TWI698053B - Storage device having gold finger connection interface and electric connector - Google Patents

Abstract

The present application relates to a storage device having a gold finger connection interface and an electric connector. The storage device having a gold finger connection interface and an electric connector includes a circuit board, a plurality of storage units, a gold finger connection interface and an electric connector. The storage units are disposed on the circuit board. The gold finger connection interface is disposed on the circuit board and electrically connected with at least partial storage units through the circuit board. The electric connector is disposed on the circuit board and electrically connected with at least partial storage units through the circuit board. Therefore, the storage device may respectively connect with two different hosts or two different interfaces of a single host through the gold finger connection interface and the electric connector, thereby implementing the dual-port connection function. As a result, the advantages of high availability and high data safety are achieved, and the problem and risk of single node failure are avoided.

Description

Storage device with golden finger connection interface and electric connector

This case is about a storage device, especially a storage device with a golden finger connection interface and an electrical connector.

Traditional storage devices can be applied with dual port (Dual Port) connection technology, using two same electrical connectors to connect to two different hosts or different ports of the same host. The host can be, for example, a personal computer or server. In this way, two connection channels can be established or connected to two different hosts. When one of the channels or the host has a problem, the storage device can still be accessed through the normally operating channel or host.

However, in the development of current storage devices, the main transmission interfaces of the storage devices are all connected to the motherboard on the board (On Board). Due to the internal configuration of the host, it is necessary to use the same connection interface to connect to two hosts or the same It is not easy for the host to have different ports. Therefore, the application and realization of dual-port connection technology have not yet been seen in storage devices with on-board connection.

Therefore, how to develop a storage device with golden finger connection interface and electrical connector that includes at least two connection interfaces and can realize dual-port connection technology is a problem that has yet to be solved.

The main purpose of this case is to provide a storage device with a golden finger connection interface and an electrical connector to solve and improve the problems and shortcomings of the aforementioned prior art.

Another purpose of this case is to provide a storage device with a golden finger connection interface and an electrical connector, by including the golden finger connection interface and the electrical connector, and can communicate with two different hosts respectively through the golden finger connection interface and the electrical connector Or two different connection interfaces of the same host can be connected to effectively realize the dual-port connection function, thereby achieving high availability, improving data security and other functions, and effectively avoiding the problems and risks of single point of failure.

In order to achieve the above objective, a preferred implementation aspect of this case is to provide a storage device with a golden finger connection interface and an electrical connector, including: a circuit board; a plurality of storage units arranged on the circuit board; and a golden finger connection An interface is arranged on the circuit board and is electrically connected to at least part of the plurality of storage units through the circuit board; and an electrical connector is arranged on the circuit board and is electrically connected to at least part of the plurality of storage units through the circuit board The storage unit is electrically connected.

1: Storage device with golden finger connection interface and electrical connector

10: Circuit board

11: storage unit

12: Golden finger connection interface

13: electrical connector

14: Control unit

2: Storage device with golden finger connection interface and electrical connector

20: circuit board

201: first side

202: second side

21: storage unit

22: Golden finger connection interface

23: electrical connector

24: The first control unit

25: second control unit

S1: First surface

S2: second surface

Figure 1 is a top view of a storage device with a golden finger connection interface and an electrical connector according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a side view of the storage device with golden finger connection interface and electrical connector shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a schematic diagram showing the structure of the storage device with golden finger connection interface and electrical connector shown in Figure 1.

Fig. 4 is a top view showing a storage device with golden finger connection interface and electrical connector according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5 shows a side view of the storage device with golden finger connection interface and electrical connector shown in Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a schematic diagram showing the structure of the storage device with golden finger connection interface and electrical connector shown in Figure 4.

Figure 7 is a bottom view of the storage device with golden finger connection interface and electrical connector according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 8 shows a side view of the storage device with golden finger connection interface and electrical connector shown in Figure 7.

Some typical embodiments embodying the features and advantages of this case will be described in detail in the following description. It should be understood that this case can have various changes in different aspects, all of which do not depart from the scope of the case, and the descriptions and illustrations therein are essentially for illustrative purposes, rather than being constructed to limit the case.

Please refer to Figure 1, Figure 2, and Figure 3. Figure 1 shows a top view of a storage device with a golden finger connection interface and an electrical connector according to an embodiment of the present case, and Figure 2 shows what is shown in Figure 1. The side view of the storage device with golden finger connection interface and electrical connector, and Figure 3 is a schematic diagram showing the structure of the storage device with golden finger connection interface and electrical connector shown in Figure 1. As shown in Figures 1 to 3, according to an embodiment of the present case, the storage device 1 with a golden finger connection interface and an electrical connector includes a circuit board 10, a plurality of storage units 11, a golden finger connection interface 12, and electrical Connector 13. Among them, a plurality of storage units 11 are disposed on the circuit board 10. The golden finger connection interface 12 is disposed on the circuit board 10 and is electrically connected to at least a part of the plurality of storage units 11 through the circuit board 10. The electrical connector 13 is arranged on the circuit board 10, and electrically connected to at least part of a plurality of storage units 11 through the circuit board 10. Thereby, the storage device 1 with golden finger connection interface and electrical connector can be connected to two different hosts or two different connection interfaces of the same host through the golden finger connection interface 12 and the electrical connector 13, respectively, which can effectively realize dual The port connection function can achieve high availability, improve data security and other functions, and can effectively avoid the problems and risks of single points of failure.

