A CDP is a USB port that follows the USB BC1.2 specification and supplies a minimum of 1.5 A per port. A CDP provides power and meets the USB 2.0 requirements for device enumeration. USB 2.0 communication is supported, and the host controller must be active to allow charging. The difference between CDP and SDP is the host-charge handshaking logic that identifies this port as a CDP. A CDP is identifiable by a compliant BC1.2 client device and allows for additional current draw by the client device.

The CDP handshaking process occurs in two steps. During the first step, the portable equipment outputs a nominal 0.6-V output on the D+ line and reads the voltage input on the D– line. The portable device detects the connection to an SDP if the voltage is less than the nominal data-detect voltage of 0.3 V. The portable device detects the connection to a CDP if the D– voltage is greater than the nominal data-detect voltage of 0.3 V and optionally less than 0.8 V.

The second step is necessary for portable equipment to determine whether the equipment is connected to a CDP or a DCP. The portable device outputs a nominal 0.6-V output on the D– line and reads the voltage input on the D+ line. The portable device concludes the equipment is connected to a CDP if the data line being read remains less than the nominal data detects voltage of 0.3 V. The portable device concludes it is connected to a DCP if the data line being read is greater than the nominal data-detect voltage of 0.3 V.

The TPS254900A-Q1 device integrates CDP detection protocol, used at a downstream port as the CDP controller to support CDP portable-device fast charge up to 1.5 A.