Introduction:
The EC3380-AB is evaluation board for USB 3380-AB, an ExpressCard (PCI Express Gen 2) to USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Peripheral Controller. It features one ExpressCard (PCIe Gen 2) port and one USB 3.0 SuperSpeed client port. The EC3380-AB provides a matching bandwidth at 5GT/s between the PCI Express Gen 2 bus and the USB 3.0 SuperSpeed bus. The controller can easily add a USB 3.0 client port to an existing system such as laptop PC with ExpressCard slot, as well as convert an existing PCI Express function (endpoint) to a USB 3.0 product. The EC3380-AB can configure the ExpressCard as one x1 upstream port or one x1 downstream port. The flexibility allows different system configurations to achieve the maximum performance of the product.

Specification

USB 3.0 Client Interface

• USB 3.0 Specification
• 1 upstream port
• Supports SuperSpeed, Hi-Speed, Full-Speed modes
• Four Descriptor-based DMA channels for automatic data transfers
• Supports USB Duet® Technology
• USB Auto-Enumeration Technology
• Support for Bulk, Isochronous, and Interrupt Endpoints
• USB Power Management USB 3.0 link power management states: U0, U1, U2, U3
• USB 2.0 link power management states: L0, L1, L2

PCI Express Interface

1. PCI Express Gen 2 (5Gbps)
2. Electrical Compliance to PCI Express Base Specification r2.0
3. PCIe interface and integrated root complex provides two configurations:
   one x1 upstream port
   one x1 downstream port
4. PCI Express Power Management  All link power management states: L0, L0s, L1, L2/L3 Ready, and L3
   Device states: D0 and D3(hot & cold)
   Vaux, Wake#, Beacon support
5. 256 byte maximum payload size
6. ExpressCard 2.0 compliance

EC3380-AB application

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