CN101667104A - Interface converter and mobile hard disk drive and external optical drive matched with interface converter - Google Patents
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The invention discloses an interface converter and a mobile hard disk drive and an external optical drive which are matched with the interface converter. The interface converter comprises a converterbox and an interface conversion circuit board which is arranged in the converter box and used for converting a standard hard disk drive interface into a computer data interface which can be connectedwith a computer, wherein the interface conversion circuit board is provided with the computer data interface used for connecting with the computer and at least one interface which corresponds to the standard hard disk drive interface. The mobile hard disk drive and the interface converter of an original mobile hard disk drive are divided into two independent parts, and the hard disk drive part ofthe original mobile hard disk drive becomes a mobile part, thus the invention has simple structure and smaller volume and is more suitable to be used as mobile storage equipment and more convenient touse. When a fault occurs, only a corresponding device needs to be replaced, thereby reducing secondary expenses of a user. Likewise, because the optical drive of the original external optical drive and the interface converter are divided into two independent parts, the external optical drive has simple structure and smaller volume and is more suitable to use.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to the mobile storage technology, in particular, relate to a kind of interface convertor and be mated the portable hard drive and the external CD-ROM drive of use.
Background technology
Existing portable hard drive usually by hard-disk cartridge, be arranged on the hard disk in the hard-disk cartridge, and be used for the interface conversion circuit plate that standard interface with hard disk is converted into the computer data interface that can be connected with computing machine and constitute.
In order to reach portable purpose, existing portable hard drive reduces its volume usually as far as possible, and its cost also all compares expensive.Each portable hard drive all is equipped with the data line that is connected with computing machine, adopts this subsidiary annex of usb data line to be connected with computing machine usually; And it is relatively cheap for more existing costs; by common hard disk with the external portable hard drive that the hard-disk cartridge of interface conversion circuit plate assembles is installed; be commonly called external (plug-in) hard disk; not only its volume ratio is bigger; not portable; and also all need outfit to be used for changing voltage usually; power supply changeover device for the power supply of interface conversion circuit plate; add the data line that is connected with computing machine; the subsidiary annex of external portable hard drive is many; when the user uses, need carry whole portable hard drives, data line and power lead, very inconvenient.And after a portable hard drive had been broken, no matter be that hard disk has been broken, or the interface conversion circuit plate broken, and the user will repurchase a portable hard drive; And to repurchase a portable hard drive as the user, these do not have the annex of bad portable hard drive originally still to need the purchase that attaches, have caused certain waste.
Same situation also appears on the movably external CD-ROM drive, existing external CD-ROM drive has HDDbox usually, is arranged on the CD drive in the HDDbox, with the interface conversion circuit plate formation that is used for the standard interface of CD drive is converted into the computer data interface that can be connected with computing machine.There are the problems referred to above equally in this external CD-ROM drive, and not only volume is bigger, and also needs to carry annexes such as whole data lines and power lead when using, and is very inconvenient.And after an external CD-ROM drive had been broken, the user will repurchase an external CD-ROM drive; The user will repurchase an external CD-ROM drive, and these do not have the annex of bad external CD-ROM drive originally still to need the purchase that attaches, have caused certain waste.
Summary of the invention
For overcoming above-mentioned defective, technical matters to be solved by this invention provides a kind of portable hard drive and external CD-ROM drive that uses convenient interface convertor and be mated use.
The objective of the invention is to be achieved through the following technical solutions:
A kind of interface convertor, described interface convertor comprises: the interface conversion circuit plate that is used for the hard disk standard interface is converted into the computer data interface that can be connected with computing machine that the converter box body is interior with being arranged on the converter box body, described interface conversion circuit plate are provided with computer data interface and at least one interface corresponding with the hard disk standard interface that is used for the computing machine connection.
Described hard disk standard interface is a kind of in ide interface, SATA interface, scsi interface or the fiber channel interface.
The described interface corresponding with the hard disk standard interface is connected with the interface conversion circuit plate by interface extension line.
