating Conditions** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
9.3 Power Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
9.3.1 Operational / Unconfigured . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
9.3.2 Suspend / Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
9.4 DC Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
9.5 AC Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
9.5.1 Power-On Configuration Strap Valid Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
9.5.2 Reset and Configuration Strap Timing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
9.5.3 USB Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
9.5.4 HSIC Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
9.5.5 SMBus Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
9.5.6 I2C Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
9.5.7 SPI Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
9.6 Clock Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
9.6.1 Oscillator/Crystal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
9.6.2 External Reference Clock (REFCLK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Chapter 10 Package Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Chapter 11 Datasheet Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
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List of Figures
Figure 1.1 System Block Diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Figure 3.1 48-SQFN Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Figure 4.1 Power Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Figure 5.1 Hub Operational Mode Flowchart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 7.1 SPI Hi-Speed Read Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Figure 7.2 SPI Dual Hi-Speed Read Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Figure 7.3 SPI Erase Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Figure 7.4 SPI Byte Program Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Figure 7.5 SPI Command Only Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Figure 7.6 SPI JEDEC-ID Read Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Figure 7.7 I2C Sequential Access Write Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Figure 7.8 I2C Sequential Access Read Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Figure 8.1 Battery Charging External Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Figure 8.2 SOF Output Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Figure 9.1 Single/Dual Supply Rise Time Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Figure 9.1 Power-On Configuration Strap Valid Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Figure 9.2 RESET_N Configuration Strap Timing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Figure 9.3 SPI Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Figure 10.1 48-SQFN Package Drawing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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DS00001716A-page 6
2014 Microchip Technology Inc.
List of Tables
Table 3.1 Pin Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Table 3.2 48-SQFN Package Pin Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Table 3.3 Buffer Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Table 6.1 PRT_DIS_Mx/PRT_DIS_Px Configuration Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Table 6.2 SPI_SPD_SEL Configuration Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Table 8.1 Chargers Compatible with Upstream Detection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Table 8.2 Downstream Port Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Table 8.3 LPM State Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Table 9.1 Operational/Unconfigured Power Consumption (HSIC Upstream) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Table 9.2 Operational/Unconfigured Power Consumption (USB Upstream) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Table 9.3 Single Supply Suspend/Standby Power Consumption (USB Upstream). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Table 9.4 Single Supply Suspend/Standby Power Consumption (HSIC Upstream) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Table 9.5 Dual Supply Suspend/Standby Power Consumption (USB Upstream) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Table 9.6 Dual Supply Suspend/Standby Power Consumption (USB Upstream) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Table 9.7 DC Electrical Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Table 9.8 Power-On Configuration Strap Valid Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Table 9.9 RESET_N Configuration Strap Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Table 9.10 SPI Timing Values (30 MHz Operation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Table 9.11 SPI Timing Values (60 MHz Operation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Table 9.12 Crystal Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Table 11.1 Revision History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
USB 2.0 HSIC Hi-Speed 4-Port Hub Controller
Datasheet
2014 Microchip Technology Inc.
DS00001716A-page 7
Chapter 1 General Description
The USB4604 is a low-power, OEM configurable, MTT (Multi-Transaction Translator) USB 2.0 hub
controller with 4 downstream ports and advanced features for embedded USB applications. The
USB4604 is fully compliant with the USB 2.0 Specification, USB 2.0 Link Power Management
Addendum, High-Speed Inter-Chip (HSIC) USB Electrical Specification Revision 1.0, and will attach to
an upstream port as a Full-Speed hub or as a Full-/Hi-Speed hub. The 4-port hub supports Low-Speed,
Full-Speed, and Hi-Speed (if operating as a Hi-Speed hub) downstream devices on all of the enabled
downstream (non-HSIC) ports. HSIC ports support only Hi-Speed operation.
