RTL9210B-CG

USB 3.1 GEN2 to PCI EXPRESS GEN3x2/SATA Gen3. BRIDGE

General Description

The Realtek RTL9210B-CG is a USB (Universal Serial Bus) bridge that combines a USB device with both a PCI Express (PCIe) controller and a SATA controller. Via the PEDET interface of M.2 mechanical, the RTL9210B-CG can auto switch USB-to-PCIe mode, or USB-to-SATA mode.

The RTL9210B-CG supports USB 3.1 GEN2 (Super Speed Plus). It is compatible with USB 3.1 GEN1 (Super Speed), USB High Speed, and Full Speed. It can work normally with auxiliary power. The Mass Storage transaction supports both Bulk Only Transfer (BOT) and USB Attached SCSI Protocol (UASP). For USB, it provides up to 10Gbps bandwidth.

In USB-to-PCIe mode, the RTL9210B-CG supports PCIe Gen3 x2. For PCIe, it provides up to 16Gbps bandwidth. It has full backward compatibility for PCIe Gen2/Gen1 and link width 1 lanes. It supports PCIe 3.0 LTR (Latency Tolerance Reporting). To further reduce power consumption, the RTL9210B-CG supports link power management (PCIe L1. Off and L1. Snooze), PCI MSI (Message Signaled Interrupt) and MSI-X.

In USB-to-PCIe mode, the RTL9210B-CG provides the function of a PCIe host. The PCIe host supports NVM Express, which is an interface that allows a host driver to communicate with an NVMe SSD (Solid-State Disk). The NVMe driver is embedded in customized RAM/Rom/SPI Flash.

In USB-to-SATA mode, the RTL9210B-CG supports SATA host in Gen3 speed. For SATA, 

it provides up to 6Gbps bandwidth. It has full backward compatibility for SATA Gen2/Gen1.

In USB-to-SATA mode, the RTL9210B-CG provides the function of a SATA host. The SATA host supports AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) which is an interface that allows a host driver to communicate with a SATA HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or SSD. The AHCI driver is embedded in customized RAM/Rom/SPI Flash.

The RTL9210B-CG supports the Type-C connector. It supports a dynamically switching power state with NVMe/SATA/USB power management for power saving mode. It has an algorithm that can balance power consumption and performance.

The RTL9210B-CG is suitable for multiple market segments and emerging applications, such as desktop, mobile, workstation, server, communications platforms, and embedded applications.

Features

General

  • USB to PCI Express/SATA bridge
  • Integrated with Type-C connector
  • Supports External Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) Flash
  • Supports Customized LEDs (includes blinking frequency and duty cycle)
  • Supports UART interface
  • Supports GPIOs/eFUSE
  • Supports I2C interface
  • Built-in switching regulator (5V to 1V)
  • Built-in LDO (5V to 3.3V)
  • Supports 25MHz crystal clock
  • 68-pin QFN Green package

USB

  • Link bandwidth up to 10Gbps
  • Compatible with Full Speed/High Speed/Super Speed/Super Speed Plus
  • Supports Bulk Only Transfer (BOT) and USB Attached SCSI (UAS) protocol
  • Supports USB link power management
  • Supports SCSI command that translation to NVM Express

Type-C

  • Supports Cable Orientation Detection

PCI Express

  • Link speed up to 8GT/s
  • Link width up to 2 lanes
  • Being compatible with PCI Express Gen1/Gen2/Gen3
  • Maximum bandwidth up to 16GT/s
  • Supports LTR (Latency Tolerance Reporting)
  • Supports PCI MSI (Message Signaled Interrupt) and MSI-X
  • Supports PCIe link power management, ASPM L1, CLKREQ, and L1 substate

NVM Express

  • Supports standard command set
  • Dynamic power state translation
  • Strong Error handing and recovery
  • Supports all command set of NVM Express SCSI Translation (e.g., Unmap, Security protocol in/out …)
  • Supports Security Send and Receive
  • Supports SMART/Health information

SATA

  • Link speed up to 6GT/s
  • Compatible with SATA Gen1/Gen2/Gen3
  • Supports SATA link power management. Partial mode/Slumber mode/DEVSLP mode.

AHCI

  • Supports standard command set
  • Dynamic power state translation
  • Strong Error handling and recovery
  • Supports full command set of SATA SCSI Translation (e.g., Unmap, Security protocol in/out …)
  • Supports Security Send and Receive
  • Supports SMART/Health information

Applications

  • USB3.1 SS+/SS/HS with both PCIE and SATA SSD mass storage on motherboard, notebook, Embedded or mobile phone system supporting BOT and UASP mass storage specifications.