CN101989184A - Memory card with serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) transmission interface - Google Patents

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CN101989184A
CN101989184A CN2009101611887A CN200910161188A CN101989184A CN 101989184 A CN101989184 A CN 101989184A CN 2009101611887 A CN2009101611887 A CN 2009101611887A CN 200910161188 A CN200910161188 A CN 200910161188A CN 101989184 A CN101989184 A CN 101989184A
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张凯舜
张聿杰
蔡启良
俞建成
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The invention relates to a memory card with a serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) transmission interface, which comprises a connector of the SATA transmission interface, an internal storage module, a controller and a power supply control circuit, wherein the connector of the SATA transmission interface of the memory card is used for connecting the slot of an electronic device, wherein the connector comprises nine pins respectively used for receiving electric power, distinguishing the signal of the SATA interface, transmitting the signal of the SATA interface and grounding; the controller is electrically connected to the connector and the internal storage module so as to control the data transmission between the memory card and a computer; and the power supply control circuit is electrically connected to the connector, the internal storage module and the connector so as to supply the electric power required by the memory card.

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Storage card with SATA transmission interface
Technical field
The present invention refers to a kind of storage card of the SATA of having transmission interface especially about a kind of storage card.
Background technology
Along with the prosperity of information and the progress of computer technology, the volume of computer system day by day dwindles, and uses also day by day polynary.In order to expand the function of computer system, adapt to the different demand of each user, computer system external device miscellaneous also just arises at the historic moment.For instance, similarly be external connected hand disk or portable memory device, for example drawing out type storage card (SD, CF, MMC, MS, SDHC, M2 etc.) can expand the originally limited memory capacity of computer system; Externally-connected optical drive and CD writer then can expand the multimedia resource access facility of computer system, and the ability of Large Volume Data backup is provided.The drawing out type storage card that many standard specifications, for example SD card (Secure Digital Card), SDHC card (Secure Digital High Capacity Card), XD card (Extreme Digital-Picture Card), mmc card (Multimedia Card) and MS card (Memory Stick Card) have been developed at present.Several storage cards of known technology mainly are to use control chip with the conversion electron signal, and pass through USB interface (Universal Serial Bus), PCIE interface (PCI Express) or PATA interface (Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment) with the transmission electronic signal.But be subject to the bus bandwidth of USB interface, PCIE interface or PATA interface and the restriction of interface definition, the transmission speed of electronic signal is not high, and is subjected to the restriction of the volume of card own, and bigger storage volume can't be provided.
Summary of the invention
The present invention discloses a kind of storage card of the SATA of having transmission interface, and the connector that it includes a SATA interface is used for connecting the slot of an electronic installation (computer).The slot that also has a SATA interface in the electronic installation is in order to connect the SATA connector of storage card.SATA interface connector of the present invention includes nine pins, and it is used for receiving electric power, identification SATA interface signal, transmission SATA interface signal and ground connection respectively.Include a memory modules in the storage card in addition, a controller, and a power control circuit.Wherein, controller is electrically connected on SATA connector and memory modules, uses the output and the input (data transmission between storage card and the electronic installation) of control SATA interface signal; Power control circuit is electrically connected on connector, memory modules and controller, and the electric power that provides storage card required is provided.
Compared to prior art, the present invention uses the SATA transmission interface as the communication interface between the slot of storage card and electronic installation.Storage card is still possessed the outward appearance of known technology outside plug type storage card, except the volume increase of the built-in memory modules of storage card, in addition the communication interface of storage card is replaced by the SATA transmission interface, and has nine pins of particular sorted, definition and size.Thus, the storage card of the SATA of transmission interface signal of the present invention has the high storage capacity of conventional hard and the advantage of high speed transmission of signals speed, and the advantage of the light external form of conventional memory card and hot plug function, not only increase the convenience of operation, and solve the restriction that the storage card volume expands simultaneously.
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Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram of the framework of storage card external connected electronic device of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the enlarged diagram of Fig. 1 storage card.
