WO2007012238A1

WO2007012238A1 - Sata connector

Info

Publication number: WO2007012238A1
Application number: PCT/CN2006/000736
Authority: WO
Inventors: Dong Li; Yongjun Shi
Original assignee: Beijing Huaqi Information Digital Technology Co., Ltd.
Priority date: 2005-07-27
Filing date: 2006-04-20
Publication date: 2007-02-01

Abstract

A SATA connector plug comprises a body which has a terminal member and a cable member extending from its both ends. The terminal member includes a terminal holder and many terminals. The cable member includes many cables which electrically connect with the terminals. The terminals include data terminals and source terminals which are electrically separated and arranged on the same terminal holder. A SATA connector socket comprises a housing and many contacts, which mates with the plug. The housing has an acceptance space which accepts the plug. The contacts are arranged in the space and comprise data contacts and source contacts.

Description

SATA connector technology field

The present invention relates to a SATA connector, and more particularly to a SATA connector having a data interface and a power interface integrated. Background technique

Currently, most computers have a hard disk storage device. The hard disk is connected to the computer through interfaces such as control cards, cables, and software protocols. The Integrated Circuit Electronics (IDE) interface is a hard disk interface currently used. This interface is an Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) interface. For the IDE standard, ATA Is the current interface description. The current IDE/ATA standard is a parallel interface, in which multiple bits of data can be transmitted simultaneously through this interface during each transmission. Although the parallel interface has a large amount of transmission, as the transmission frequency increases, signal interference problems often occur in parallel interface transmission.

The Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) is an interface specification. Unlike the parallel interface, it only transmits one bit at a time in the transmission, so that SATA can be transmitted at a higher rate. There is no signal interference problem such as parallel interface in high-speed transmission. As the processing power of computer processors increases, so does the speed at which hard disks can read/write data. SATA is used to solve the shortcomings that appear in the parallel ATA interface.

Currently, the existing SATA interface interface connector has a SATA data connector and a power connector, but the existing SATA data connector and the power connector are separately and independently disposed on the circuit board, that is, at least two on the circuit board. A connector interface, which allows the user to carry two connectors and their cables that conform to the data connector and power connector specifications. If the user forgets to take one of them, the installation cannot be completed and data transmission can be realized. , inconvenience to the user's installation and use. In addition, the existing separately provided data interface and power interface independently occupy a large space of the computer. Summary of the invention

In order to solve the problem that the data interface part and the power interface part of the above existing SATA connector are separately provided, which brings inconvenience to the user and also occupies a large space of the computer, the main object of the present invention is to provide a SATA. The connector has the characteristics of convenient carrying, installation, compact structure and space saving.

The SATA connector plug of the present invention comprises a body and a terminal portion and a cable portion extending from both ends of the body, the terminal portion includes a terminal carrying portion and a plurality of terminals, and the cable portion includes a cable electrically connected to the terminal, the terminal The data terminal and the power terminal are electrically isolated and distributed on the same terminal carrying portion.

The terminal carrying portion is an insulative housing, and the insulative housing encloses a receiving space. The data terminal and the power terminal are respectively located on different sides of the inner wall of the insulating body.

The terminal carrying portion is an insulative housing, and the insulative housing encloses a receiving space. One of the power terminal and the data terminal is located on an inner wall side of the insulative housing, and the other terminal is located on an outer wall side of the insulative housing.

The terminals on the side of the inner wall of the insulative housing are arranged in a standard SATA plug arrangement. One end of the insulative housing integrally forms a blocking portion, and the data terminal and the power terminal are separated by an electromagnetic shielding layer.

Another aspect of the present invention provides a SATA connector socket that incorporates the plug of the above aspect, comprising an insulative housing and a terminal contact, the insulative housing enclosing an accommodation space for receiving a plug terminal portion that mates with the socket, the terminal contact The point is disposed in the accommodating space, and the terminal contact includes a data terminal contact and a power terminal contact.

A contact portion is disposed in the accommodating space, and the contact portion includes a contact support portion and a terminal contact on the contact support portion.

The contact support portion is made of an insulating material, and the data terminal contact and the power terminal contact are respectively disposed on different sides of the contact support portion.

The insulating housing is composed of five walls of an upper wall, a lower wall, a left wall, a right wall and a rear wall, the five walls enclosing the receiving space, one of the data terminal contacts and the power terminal contacts The contacts are disposed on the surface of the contact support portion, and the other terminal contacts are disposed on the inner wall side of the insulative housing.

An anti-blind groove is disposed in the insulating housing.

The SATA connector plug of the present invention is assembled by assembling the data terminal and the power terminal to one interface; and the SATA connector socket is assembled by the data terminal contact and the power terminal contact in one socket; The connector structure of the data and power transmission can be realized by a socket, and the structure is compact, which not only facilitates the carrying and installation of the user, but also reduces the installation space occupied by the SATA connector, and saves the manufacture of the connector. The materials needed reduce costs. In addition, the frame of the terminal portion of the SATA connector plug of the present invention and a terminal therein are provided in cooperation with the existing standard SATA connector socket; and the frame of the insulating housing of the SATA connector socket of the present invention and One of the terminal contacts is provided in accordance with the existing standard SATA connector plug, so the SATA connector plug and the SATA connector socket of the present invention can be connected with the existing standard SATA connector socket and SATA. The plugs are matched to allow data or power to be transferred without the need to retrofit existing standard SATA connector sockets or SATA connector plugs. DRAWINGS

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 is a perspective view of a SATA connector plug of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a view showing the terminal portion A-A direction in the plug of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the socket of the present invention in conjunction with the plug of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a schematic view of the socket of Figure 3.