Described computer data interface is a kind of in USB interface, eSATA interface, IEEE1394 interface (claiming the Firewire interface again, i.e. fire-wire interfaces) or the wireless connections interface.
Described interface convertor also comprises the power supply changeover device that is connected with power supply of being used for that is used to interface conversion circuit plate power supply.
Described power supply changeover device is positioned at the converter box body.Power supply changeover device and interface conversion circuit plate all are arranged in the converter box body, have reduced the volume of interface convertor, improved the integrated level of interface convertor, make interface convertor more convenient to use.
Described interface convertor also comprises at least one memory card reader interface.
The portable hard drive that a kind of and above-mentioned interface convertor is used comprises hard-disk cartridge and is arranged on the interior hard disk of hard-disk cartridge, only is provided with hard disk in the hard-disk cartridge.Corresponding, the hard-disk cartridge interface that is connected with the hard disk standard interface of hard disk can be set on the hard-disk cartridge.
Described hard disk standard interface is a kind of in ide interface, SATA interface, scsi interface or the fiber channel interface.
The external CD-ROM drive that a kind of and above-mentioned interface convertor is used comprises HDDbox and is arranged on the interior CD-ROM drive of HDDbox, only is provided with CD-ROM drive in the HDDbox.On the corresponding HDDbox HDDbox interface that is connected with the CD-ROM drive standard interface of CD-ROM drive can be set.
The present invention since will be used for the hard disk standard interface be converted into can computing machine the interface conversion circuit plate of computer data interface of connection be encapsulated into interface convertor separately; Movably hard disk or external CD-ROM drive can be connected to by the interface convertor of independent encapsulation on the computing machine, and the movably hard disk and the interface convertor of former portable hard drive is divided into two independent parts; With respect to the computing machine that has been equipped with interface convertor, the hard disk of former portable hard drive partly becomes moveable part, user even can use common hard disk as portable hard drive; And for the portable hard drive that is used with above-mentioned interface convertor that is encapsulated in the hard-disk cartridge, only needing to place in hard-disk cartridge a hard disk gets final product, simple in structure, volume is littler, be more suitable for as movable storage device, it is compared as portable hard drive with only using common hard disk, and anti-seismic performance is better.Also avoided carrying some subsidiary annexes of portable hard drive, used convenient.And the user no matter be that fault has appearred in hard disk or interface convertor, only need to buy the replacing corresponding devices and gets final product after having bought such hard disk and interface convertor, has reduced the spending of user's secondary consumption.Equally, owing to CD-ROM drive and interface convertor with former external CD-ROM drive are divided into two independent parts; The external CD-ROM drive that is used with above-mentioned interface convertor simple in structure, volume is littler, uses convenient.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of interface convertor in the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of the portable hard drive that is used with interface convertor in the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 is the structural representation of the external CD-ROM drive that is used with interface convertor in the embodiment of the invention.
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The invention will be further described below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and preferred embodiment.
Of the present inventionly mainly be contemplated that: the part of the interface built-up circuit in the existing portable hard drive independently is become interface convertor, and the hard disk in the portable hard drive is partly independently become the portable hard drive that is used with above-mentioned interface convertor; Movably hard disk can be connected to by the interface convertor of independent encapsulation on the computing machine, by existing portable hard drive is independently become the two parts that are used, by interface convertor is installed on the computing machine, becomes conventional equipment; And the hard disk of former portable hard drive is partly become moveable part, and avoided carrying some subsidiary annexes of portable hard drive, use convenient.Novel portable hard drive only needs to place a hard disk and gets final product in hard-disk cartridge, do not need the interface conversion circuit plate, thereby simple in structure, and volume is littler, is more suitable for as movable storage device; User even can use common hard disk as portable hard drive, certainly, with respect to the portable hard drive that is used with above-mentioned interface convertor that is encapsulated in the hard-disk cartridge, it is compared as portable hard drive with only using common hard disk, and anti-seismic performance is better; This makes the moveable part of portable hard drive further reduce; With respect to existing portable hard drive, the market of interface convertor then can be huger.
