USB Power Delivery Compliance Test Specification, Q4 2024 Page 1
USB Power Delivery Compliance Test
Specification
Revision: Q4, 2024 OR
Release date: October 4th
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Editors
Dmitriy Berchanskiy Intel Corporation
Contributors
Abel Astley Ellisys
Bob Dunstan Renesas Electronics Corp.
Chee Lim Nge Apple
Nathalie Ballot STMicroelectronics
Dmitriy Berchanskiy Intel Corporation
Naresh Botsa Granite River Labs
Sten Carlsen MQP Electronics Ltd.
Pat Crowe MQP Electronics Ltd.
Harshavardhan Reddy Gonugunta Granite River Labs
Tyler Joe Teledyne LeCroy
Diane Lenox USB Implementers Forum
Balamurugan Manialagan Granite River Labs
Mike Micheletti Teledyne LeCroy
Prasannakumar Marikunte Nagaraju Granite River Labs
Mahesh Nakala Granite River Labs
Krishnamurthy Parameshwara Granite River Labs
Mario Pasquali Ellisys
Hao Sun Ellisys
Chuck Trefts Ellisys
Rajaraman Venkatachalam Granite River Labs
Deric Waters Texas Instruments
Biju Erayamkot Panayamthatta Texas Instruments
Shafiuddin Mohammed Texas Instruments
Tim Wei Ellisys
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Table of Contents
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DISCLAIMER ............................................................................ 2
Editors ............................................................................................................................................. 3
Contributors .................................................................................................................................... 3
Revision History ............................................................................................................................. 8
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 13
1.1 Overview ........................................................................................................................ 13
1.2 Terms and Abbreviations ............................................................................................... 14
1.2.1 The types of UUTs ....................................................................................................... 14
1.3 Keywords ....................................................................................................................... 15
1.3.1 Check ...................................................................................................................... 15
1.3.2 PD2 mode................................................................................................................ 15
1.3.3 PD3 mode................................................................................................................ 15
1.3.4 Revision Alignment ................................................................................................ 15
1.4 Test Requirements ............................................................................................................... 15
1.4.1 VCONN Levels for Testing Cable Markers or VPDs ............................................ 15
1.4.2 Test Condition Codes .............................................................................................. 16
1.4.3 “Supports Structured VDMs” ................................................................................. 18
1.4.4 Error Recovery ........................................................................................................ 18
1.4.5 V
BUS
Measurement – Point of Reference ................................................................ 18
1.4.6 Tester Default Behavior ................................................................................................ 19
1.4.7 Reporting Missing Message Bytes ............................................................................... 19
1.4.8 Reporting When Test Cannot be Completed. ............................................................... 19
1.4.9 Test Cable Requirement and Dealing with VCONN .................................................... 19
1.4.10 Vendor ID and Product IDs used in testing. ............................................................... 19
2 Preparation Procedure .............................................................................................................. 20
This section has been deprecated. ............................................................................................. 20
3 Common Checks, Bring-up Procedures, and Common Procedures .......................................... 20
3.1 Common Checks ............................................................................................................ 20
3.1.1 PD2 and PD3 Modes .................................................................................................... 20
3.1.2 PD3 Mode ..................................................................................................................... 37
3.2 Bring-up Procedures. ...................................................................................................... 44
3.2.1 PD2 and PD3 Modes ............................................................................................... 44
3.3 Common Procedures ...................................................................................................... 57
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3.3.1 PD2 and PD3 Modes ............................................................................................... 57
3.3.2 PD3 Mode ............................................................................................................... 66
4 Physical Layer Specific Tests ................................................................................................ 74
4.1 Test Procedures for All UUTs ........................................................................................ 78
4.1.1 PD3 Mode ............................................................................................................... 78
4.2 Test Procedures for Source and Sink Capable UUTs .................................................... 94
4.2.1 PD3 Mode ............................................................................................................... 94
5 Protocol Specific Tests .......................................................................................................... 96
5.1 Test Procedures for All UUTs ........................................................................................ 96
5.1.1 PD2 and PD3 Modes ............................................................................................... 96
5.1.2 PD3 Mode ............................................................................................................. 110
5.2 Test Procedures for Source and Sink Capable UUTs .................................................. 126
5.2.1 PD2 and PD3 Modes ............................................................................................. 126
5.2.2 PD3 Mode ............................................................................................................. 126
5.3 Test Procedures for Source Capable UUT ................................................................... 136
5.3.1 PD2 and PD3 Modes ............................................................................................. 136
5.3.2 PD3 Mode ............................................................................................................. 148
TEST.PD.PROT.SRC3.15 Alert Response Extended Alert. .................................................. 159
5.4 Test Procedures for Sink Capable UUT ....................................................................... 160
5.4.1 PD2 and PD3 Modes ............................................................................................. 160
5.4.2 PD3 Mode ............................................................................................................. 172
5.5 Structured VDM Test Procedures for Source Capable UUT ....................................... 178
5.5.1 PD2 and PD3 Modes ............................................................................................. 178
5.6 Structured VDM Test Procedures for Sink Capable UUT ........................................... 181
5.6.1 PD2 and PD3 Modes ............................................................................................. 181
5.7 Structured VDM Test Procedures for Cable Plug UUT ............................................... 188
5.7.1 PD2 and PD3 Modes ............................................................................................. 188
5.7.2 PD3 Mode ............................................................................................................. 194
6 Power Supply Specific Tests ............................................................................................... 196
6.1 Test Procedures for Source Capable UUT ................................................................... 198
6.1.1 PD2 and PD3 Modes ............................................................................................. 198
6.2 Test Procedures for Sink Capable UUT ....................................................................... 213
6.2.1 PD2 and PD3 Modes ............................................................................................. 213
7 Extended Power Range Tests ................................................................................................... 224