Fig. 5 is a schematic view showing a terminal portion of a SATA connector plug according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a schematic view of the socket in conjunction with the plug of Figure 5.

7 to 10 are schematic views showing another embodiment of the terminal portion of the SATA connector plug of the present invention and the socket mated therewith.

Figure 11 and Figure 12 are schematic views showing the structure of another embodiment of the SATA connector socket of the present invention. detailed description

The SATA connector of the present invention comprises a plug and a socket corresponding to the plug. The terminal part of the plug integrates a data terminal and a power terminal on the terminal carrying portion, and the two terminals are electrically isolated, and the contact portion of the corresponding plug terminal of the socket Terminal contacts that match the data terminals and power terminals are also provided.

As shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the plug 10 of the SATA connector of the present invention is the same as the terminal carrying portion of the standard SATA power plug in this embodiment. The plug 10 includes a body 11, a terminal carrying portion 12 at opposite ends of the body 11, and a cable portion 16, and the outer wall of the body 11 is covered with an insulator (not labeled). The terminal carrying portion 12 is an insulating body 14, and the insulating body 14 is connected to the insulator of the body 11. The insulative housing 14 defines a receiving space 141. The power receiving terminal 13 is disposed in the receiving space 141. In this embodiment, the plug conforms to a standard SATA power plug and can be matched with a standard SATA power socket. The number of terminals is 15 and is disposed on the lower side of the inner wall of the insulative housing 14 in such a manner that the terminals conforming to the standard SATA plug are disposed, and the terminals are electrically isolated from the terminals. In order to achieve the purpose of integrating the data interface and the power interface of the present invention, the upper end of the outer wall of the insulative housing 141 of the SATA connector plug of the present invention is provided with a data terminal 15. Similarly, the data terminal conforms to the SATA standard, a total of 7 Three of them are ground lines and four are data transmission lines (only four are shown in the figure). In order to reduce the influence of electromagnetic interference on the data transmission, an electromagnetic shielding layer (not shown) is additionally disposed between the data terminal 13 and the power terminal 15. Of course, it is to be understood that the data terminal may be disposed on the upper side of the inner wall of the insulative housing 141. One end of the insulative housing 141 integrally forms a blocking portion 142 to prevent blind connection.

The cable portion 16 also includes an insulator 161. The insulator 161 is connected to the insulator of the body 11 and is enclosed by a receiving space. A plurality of cables extend from the receiving space, and each terminal is electrically connected to a cable.

As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the socket 20 of the SATA connector of the present invention is matched with the plug of the SATA connector. In this embodiment, the socket 20 is a power socket that matches a standard SATA power plug, and includes a rim housing 21, the insulating housing 21 is composed of five walls of an upper wall, a lower wall, a left wall, a right wall and a rear wall, the five walls enclosing a receiving space for accommodating the terminal carrying portion of the plug 10 12. A contact portion 22 is provided in the accommodating space, and the contact portion 22 includes a contact support portion 23 and a power terminal contact portion 24, and the contact support portion 23 is made of an insulating material for fixing the power terminal contact 24. The placement of the power terminal contacts in this embodiment meets the requirements of a standard SATA power outlet. A data terminal contact 26 is disposed on the inner wall upper side 25 (ie, the inner side of the upper wall) of the insulative housing 21 of the socket 20, and the data terminal contact 26 is electrically coupled to the data terminal on the upper side of the outer wall of the insulative housing 14 of the plug 10. 15. Of course, as described above, if the data terminal 15 is disposed on the upper side of the inner wall of the insulative housing 14, the data terminal contact 26 is correspondingly disposed on the upper side of the contact support portion 23, and located under the contact support portion 23. The power supply terminal contacts 24 that are mated with the power terminals 13 are opposed to each other. The insulative housing 21 is provided with an anti-blind slot 27 for engaging the blocking portion 142 in the plug 10. In order to reduce electromagnetic interference, an electromagnetic shielding layer is provided between the power terminal contact 24 and the data terminal contact 26, and may be provided on the upper side and/or the lower side of the contact supporting portion 23.

The mating portion 12 of the plug 10 is received in the receiving space of the socket 20, and the contact portion 22 of the socket 20 is received in the receiving space in the plug 10, so that the contact portion 22 is matched. The accommodating space of the terminal carrying portion 12 of the plug 10 is inserted into the blind preventing groove 27, and the power terminal 13 and the data terminal 15 are respectively associated with the corresponding power terminal contact 24 and the data terminal contact 26 Electrical coordination.

