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Charging Mobile Devices from Shut Down PCs Becomes Reality with Unique USB Chips from STMicroelectronics

USB charger emulators featuring patented attach detection and unique charge-termination capability make mobile charging friendlier for the environment and users alike

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

STMicroelectronics has perfected advanced features in its latest PC USB chips chips that significantly reduce the environmental impact of charging mobile devices. As smartphones and media players typically connect to a PC for data exchange, users are tending also to charge their devices from PC USB ports. Indeed, the International Electrotechnical Commission’s (IEC) universal phone-charger standard promotes USB charging by making use of the USB interface specification. The IEC said the standa...

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