page_title: USB-C
section_title: Connectors
hierarchical_section_title: USB-C / Overview / Connectors
caption_attribution_description: English: USB Type C port on the bottom of a LeTV X600 smartphone
context_page_description: USB-C is a 24-pin USB connector system with a rotationally symmetrical connector.
  The USB Type-C Specification 1.0 was published by the USB Implementers Forum and was finalized in August 2014. It was developed at roughly the same time as the USB 3.1 specification. In July 2016, it was adopted by the IEC as "IEC 62680-1-3".
  A device with a Type-C connector does not necessarily implement USB, USB Power Delivery, or any Alternate Mode: the Type-C connector is common to several technologies while mandating only a few of them.
  USB 3.2, released in September 2017, replaces the USB 3.1 standard. It preserves existing USB 3.1 SuperSpeed and SuperSpeed+ data modes and introduces two new SuperSpeed+ transfer modes over the USB-C connector using two-lane operation, with data rates of 10 and 20 Gbit/s.
  USB4, released in 2019, is the first USB transfer protocol standard that is only available via USB-C.
context_section_description: The 24-pin double-sided connector is slightly larger than the micro-B connector, with a USB-C port measuring 8.4 millimetres (0.33 in) by 2.6 millimetres (0.10 in). Two kinds (genders) of connectors exist, female (receptacle) and male (plug).
  Plugs are found on cables and adapters. Receptacles are found on devices and adapters.
caption: USB-C port (receptacle) on a mobile phone
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