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See also Fig. 1, Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram of the framework of the present invention's one storage card 10 external electronic installations 20.Storage card 10 with SATA connector (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment connecter) as carrying out the interface of data transmission with electronic installation 20.In the present embodiment, storage card 10 includes a SATA connector 12, one memory modules 14, one controllers 16, and a power control circuit 18.SATA connector 12 is used for being electrically connected a slot 24 of the SATA interface of electronic installation 20, uses the transmission data; Controller 16 is electrically connected on SATA connector 12 and memory modules 14, uses the output and the input of control SATA interface signal; Power control circuit 18 is electrically connected on SATA connector 12, memory modules 14 and controller 16, and power control circuit 18 is in order to provide storage card 10 required electric power.In the present embodiment, SATA connector 12 is one to have the connector of SATA transmission interface, it includes one first pin 121, one second pin 122, one the 3rd pin 123, one the 4th pin 124, one the 5th pin 125, one the 6th pin 126, one the 7th pin 127, one the 8th pin 128, and one the 9th pin 129, it is used for being electrically connected on a first terminal group 241 of the slot 24 of the SATA interface in the electronic installation 20 respectively, one second terminal group 242, one the 3rd terminal group 243, one the 4th terminal group 244, one the 5th terminal group 245, one the 6th terminal group 246, one the 7th terminal group 247, one the 8th terminal group 248, and one the 9th terminal group 249, and be used for receiving electric power respectively, identification SATA interface signal, transmission SATA interface signal, and ground connection.In the storage card 10 of SATA interface in the present embodiment, have in nine pins pin in order to receive electric power, a pin in order to function that identification SATA interface signal is provided, two pins in order to the differential wave that transmits the SATA interface, two pins in order to the differential wave that receives the SATA interface and three pins in order to ground connection.
Include a circuit board 22 in the electronic installation 20 (in the present embodiment, electronic installation 20 can be a notebook computer); And the slot 24 of SATA interface, it is installed on the circuit board 22.The slot 24 of SATA interface has nine terminal group, and it is used for receiving electric power, identification SATA interface signal, transmission SATA interface signal and ground connection respectively.Terminal group is corresponding setting with the connector of storage card.As previously mentioned, the slot 24 of SATA interface includes the first terminal group 241, the second terminal group 242, the three terminal group 243, the 4th terminal group 244, the five terminal group 245, the six terminal group 246, the 7th terminal group 247, the eight terminal group 248, and the 9th terminal group 249.
Wherein, the 4th pin 124 of SATA connector 12 and the 5th pin 125 are in order to transmit the differential wave of SATA interface, and the 7th pin 127 of SATA connector 12 and the 8th pin 128 are in order to receive the differential wave of SATA interface.The length of the 4th pin 124, the 5th pin 125, the 7th pin 127 and the 8th pin 128 of SATA connector 12 slightly is shorter than the length of first pin 121, second pin 122, the 3rd pin 123, the 6th pin 126 and the 9th pin 129 of SATA connector 12 respectively.In addition, the operating voltage of the electric power that received of first pin 121 of the SATA connector 12 of storage card 10 can be 3.3 volts (+3.3V).When storage card 10 during in mode of operation, the 3rd pin 123, the 6th pin 126 and the 9th pin 129 of SATA connector 12 has at least a pin to need respectively to be electrically connected to be ground state with the 3rd terminal group 243, the 6th terminal group 246 and the 9th terminal group 249 of the slot 24 of SATA interface.Memory modules 14 can be a flash memory (flash memory).
Below be described in detail at the physical dimension of the SATA connector 12 of storage card 10.See also Fig. 2, Fig. 2 is the enlarged diagram of Fig. 1 storage card 10.As shown in Figure 2, first pin 121, second pin 122, the 3rd pin 123, the 4th pin 124, the 5th pin 125, the 6th pin 126, the 7th pin 127, the 8th pin 128 and the 9th pin 129 are arranged in the SATA connector 12 for arranging in regular turn, and the length of storage card 10 and width equal 61mm and 30mm in fact respectively, its error range is respectively ± 0.15mm and ± 0.05mm.And the spacing of a side of a side to the nine pins 129 of first pin 121 equals 21.4mm in fact.Moreover the length and the width of first pin 121, second pin 122, the 3rd pin 123, the 6th pin 126 and the 9th pin 129 equal 7mm and 1.4mm in fact respectively, its error range is respectively ± 0.10mm and ± 0.05mm.The length and the width of the 4th pin 124, the 5th pin 125, the 7th pin 127 and the 8th pin 128 equal 6.2mm and 1.4mm in fact respectively, its error range is respectively ± 0.10mm and ± 0.05mm.In addition, the spacing of the central shaft of the central shaft of first pin 121 and second pin 122, the spacing of the central shaft of the central shaft of second pin 122 and the 3rd pin 123, the spacing of the central shaft of the central shaft of the 3rd pin 123 and the 4th pin 124, the spacing of the central shaft of the central shaft of the 4th pin 124 and the 5th pin 125, the spacing of the central shaft of the central shaft of the 5th pin 125 and the 6th pin 126, the spacing of the central shaft of the central shaft of the 6th pin 126 and the 7th pin 127, the spacing of the central shaft of the central shaft of the 7th pin 127 and the 8th pin 128, the spacing of the central shaft of the central shaft of the 8th pin 128 and the 9th pin 129 equals 2.5mm in fact respectively.