The USB4604 has been specifically optimized for embedded systems where high performance, and
minimal BOM costs are critical design requirements. Standby mode power has been minimized and
reference clock inputs can be aligned to the customer’s specific application. Flexible power rail options
ease integration into energy efficient designs by allowing the USB4604 to be powered in a single-
source (VBUS, VBAT, 3.3V) or a dual-source (VBAT + 1.8, 3.3V + 1.8) configuration. Additionally, all
required resistors on the USB ports are integrated into the hub, including all series termination and
pull-up/pull-down resistors on the D+ and D– pins.
The USB4604 supports both upstream battery charger detection and downstream battery charging.
The USB4604 integrated battery charger detection circuitry supports the USB-IF Battery Charging
(BC1.2) detection method and most Apple devices. These circuits are used to detect the attachment
and type of a USB charger and provide an interrupt output to indicate charger information is available
to be read from the device’s status registers via the serial interface. The USB4604 provides the battery
charging handshake and supports the following USB-IF BC1.2 charging profiles:
DCP: Dedicated Charging Port (Power brick with no data)
CDP: Charging Downstream Port (1.5A with data)
SDP: Standard Downstream Port (0.5A with data)
Custom profiles loaded via SMBus or OTP
The USB4604 provides an additional USB endpoint dedicated for use as a USB to I
2
C/SPI interface,
allowing external circuits or devices to be monitored, controlled, or configured via the USB interface.
Additionally, the USB4604 includes many powerful and unique features such as:
FlexConnect, which provides flexible connectivity options. The USB4604’s downstream port 1 can be
swapped with the upstream port, allowing master capable devices to control other devices on the hub.
MultiTRAK
TM
Technology, which utilizes a dedicated Transaction Translator (TT) per port to maintain
consistent full-speed data throughput regardless of the number of active downstream connections.
MultiTRAK
TM
outperforms conventional USB 2.0 hubs with a single TT in USB full-speed data transfers.
PortMap, which provides flexible port mapping and disable sequences. The downstream ports of a
USB4604 hub can be reordered or disabled in any sequence to support multiple platform designs with
minimum effort. For any port that is disabled, the USB4604 hub controllers automatically reorder the
remaining ports to match the USB host controller’s port numbering scheme.
PortSwap, which adds per-port programmability to USB differential-pair pin locations. PortSwap allows
direct alignment of USB signals (D+/D-) to connectors to avoid uneven trace length or crossing of the
USB differential signals on the PCB.
PHYBoost, which provides programmable levels of Hi-Speed USB
signal drive strength in the downstream port transceivers. PHYBoost
attempts to restore USB signal integrity in a compromised system
environment. The graphic on the right shows an example of Hi-
Speed USB eye diagrams before and after PHYBoost signal integrity
restoration.
VariSense, which controls the USB receiver sensitivity enabling programmable levels of USB signal
receive sensitivity. This capability allows operation in a sub-optimal system environment, such as when
a captive USB cable is used.
USB 2.0 HSIC Hi-Speed 4-Port Hub Controller
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The USB4604 is available in commercial (0°C to +70°C) and industrial (-40°C to +85°C) temperature
range versions.
As shown in the ordering code matrix, two USB4604 firmware revisions are available: “-1080” and “-
1070”. The -1080 version enables the internal Hub Controller, while the -1070 version disables it. There
are no additional differences between these two versions.
The Hub Controller adds advanced functionality to the USB4604 by enabling the host to send
commands directly to it via the upstream USB connection. Commands to the Hub Controller must be
sent to the virtual 5th port in the hub. The following functions can be controlled via commands through
the Hub Controller:
USB to SMBus Bridging: The host can send commands through USB to any device connected to
the hub through the SMBus.
USB to UART Bridging: The host can send commands through SUB to any device connected to
the hub through the UART.
GPIO Control: The GPIOs on the hub can be dynamically configured and controlled by the host.
OTP Programming: Permanent customer configurations can be loaded to the One Time
Programmable memory.