USB-C pcb receptacles guide

This page was created after researching the different types of connectors for USB-C receptacles for a PCB.

USB-C has 24 pins, however not all are used/broken out by the receptacle depending on the use case.

USB-C 6 pin -

This is used only for power delivery, the 6 pins are CC1, CC2, VBUS(1), VBUS(2), GND(1), GND(2)

USB-C 12 pin -

This is used for USB 2.0 and power delivery, the 16 pins are CC1, CC2, VBUS(1), VBUS(2), GND(1), GND(2), SBU1, SBU2, D+(1), D+(2), D-(1), D-(2)

USB-C 24 pin -

This is used for USB3.0+