According to the concept of the present case, the gold finger connection interface 12 of the storage device 1 with gold finger connection interface and electrical connector is preferably a non-volatile memory (Non-Volatile Memory Express, NVMe) connection interface, such as but not limited to M .2, M.3 or Enterprise & Data Center SSD Form Factor (EDSFF) and other connection interfaces, among which Fig. 1 to Fig. 3 are with golden finger connection interface 12 as M.3 The connection interface is shown as an example, but not limited to this. In addition, the electrical connector 13 is preferably an optical copper link (Optical Copper Link, OCuLink) connector, which is based on the Express Peripheral Interconnection Standard (PCIe) 4.0, uses a copper cable as the main connection medium, and provides a single channel Up to 8 Gigabits per second (8Gb/s) bandwidth, and supports four channels, which can reach a total bandwidth of 32 Gigabits per second (32Gb/s), and its small size can be Provide future standard connections for small or thin platforms to connect external devices to increase internal expandability and diversification of external external connections. Further, the circuit board 10 is preferably a printed circuit board (PCB), and the plurality of storage units 11 are a plurality of flash memories.

In some embodiments, the gold finger connection interface 12 of the storage device 1 with the gold finger connection interface and the electrical connector is electrically connected to all the storage units 11 through the circuit board 10, and the electrical connector 13 is through the circuit board 10 is electrically connected to all storage units 11. In addition, the storage device 1 with a golden finger connection interface and an electrical connector may further include a control unit 14, wherein the control unit 14 may be, but is not limited to, an integrated circuit chip, that is, a controller or a control IC, which is arranged in The circuit board 10 is electrically connected to the golden finger connection interface 12, the electrical connector 13, and the plurality of storage units 11 through the circuit board 10 to control the plurality of storage units 11 and realize the dual port function. In other words, this case has a golden finger The golden finger connection interface 12 and the electrical connector 13 of the storage device 1 of the connection interface and electrical connector can be respectively connected to two corresponding connection interfaces of the same host or two corresponding connection interfaces of two different hosts to be connected to the same Two channels are established in the host or a connection is established with two hosts respectively, and data read and write control can be performed through the same control unit 14.

Please refer to Figures 4, 5 and 6, where Figure 4 shows a top view of a storage device with a golden finger connection interface and an electrical connector according to an embodiment of the present case, and Figure 5 shows what is shown in Figure 4 The side view of the storage device with golden finger connection interface and electrical connector, and Figure 6 is a schematic diagram showing the structure of the storage device with golden finger connection interface and electrical connector shown in Figure 4. As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the storage device 2 with a golden finger connection interface and an electrical connector includes a circuit board 20, a plurality of storage units 21, a golden finger connection interface 22 and an electrical connector 23. The circuit board 20, the plurality of storage units 21, the golden finger connection interface 22, and the electrical connector 23 are similar to the circuit board 10, the plurality of storage units 11, the golden finger connection interface 12, and the electrical connector 13 of the previous embodiment, so I will not repeat them here. However, in this embodiment, the golden finger connection interface 22 is taken as an example of a solid state drive form factor (EDSFF) connection interface between an enterprise and a data center. In addition, in the embodiment shown in Figures 1 to 3, the connection direction of the electrical connector 13 is perpendicular to the arrangement direction of the plurality of storage units 11 on the circuit board 10; and in Figures 4 to 6 In the illustrated embodiment, the connection direction of the electrical connector 23 is parallel to the arrangement direction of the plurality of storage units 21 on the circuit board 20. In short, the form of the golden finger connection interface and the setting direction/connection direction of the electrical connector can be changed according to actual needs, and they are mutually independent design factors.

This case also provides an application and setting method of a storage device with a golden finger connection interface and an electrical connector, which can realize two independent storage spaces on a single storage device with a golden finger connection interface and an electrical connector. Please refer to Figures 7 and 8 in conjunction with Figures 4 to 6, in which Figure 7 shows a bottom view of a storage device with a golden finger connection interface and electrical connector according to an embodiment of the present case, and Figure 8 It shows the side view of the storage device with golden finger connection interface and electrical connector shown in Figure 7. As shown in Figures 4 to 8, the gold finger connection interface of this case and the gold finger connection interface of the storage device 2 of the electrical connector The surface 22 is electrically connected to the plurality of storage units 21 of the first part through the circuit board 20, and the electrical connector 23 is electrically connected to the plurality of storage units 21 of the second part through the circuit board 20. In addition, the storage device 2 with a golden finger connection interface and an electrical connector further includes a first control unit 24 and a second control unit 25. The first control unit 24 is electrically connected to the golden finger connection interface 22 and the plurality of storage units 21 of the first part through the circuit board 20, and the second control unit 25 is electrically connected to the electrical connector 23 and the second part through the circuit board 20. Part of the plurality of storage units 21 are electrically connected. Specifically, the circuit board 20, the golden finger connection interface 22, the plurality of storage units 21 of the first part, and the first control unit 24 can be regarded as the first storage space, and the circuit board 20, the electrical connector 23, and the second part The plurality of storage units 21 and the second control unit 25 can be regarded as the second storage space. Here, it can be regarded as two different and independent storage spaces that are recognized on the computer or server side. But not limited to this.

