KR200481023Y1 - Memory apparatus having multi interface function - Google Patents

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KR200481023Y1
KR200481023Y1 KR2020160002345U KR20160002345U KR200481023Y1 KR 200481023 Y1 KR200481023 Y1 KR 200481023Y1 KR 2020160002345 U KR2020160002345 U KR 2020160002345U KR 20160002345 U KR20160002345 U KR 20160002345U KR 200481023 Y1 KR200481023 Y1 KR 200481023Y1
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a memory device having multiple interface functions.
The present invention relates to a multi-interface connector in which at least a part of spare terminals which are not used for a SATA interface among terminals constituting a SATA interface connector are used as terminals supporting a heterogeneous interface different from the SATA interface, A memory unit for providing a space for storing data to be input and output and an interface supported by an external device connected to the multiple interface connector, And a control unit for controlling the input / output of data.
According to the present invention, it is possible to support multiple interfaces without any structural modification to the interface connector of the memory, to improve the stability of the electrical connection with the external device, and to improve the service life of the memory device.

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[0001] MEMORY APPARATUS HAVING MULTI INTERFACE FUNCTION [0002]

The present invention relates to a memory device having multiple interface functions. More specifically, the present invention relates to a memory device capable of supporting multiple interfaces without increasing the structural interface of the memory interface connector, improving the stability of electrical connection with an external device, .

Flash memory is a non-volatile memory that does not lose stored information even when the power is turned off, unlike a DRAM or an SRAM in which stored information is lost when the power is turned off.

These flash memories not only have the advantages of ROM (ROM) that can preserve the stored information even when the power supply is interrupted, but also have the advantage of RAM (RAM) that information input / output is free, It has been used as a USB drive since 2001 and is currently used as a digital camera, a digital camcorder, a mobile phone, a digital camera, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a game machine, an MP3 player, And is widely used in black boxes and the like.

Currently, various manufacturers provide different types of flash memory storage devices. For example, USB (Universal SB) memory, Compact Flash card (CF card), Secure- (SD) card, a memory-stick card (abbreviated as MS card), a smart-media card (abbreviated as SM card), an XD picture card (abbreviated as XD card) Multi Media) card (abbreviated as MMC card) is a specification of a memory card currently on the market.

Meanwhile, as the types of hosts connected to the flash memory storage device are diversified, there is a growing need for the flash memory storage device to support various interfaces.

Korean Utility Model Registration No. 20-0397292 discloses a dual interface memory card that supports a USB interface and an SD interface.

However, according to the conventional technology including the technique disclosed in Korean Utility Model Registration No. 20-0397292, in order for a memory device to support various interfaces, a connection terminal for supporting each interface to the memory device must be separately provided, In order to couple a memory device to a socket on the host side having a different interface, there are various problems such as an increase in manufacturing cost for the memory device because a structural change has to be made to the coupling portion of the memory device.

Korean Registered Utility Model No. 20-0397292 (Registered Date: September 23, 2005, titled: Dual Interface Memory Card)

The present invention is directed to providing a memory device capable of supporting multiple interfaces without requiring any structural modification to the interface connector of the memory.

In addition, in the present invention, among the terminals constituting the SATA interface connector, terminals which are not used for the SATA interface are used as terminals supporting a heterogeneous interface such as a USB interface and a UFS interface, And to provide a memory device that can be universally applied to a memory device.

In addition, the present invention supports a durable USB interface and UFS interface, which have relatively low durability using a SATA interface connector and socket, thereby reducing the possibility of electrical connection failure due to repetitive detachment of the memory device, And to increase the service life of the battery.

In the memory device having the multiple interface function according to the present invention, among the terminals constituting the SATA interface connector, at least a part of the spare terminals which are not used for the SATA interface are used as terminals supporting the heterogeneous interface different from the SATA interface A memory unit for providing a space for storing data input and output through the multiple interface connector, and an interface supported by an external device connected to the multiple interface connector, And controls the input / output of data through terminals corresponding to the interface of the external device.

