USB Standard-A Plug Receptacle Connector - High-Speed Data Transfer Interface for Electronic Devices

USB Standard-A Plug Receptacle Connector - High-Speed Data Transfer Interface for Electronic Devices

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What is a USB Type A Connector?

USB Type A connectors, officially called Standard-A connectors, are flat and rectangular in shape. Type A is the "original" USB connector and is the most recognizable and commonly used connector.

USB Type-A connectors are supported in every USB version, including USB 3.0, USB 2.0, and USB 1.1.

USB 3.0 Type A connectors are often, but not always, the color blue. USB 2.0 Type A and USB 1.1 Type A connectors are often, but not always, black.

USB Type A Uses

USB Type A ports/receptacles are found on almost any modern computer-like device that can act as a USB host, including, of course, computers of all kinds including desktops, laptops, netbooks, and most tablets.

USB Type A ports are also found on other computer-like devices like video game consoles (PlayStation, Xbox, Wii, etc.), home audio/video receivers, "smart" televisions, DVRs, streaming players (Roku, etc.), DVD and Blu-ray players, and more.

Most USB Type A plugs are found at one end of many different kinds of USB cables, each designed to connect the host device to some other device that also supports USB, usually via a different USB connector type like Micro-B or Type B.

USB Type A plugs are also found at the end of cables that are hard-wired into a USB device.

This is typically how USB keyboards, mice, joysticks, and similar devices are designed.

Some USB devices are so small that the cable isn't necessary. In those cases, a USB Type A plug is integrated directly into the USB device. The common flash drive is a perfect example.

USB Type A Compatibility

The USB Type A connectors outlined in all three USB versions share basically the same form factor.

This means that the USB Type A plug from any USB version will fit into the USB Type A receptacle from any other USB version and vice versa.

That said, there are some significant differences between USB 3.0 Type A connectors and those from USB 2.0 and USB 1.1.

USB 3.0 Type A connectors have nine pins, considerably more than the four pins that make up USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 Type A connectors. These additional pins are used to enable the faster data transfer rate found in USB 3.0 but they are placed in the connectors in a way that does not prevent them from physically working with Type A connectors from the previous USB standards.

See my USB Physical Compatibility Chart for a graphical representation of physical compatibility between USB connectors.

Note: The male USB Type A connector is called the plug and the female connector is called the receptacle but is commonly referred to as the port.