It can be understood that, as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the data terminal 15 in the power plug 10 can be disposed on the outer wall lower side 143 of the insulative housing 14, and the corresponding data terminal contact 26 is disposed on the insulative housing 21 of the power socket 20. The inner wall lower side 211 is such that the data terminal 15 can be electrically coupled to the data terminal contact 26 when the plug 10 is mated with the socket 20.

In the above embodiment, the data terminal and the data terminal contact are respectively disposed on the SATA power plug and the socket. Of course, the power terminal and the power terminal contact can be respectively disposed on the SATA data plug and the socket according to a similar method, as shown in FIG. 7 to Figure 10 shows.

Fig. 7 shows a power supply terminal 32 on the upper side of the outer wall of the insulative housing 31 of the SATA data plug 30, and a power supply terminal contact 42 (shown in Fig. 8) is provided on the upper side of the inner wall of the insulative housing 41 of the SATA data socket 40. Of course, it can be understood that the power terminal 32 can be disposed on the lower side of the inner wall of the insulative housing 31, and the corresponding power terminal contact 42 is disposed on the upper side of the contact support portion 43 of the SATA data socket 40. The power terminal 32 can also be disposed on the lower side of the outer wall of the insulative housing 31, and the corresponding power terminal contact 42 is disposed on the lower side of the inner wall of the insulative housing 41 of the data transmission socket 40, as shown in FIG.

Also in order to reduce electromagnetic interference, an electromagnetic shielding layer is disposed between the data terminal and the power terminal of the plug or between the data terminal contact of the socket and the power terminal contact, so that when the plug is inserted into the socket, the electromagnetic shielding layer blocks the power supply data. Signal interference.

It can be understood that the SATA socket in the present invention may have the structure as shown in FIG. 11 and FIG. 12, and the SATA socket is different from the SATA socket described above in that the insulating housing is only by the left and right side walls 51, 52 and The rear wall 53 is enclosed The accommodation space accommodates the SATA plug. The terminal portion 54 is located in the accommodating space, and includes a terminal contact bearing portion 541 and terminal contacts 542, 543. The SATA socket of the structure is preferably configured by the power terminal contact and the data terminal contact. They are respectively located on opposite faces of the terminal contact carrying portion 541. Similarly, the SATA socket 50 is provided with an anti-blind slot 55. The shape of the plug corresponding to the above socket and the arrangement of the terminals are obvious, and will not be described herein.

The shape of the connector plug and the socket in the present invention is not limited to the plugs and sockets defined by the existing SATA as exemplified in the embodiment, and other shapes of plugs and sockets are also within the scope of the present invention; The data terminal and the power terminal and the arrangement of the data terminal contact and the power terminal contact in the socket may not be limited to the above-mentioned existing upper and lower mode settings, and may be arranged in a surrounding or spaced manner. It is not compatible with existing SATA sockets and plugs only by using connector plugs and sockets of other shapes, and the effect is not as good as the above embodiment.

Claims

Claim

A SATA connector plug comprising a body and a terminal portion and a cable portion extending from both ends of the body, the terminal portion includes a terminal carrying portion and a plurality of terminals, and the cable portion includes a cable electrically connected to the terminal. The terminal is characterized in that: the terminal comprises a data terminal and a power terminal, and the two are electrically isolated and distributed on the same terminal carrying portion. -

2. The SATA connector plug according to claim 1, wherein: the terminal carrying portion is an insulative housing, the insulative housing encloses a receiving space, and the data terminal and the power terminal are respectively located in the inner wall of the insulating body. side.

The SATA connector plug according to claim 1, wherein: the terminal carrying portion is an insulative housing, the insulative housing encloses a receiving space, and one of the power terminal and the data terminal is insulated On the side of the inner wall of the body, another terminal is located on the side of the outer wall of the insulative housing.

The SATA connector plug according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the terminals on the side of the inner wall of the insulative housing are arranged in a standard SATA plug arrangement.

The SATA connector plug according to claim 4, wherein one end of the insulative housing integrally forms a blocking portion, and the data terminal and the power terminal are separated by an electromagnetic shielding layer.

6. A SATA connector socket incorporating the plug of claim 1 comprising an insulative housing and a terminal contact, the insulative housing enclosing an accommodation space for receiving a plug terminal portion mating with the socket, the terminal contact being provided In the accommodating space, the terminal contact includes a data terminal contact and a power terminal contact.

7. The SATA connector socket according to claim 6, wherein: the receiving space is provided with a contact portion, the contact portion including a contact supporting portion and a terminal contact on the contact supporting portion .

8. The SATA connector socket according to claim 7, wherein the contact support portion is made of an insulating material, and the data terminal contact and the power terminal contact are respectively disposed on different sides of the contact support portion.

9. The SATA connector socket according to claim 7, wherein: said insulating housing is composed of five walls of an upper wall, a lower wall, a left wall, a right wall and a rear wall, and said five walls enclose said housing In the space, one of the data terminal contact and the power terminal contact is disposed on a surface of the contact support portion, and the other terminal contact is disposed on an inner wall side of the insulating case.

The SATA connector socket according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein: the insulative housing is provided with an anti-blind slot.