In addition, the user is when buying such portable hard drive, can separately buy, especially the user is after having bought such hard disk and interface convertor, no matter be that fault has appearred in hard disk or interface convertor, or need buy second hard disk or interface convertor the time, only need buy corresponding devices and get final product, then do not need to buy portable hard drive converter and the data line that matches with the portable hard drive converter, power lead, reduced the spending of user's secondary consumption.
Because common CD-ROM drive all generally adopts the interface of hard disk standard interface as itself and computing machine proper communication, therefore, interface convertor after the individual packages go for fully with CD-ROM drive between be connected, therefore, traditional external CD-ROM drive also can be simplified to the external CD-ROM drive that is used by above-mentioned interface convertor, even can use common CD-ROM drive to be connected to interface convertor as external CD-ROM drive and computing machine communicates.
As shown in Figure 1, a kind of interface convertor of the present invention comprises: the converter box body, with be arranged on the converter box body in by the interface conversion circuit plate that is used for the hard disk standard interface is converted into the computer data interface that can be connected of converter box body encapsulation with computing machine, described interface conversion circuit plate is provided with and is used for computer data interface and at least one interface corresponding with the hard disk standard interface of connecting with computing machine.Accordingly, on described converter box body, be provided with and be used for and the box opening that hard disk is connected to the corresponding interface of hard disk standard interface; Or the interface of hard disk standard interface correspondence is set to the data converting interface, or this interface is connected with the interface conversion circuit plate by interface extension line.The hard disk standard interface can be ide interface (PATA interface), SATA interface, scsi interface or fiber channel interface etc.; Computer data interface can be wired connection interface or wireless connections interface, the wired connection interface can use USB interface, to support hot plug more easily, accordingly, then the USB interface opening on the converter box body, or it is external to adopt the USB interface extended line that the USB interface of interface conversion circuit plate is extended to converter case, so that be connected with computing machine more easily.The wireless connections interface can adopt such as infrared interface, blue tooth interface etc., and wireless connections needn't be connected with computing machine by data line, and are more convenient to use.
Usually, for the interface convertor that uses USB interface to be connected with computing machine, because USB interface can provide power supply, for less notebook hard disk, it does not need additional power source is that interface convertor is powered; And for common hard disk, because its power requirement is that USB interface can not be loaded, therefore, in order normally to use, interface convertor also includes the power supply changeover device that is connected with power supply of being used for that is used to the power supply of interface conversion circuit plate.Power supply changeover device is used for being connected with power supply AC, after the power supply transformation, is the interface convertor power supply; Power supply changeover device also can use battery to power as interface convertor.
For interface convertor is further integrated, power supply changeover device can be arranged in the converter box body.Because power supply changeover device and interface conversion circuit plate all are arranged on the volume that has further reduced interface convertor in the converter box body, improved the integrated level of interface convertor, make interface convertor more convenient to use.
Interface convertor not only can be provided with a plurality of hard disk standard interfaces, can also be further more integrated such as other functional interfaces such as memory card reader interfaces, only need in the interface conversion circuit plate, to set up to realize that the interface conversion circuit that the above-mentioned functions interface conversion is become the computer data interface that can be connected with computing machine gets final product, make interface convertor can become the universal contact converter of mobile memory.
As shown in Figure 2,, comprise hard-disk cartridge and be arranged on the interior hard disk of hard-disk cartridge, only be provided with hard disk in the hard-disk cartridge with the portable hard drive that above-mentioned interface convertor is used; Only be provided with the hard-disk cartridge interface that is connected with the hard disk standard interface of hard disk on the hard-disk cartridge.The hard-disk cartridge interface that is arranged on the hard-disk cartridge can be only for the opening that hard disk is plugged on the interface convertor; Also can be the data converting interface of corresponding sealing or extend to the outer interface extension line of hard-disk cartridge, so that be connected with interface convertor more easily.Wherein, the hard disk standard interface can be in these hard disk standard interfaces of ide interface, SATA interface, scsi interface or fiber channel interface a kind of, the hard disk standard interface has generally included data line interface and electric source line interface, data line interface and electric source line interface can be independently two interfaces of difference, also can be integrated in the interface.As for the SATA interface and since an one interface while integrated data line interface and electric source line interface, therefore, on the surface, the SATA interface only is shown as an interface.