In the memory device having the multiple interface function according to the present invention, the heterogeneous interface includes at least one of a USB interface and a UFS interface.

In the memory device having the multiple interface function according to the present invention, when the external device supports the SATA interface, the controller controls the data input / output through the SATA interface terminals among the terminals constituting the multiple interface connector When the external device supports the USB interface, the controller controls the input / output of data through the USB interface terminals among the terminals constituting the multiple interface connector, and when the external device supports the UFS interface, The control unit controls the input / output of data through the UFS interface terminals among the terminals constituting the multiple interface connector.

In the memory device having the multiple interface function according to the present invention, the memory unit includes a plurality of flash memory chips mounted on a substrate.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a memory device capable of supporting multiple interfaces without requiring any structural modification to the interface connector of the memory.

In addition, among the terminals constituting the SATA interface connector, the terminals not used for the SATA interface are used as the terminals supporting the heterogeneous interface such as the USB interface and the UFS interface, There is an effect that a memory device can be applied.

In addition, by supporting durable USB interface and UFS interface which have relatively weak durability using SATA interface connector and socket, it is possible to reduce the possibility of occurrence of electrical connection failure due to repetitive detachment of memory device, It has the effect of increasing the age.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a memory device having a multiple interface function according to an embodiment of the present invention,
2 is a perspective view of a memory device having a multiple interface function according to an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 3 is a top view of the case with the case removed in FIG. 2,
FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the case with the case removed in FIG. 2,
5 is a top view and bottom view of the multiple interface connector;

It is to be understood that the specific structural or functional description of embodiments in accordance with the concepts of the present inventions disclosed herein is illustrative only for the purpose of describing embodiments in accordance with the concepts of the present invention, But may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

The embodiments according to the concept of the present invention are capable of various changes and may have various forms, so that the embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail herein. It should be understood, however, that it is not intended to limit the embodiments according to the concepts of the present invention to the particular forms disclosed, but includes all changes, equivalents, or alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the present invention.

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by the terms. The terms may be named for the purpose of distinguishing one element from another, for example, without departing from the scope of the right according to the concept of the present invention, the first element may be referred to as a second element, The component may also be referred to as a first component.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, . On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between. Other expressions that describe the relationship between components, such as "between" and "between" or "neighboring to" and "directly adjacent to" should be interpreted as well.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, the terms "comprises" or "having" and the like are used to specify that there are features, numbers, steps, operations, elements, parts or combinations thereof described herein, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning of the context in the relevant art and, unless explicitly defined herein, are to be interpreted as ideal or overly formal Do not.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a memory device having a multiple interface function according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a memory device having a multiple interface function according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 3 and 4 are respectively a top view and a bottom view of the case in which the case is removed in FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 is a top view and a bottom view of the multiple interface connector.

1 to 4, a memory device 1 having a multiple interface function according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a case 10, a substrate 20, a multiple interface connector 30, a memory unit 40 And a control unit 50. [0033] Hereinafter, even when the external device 2 to which the memory device 1 is connected does not support the SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) interface, the interface socket of the external device 2 corresponds to the shape of the SATA interface connector The socket is connected to the socket. As a specific example, the external device 2 may be a vehicle black box supporting a universal serial bus (USB) interface, and a socket corresponding to the shape of the SATA interface connector may be coupled to the USB interface socket of the vehicle black box .

The case 10 accommodates components of the memory device 1 having the multiple interface function according to an embodiment of the present invention and functions to protect the components from external physical factors.

The substrate 20 may be a printed circuit board (PCB), and a memory unit 40 and a control unit 50 are mounted on the substrate 20, A connector 30 is formed.

The multiple interface connector 30 has the same shape as a conventional SATA interface connector. As is generally known, the SATA interface connector includes 52 terminals, but the number of terminals used for actual SATA communication is only about half. In this embodiment, among the terminals constituting the SATA interface connector, the spare terminals not used for the SATA interface are used as terminals for supporting the disparate interface different from the SATA interface. With this configuration, even when the external device 2 connected to the multiple interface connector 30 supports not only the SATA interface but also different heterogeneous interfaces, the multiple interface connector 30 and the external device 2 No additional gender is required.