In some embodiments, the first control unit 24 and the plurality of storage units 21 of the first part are disposed on the first surface S1 of the circuit board 20, and the second control unit 25 and the plurality of storage units 21 of the second part are Set on the second surface S2 of the circuit board 20. The golden finger connection interface 22 is arranged on the first side 201 of the circuit board 20, the electrical connector 23 is arranged on the second side 202 of the circuit board 20, and the first side 201 and the second side 202 are perpendicular to each other.

Of course, the various embodiments and functions described in this case can be implemented individually or in combination. For example, the storage device 2 with golden finger connection interface and electrical connector shown in Figures 7 and 8, its first control The unit 24 and the second control unit 25 can also be electrically connected to all storage units 21 respectively, and can realize the dual-port connection function when the host supports or the user needs it, and the host does not support or the user does not have dual-port connection requirements At the time, the realization of two different storage spaces is within the scope of this case.

In summary, this project provides a storage device with a golden finger connection interface and an electrical connector. By including the golden finger connection interface and the electrical connector, it can connect to two different hosts through the golden finger connection interface and the electrical connector. Or two different connection interfaces of the same host can be connected, which can be effectively realized The dual-port connection function achieves high availability, improves data security and other functions, and can effectively avoid the problems and risks of single-point failure.

Even though the present invention has been described in detail by the above-mentioned embodiments and can be modified in many ways by those skilled in the art, it does not deviate from the scope of the attached patent application.

1: Storage device with golden finger connection interface and electrical connector

10: Circuit board

11: storage unit

12: Golden finger connection interface

13: electrical connector

14: Control unit

Claims (9)

A storage device with a golden finger connection interface and an electrical connector, comprising: a circuit board, wherein the circuit board is a printed circuit board; a plurality of storage units are arranged on the circuit board, wherein the plurality of storage units are plural Flash memory; a golden finger connection interface is arranged on the circuit board and is electrically connected to at least part of the plurality of storage units through the circuit board, wherein the golden finger connection interface is a fast non-volatile memory connection Interface; and an electrical connector disposed on the circuit board and electrically connected to at least part of the plurality of storage units through the circuit board, wherein the electrical connector is an optical copper wire connection connector. The storage device with golden finger connection interface and electrical connector as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the golden finger connection interface is electrically connected to all the plurality of storage units through the circuit board, and the electrical connection The device is electrically connected to all the plurality of storage units through the circuit board. For example, the storage device with golden finger connection interface and electrical connector described in item 2 of the scope of patent application further includes a control unit, wherein the control unit is arranged on the circuit board and is connected to the golden finger through the circuit board The interface, the electrical connector and the plurality of storage units are electrically connected. The storage device with golden finger connection interface and electrical connector as described in item 3 of the scope of patent application, wherein the control unit is an integrated circuit chip. For the storage device with golden finger connection interface and electrical connector described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the connection direction of the electrical connector is perpendicular or parallel to the arrangement direction of the plurality of storage units on the circuit board. The storage device with golden finger connection interface and electrical connector as described in the first item of the scope of patent application, wherein the golden finger connection interface is electrically connected to the plurality of storage units of a first part through the circuit board, and the The electrical connector is electrically connected to the plurality of storage units of a second part through the circuit board. For example, the storage device with golden finger connection interface and electrical connector described in item 6 of the scope of patent application further includes a first control unit and a second control unit, wherein the first control unit communicates with the circuit board through the The golden finger connection interface is electrically connected to the storage units of the first part, and the second control unit is electrically connected to the electrical connector and the storage units of the second part through the circuit board. For example, the storage device with golden finger connection interface and electrical connector described in item 7 of the scope of patent application, wherein the first control unit and the plurality of storage units of the first part are arranged on one of the circuit boards A surface, the second control unit and the plurality of storage units of the second part are arranged on a second surface of the circuit board, the golden finger connection interface is arranged on a first side of the circuit board, the The electrical connector is arranged on a second side of the circuit board, and the first side is perpendicular to the second side. For example, the storage device with golden finger connection interface and electrical connector as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application further includes a first control unit and a second control unit, wherein the first control unit and the second control unit are They are all electrically connected to all the storage units.

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