Compared to prior art, the present invention uses the SATA transmission interface as the communication interface between the slot of storage card and electronic installation.Storage card is still possessed the outward appearance of known technology outside plug type storage card, except the volume increase of the built-in memory modules of storage card, in addition the communication interface of storage card is replaced by the SATA transmission interface, and has nine pins of particular sorted, definition and size.Thus, the storage card of the SATA of transmission interface signal of the present invention has the high storage capacity of conventional hard and the advantage of high speed transmission of signals speed, and the advantage of the light external form of conventional memory card and hot plug function, not only increase the convenience of operation, and solve the restriction that the storage card volume expands simultaneously.
Though embodiments of the invention disclose as mentioned above, yet be not in order to limit the present invention, any have a technical field of the invention know the knowledgeable usually, all can do a little change to shape of the present invention, structure or feature according to the disclosed content of embodiments of the invention.Therefore, the protection domain that the present invention advocated must be looked being as the criterion that this instructions appending claims defined.

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1. storage card with SATA transmission interface, it is in order to be connected to electronic installation, and described electronic installation has the slot of SATA interface, it is characterized in that, and described storage card includes:
The SATA connector, described SATA connector includes nine pins, and it is used for receiving electric power, identification SATA interface signal, transmission SATA interface signal and ground connection respectively;
Memory modules;
Controller is electrically connected on described SATA connector and described memory modules, uses the output and the input of control SATA interface signal; And
Power control circuit is electrically connected on described SATA connector, described memory modules and described controller, and the electric power that provides storage card required is provided.
2. storage card according to claim 1 is characterized in that, has pin to be used for receiving electric power in wherein said nine pins, and the operating voltage of electric power that described pin receives is 3.3 volts.
3. storage card according to claim 1 is characterized in that, has pin to be used to provide the function of identification SATA interface signal in wherein said nine pins.
4. storage card according to claim 1 is characterized in that, has three pins to be used for ground connection in wherein said nine pins.
5. storage card according to claim 4 is characterized in that, wherein when described storage was stuck in mode of operation, described three pins had at least one to be ground state.
6. storage card according to claim 1 is characterized in that, has two pins to be used for transmitting the differential wave of SATA interface in wherein said nine pins.
7. storage card according to claim 1 is characterized in that, has two pins to be used for receiving the differential wave of SATA interface in wherein said nine pins.
8. storage card according to claim 1 is characterized in that, wherein said memory modules is a flash memory.
9. storage card framework with SATA transmission interface is characterized in that it includes:
Electronic installation, it has circuit board, and described circuit board includes slot, is installed on the described circuit board, and described slot includes nine terminal group; And
Storage card, it includes:
Connector is used for being electrically connected described slot, and described connector includes nine pins, and it is electrically connected on described nine terminal group respectively, and described nine pins are used for receiving electric power, identification SATA interface signal, transmission SATA interface signal and ground connection respectively;
Memory modules;
Controller is electrically connected on described connector and described memory modules, uses the output and the input of control SATA interface signal; And
Power control circuit is electrically connected on described connector, described memory modules and described controller, and the electric power that provides storage card required is provided.
10. storage card framework according to claim 9 is characterized in that, has pin to be used for receiving electric power in wherein said nine pins, and the operating voltage of electric power that described pin receives is 3.3 volts.
11. storage card framework according to claim 9 is characterized in that, has pin to be used to provide the function of identification SATA interface signal in wherein said nine pins.
12. storage card framework according to claim 9 is characterized in that, has three pins to be used for ground connection in wherein said nine pins.
13. storage card framework according to claim 12 is characterized in that, wherein when described storage is stuck in mode of operation, has at least one to be ground state in described three pins.
14. storage card framework according to claim 9 is characterized in that, has two pins to be used for transmitting the differential wave of SATA interface in wherein said nine pins.
15. storage card framework according to claim 9 is characterized in that, has two pins to be used for receiving the differential wave of SATA interface in wherein said nine pins.
16. storage card framework according to claim 9 is characterized in that, wherein said memory modules is a flash memory.
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