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USB PD3.1 EPR and AVS: a versioned reading lesson

USB-IF's PD3.1 overview adds Extended Power Range beyond the earlier100W/20V case, with28V,36V and48V fixed options and an adjustable-voltage mode. Every source, sink and cable must support the intended contract.

Applies to: USBPDRevision3.1 public2021overview and USB-Type-CRelease2.1 cable context, not the complete latest specification.

AVS and PPS stay distinct

The overview describes AVS requests between15V and the source's available upper fixed voltage. That does not make every PPS source an EPR source or establish an unspecified device's request. Preserve exact supported ranges, current/power ceilings and version.

USB Charger / USB Power Delivery

Calculator boundary

Existing fixed/PPS calculators cannot silently accept AVS by reusing a PPS interval. This guide supplies literacy and an exact documentary case; it adds no live negotiation, APDO encoding or EPR calculator verdict.

Three contracts to verify

Identify the exact source output, sink requirement and an EPR-rated cable for the needed voltage/current, then check occupied-port allocation. A240W marking is a capability ceiling; it does not force240W into a load.

USB Charger / USB Power Delivery

Your next useful observation

Write source/sink/cable model and exact PD/EPR/AVS versions and complete documented option.

Keep these limits

  • No specification conformance test, voltage tolerance analysis or negotiated-contract measurement.
Source documents, revisions and inspection methods

USB Charger / USB Power Delivery

USB-IF · Public overview describes USB PD Revision3.1 (2021), Type-C Release2.1

28/36/48V; up-to240W; adjustable15V-to-source-max bullet

Inspected 2026-10-23 by public_page. Primary HTML page read directly in web reader; relevant body text and named table/section inspected. Not search-excerpt-only evidence. AI source review, no independent human review or hardware validation.

Versioned EPR/AVS literacy; not an exhaustive latest specification.

Read the original source

Source-documented education. Hardware behavior and independent human review have not been performed for these examples.

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