For example, if the external device 2 does not support the SATA interface but is a vehicle black box that supports a USB interface, and a socket corresponding to the shape of the SATA interface connector is coupled to the USB interface socket of the vehicle black box, An additional gender due to the difference in the shape of the connector is not required in the process of electrically connecting the multiple interface connector 30 of the present embodiment to the vehicle black box.

On the other hand, as is generally known, since the USB interface connector and the socket are weak in mechanical durability, there is a problem in that if the coupling and the separation are repeated hundreds of times, a failure may occur in the electrical connection between the terminals.

On the other hand, according to this embodiment, for example, a socket having a shape corresponding to the SATA interface connector is fixedly or detachably coupled, if necessary, to a USB interface socket of a vehicle black box supporting only a USB interface, 1) to the socket having the shape corresponding to this socket, that is, the SATA interface connector. With this configuration, since the durability of the SATA interface connector and the socket is very high, even if the coupling and the separation are repeated several hundred times or more, the electrical connection between the terminals does not occur, and the service life of the memory device 1 .

For example, the heterogeneous interface may include one or more of a USB interface and a Universal Flash Storage (UFS) interface.

The memory unit 40 provides a space for storing data input and output through the multiple interface connector 30. For example, the memory unit 40 includes a plurality of flash memory chips 410, 420, 430, and 440 mounted on the substrate 20, . ≪ / RTI >

The controller 50 detects the interfaces supported by the external device 2 connected to the multiple interface connector 30 and selects the terminals corresponding to the interface of the external device 2 from among the terminals constituting the multiple interface connector 30 And controls the input / output of data. In addition to these functions, the control unit 50 performs functions related to general memory input / output control and data management required for the memory device 1.

For example, when the external device 2 supports the SATA interface, the control unit 50 can control the input / output of data through the SATA interface terminal unit 310 among the terminals constituting the multiple interface connector 30 have. When the external device 2 supports the USB interface, the controller 50 can control the input / output of data through the USB interface terminal unit 320 among the terminals constituting the multiple interface connector 30. In addition, when the external device 2 supports the UFS interface, the controller 50 can control the input / output of data through the UFS interface terminal unit 330 among the terminals constituting the multiple interface connector 30.

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, there is an effect that a memory device capable of supporting multiple interfaces can be provided without any structural modification to the interface connector of the memory.

In addition, among the terminals constituting the SATA interface connector, the terminals not used for the SATA interface are used as the terminals supporting the heterogeneous interface such as the USB interface and the UFS interface, There is an effect that a memory device can be applied.

In addition, by supporting durable USB interface and UFS interface which have relatively weak durability using SATA interface connector and socket, it is possible to reduce the possibility of occurrence of electrical connection failure due to repetitive detachment of memory device, It has the effect of increasing the age.

1: Memory device
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310: Terminal portion for SATA interface
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A plurality of interface connectors having the same external shape as the SATA interface connector and at least a part of the spare terminals which are not used for the SATA interface among the terminals constituting the SATA interface connector are used as terminals supporting a heterogeneous interface different from the SATA interface connector ;
A memory unit for providing a space for storing data input and output through the multiple interface connectors; And
And a controller for sensing an interface supported by an external device connected to the multiple interface connector and controlling input and output of data through terminals corresponding to the interface of the external device among the terminals constituting the multiple interface connector,
Wherein the disparate interface comprises a USB interface,
When the external device supports the SATA interface, the controller controls data input / output through the SATA interface terminals among the terminals constituting the multiple interface connector,
Wherein when the external device supports the USB interface, the control unit controls the input / output of data through the USB interface terminals among the terminals constituting the multiple interface connector. delete delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the memory unit comprises a plurality of flash memory chips mounted on a substrate.
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