Docking station

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Docking station

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Overview

Our integrated circuits and reference designs help you create docking station designs that enable efficient transfer between multiple data, video and audio signals to various peripheral devices, enabling a notebook PC to become a desktop computer.

Design requirements

Docking station designs often require:

  • Multiple technologies for different interfaces.
  • Robust solutions to protect every connector.
  • Full-featured USB Type-C® design.

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Docking station

To notebook PC To notebook PC System power System power Speaker Speaker LED indicator LED indicator Headphone jack Headphonejack Mic Mic VGA VGA HDMI HDMI DP DP LAN LAN USB C USB C USB A USB A Input power protection Input power protection OVP/OCP OVP/OCP Notebook power source Notebook power source High power DC/DC High power DC/DC MOSFET MOSFET Current & voltage sense Current & voltage sense Current sensor Current sensor System power System power DC/DC DC/DC Load switch Load switch ` ` Logic/control Logic/control I/O expender I/O expender Logic/comparator Logic/comparator MCU MCU Bridges & converters Bridges & converters PCIe converter PCIe converter Display converter Display converter Ethernet converter Ethernet converter USB interface USB interface Mux/redriver Mux/redriver USB hub USB hub USB redriver USBredriver USB A controller USB Acontroller USB C controller USB Ccontroller Display interface Display interface DP mux DP mux MST hub/display interface bridge MST hub/display interface bridge DP/HDMI redriver DP/HDMIredriver Audio Audio Audio codec Audio codec Audio switch Audio switch Audio amps Audio amps I/O protection I/O protection ESD ESD

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