Renesas Electronics μPD720210 USB 3.0 hub controller

Renesas Electronics’ μPD720210 USB 3.0 hub controller with system-on-chip (SoC) features compact 9 x 9 mm quad flat no-lead (QFN) packaging and integrated peripheral components. It was designed to meet the need for hubs with low standby power consumption and small board size.

Renesas Electronics’ low power consumption technology reduces power consumption when ports are in an unconnected state, and their new hub controller’s design dramatically lowers current leakage when a connected peripheral device is in low-power mode. As a result, the μPD720210 achieves low power consumption of 5 mW in power-saving mode.

The μPD720210 hub controller also integrates on-chip peripherals such as step-down regulators that lower the 5 V power supply voltage to the 3.3 V and 1.05 V and charging support functionality conforming to battery-charging standards. These features make it easy and inexpensive to add USB 3.0 ports and make it possible to build mobile docking stations that would not previously have been possible due to constraints on power or mounting area. It has also enabled USB charging functionality at no additional cost.

The μPD720210 hub controller has Windows 8 Hardware Certification by Microsoft and has device driver support for Windows and Linux.