Certainly, also can directly use common hard disk, be connected on the computing machine by above-mentioned interface convertor as portable hard drive, but, relatively poor the hard disk of the anti-seismic performance of common hard disk in being arranged on hard-disk cartridge.
Because the standard interface of hard disk and the standard interface of CD-ROM drive are identical standards, thereby above-mentioned interface convertor goes for external CD-ROM drive fully, therefore, as shown in Figure 3, the external CD-ROM drive that a kind of and above-mentioned interface convertor is used, comprise HDDbox and be arranged on the interior CD-ROM drive of HDDbox, only be provided with CD-ROM drive in the HDDbox; Only be provided with the HDDbox interface that is connected with the CD-ROM drive standard interface of CD-ROM drive on the HDDbox.Equally, the HDDbox interface that is arranged on the HDDbox can be only for the opening that CD-ROM drive is plugged on the interface convertor; Also can be the data converting interface of corresponding sealing or extend to the outer interface extension line of HDDbox, so that be connected with interface convertor more easily.The interface of described CD-ROM drive can be in ide interface, SATA interface, scsi interface or the fiber channel interface a kind of.Certainly, also can directly CD-ROM drive be connected to the hard disk standard interface of interface convertor, realization is connected with computing machine.But, relatively poor the CD-ROM drive of the anti-seismic performance of common CD-ROM drive in being arranged on HDDbox.
Above content be in conjunction with concrete preferred implementation to further describing that the present invention did, can not assert that concrete enforcement of the present invention is confined to these explanations.For the general technical staff of the technical field of the invention, without departing from the inventive concept of the premise, can also make some simple deduction or replace, all should be considered as belonging to protection scope of the present invention.
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1, a kind of interface convertor, it is characterized in that, described interface convertor comprises: the interface conversion circuit plate that is used for the hard disk standard interface is converted into the computer data interface that can be connected with computing machine that the converter box body is interior with being arranged on the converter box body, described interface conversion circuit plate are provided with computer data interface and at least one interface corresponding with the hard disk standard interface that is used for the computing machine connection.
2, a kind of interface convertor as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described hard disk standard interface is a kind of in ide interface, SATA interface, scsi interface or the fiber channel interface.
3, a kind of interface convertor as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, the described interface corresponding with the hard disk standard interface is connected with the interface conversion circuit plate by interface extension line.
4, a kind of interface convertor as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that, described computer data interface is a kind of in USB interface, eSATA interface, IEEE1394 interface or the wireless connections interface.
5, a kind of interface convertor as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described interface convertor also comprises the power supply changeover device that is connected with power supply of being used for that is used to interface conversion circuit plate power supply.
6, a kind of interface convertor as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that, described power supply changeover device is positioned at the converter box body.
7, as claim 1 or 6 described a kind of interface convertors, it is characterized in that described interface convertor also comprises at least one memory card reader interface.
8, the portable hard drive that is used of interface convertor a kind of and as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, comprises hard-disk cartridge and is arranged on hard disk in the hard-disk cartridge, only is provided with hard disk in the hard-disk cartridge.
9, a kind of portable hard drive as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, described hard disk standard interface is a kind of in ide interface, SATA interface, scsi interface or the fiber channel interface.
10, the external CD-ROM drive that is used of interface convertor a kind of and as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, comprises HDDbox and is arranged on CD-ROM drive in the HDDbox, only is provided with CD-ROM drive in the HDDbox.
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