UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS (USB) HOST DATA SWITCH WITH INTEGRATED EQUALIZER

An aspect relates to an apparatus including a first pair of switching devices configured to selectively couple an application processor to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) differential data transmission lines; a USB host port connector coupled to the USB differential data transmission lines; a second pair of switching devices configured to selectively couple an audio circuit to the USB differential data transmission lines; and an equalizer including differential terminals coupled to the USB differential data transmission lines, respectively.