USB hub provides simultaneous SuperSpeed USB and high-speed connections

The TUSB8041A from Texas Instruments is a four-port USB 3.1 Gen1 hub. It provides simultaneous SuperSpeed USB and high-speed/full-speed connections on the upstream port and provides SuperSpeed USB, high-speed, full-speed, or low-speed connections on the downstream ports. When the upstream port is connected to an electrical environment that only supports high-speed or full-speed/low-speed connections, SuperSpeed USB connectivity is disabled on the downstream ports. The device supports per port or ganged power switching and over-current protection, and supports battery charging applications. An individually port power controlled hub switches power on or off to each downstream port as requested by the USB host. Also when an individually port power controlled hub senses an over-current event, only power to the affected downstream port will be switched off. A ganged hub switches on power to all its downstream ports when power is required to be on for any port. The power to the downstream ports is not switched off unless all ports are in a state that allows power to be removed. Also when a ganged hub senses an over-current event, power to all downstream ports will be switched off. The device is available in a 64-pin RGC package and is offered in a commercial version for operation over the temperature range of 0C to 70C.