TW201316618A - Connector and connection seat connected thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a connector and a connecting seat connected thereof, particularly a connector to transmit serial type data (SATA) and a connecting seat that it connects. The connector and the connection seat can be a PATA interface. The connector and the connecting seat pin of the PATA interface define a plurality of PATA data pin. An electronic device and a circuit board can connect and transmit SATA data through the connector and connection seat of the PATA interface, thereby, using the PATA interface to transmit SATA data not only decreases the manufacturing cost of the electronic device or the circuit board, but increases the convenience of usage of the client.

Description

Connector and its connected connector

The invention relates to a connector and a connecting base thereof, in particular to a connector and a connecting seat capable of transmitting serial data.

The ATA interface is the interface specification of a storage device (such as a flash memory card CF or a solid-state hard disk SSD). It is applied to a computer system and is mainly used as an internal storage device and a circuit board (such as a motherboard). The transmission interface between. In the past, most ATA interfaces used Parallel ATA (PATA or IDE) interface. However, due to the limitation of PATA interface transmission bandwidth, the Serial ATA (SATA) interface with high transmission performance gradually replaces the traditional PATA interface.

Although the SATA interface has the advantage of higher transmission performance than the PATA interface, there are still some shortcomings, so many industrial controllers or system vendors still use the PATA interface as the main transmission interface of the storage device, as follows:

(1). The SATA interface connector/connector is much more expensive than the PATA interface connector/connector, and the circuit design is more complicated.

(2). The standard SATA interface is standardized as a single-sided contact design. As shown in FIG. 1, the storage device 110 and the circuit board 120 connected to each other by the SATA interface 111/121 are susceptible to short-term separation or detachment due to vibration of an external force, resulting in an error or loss of the transmitted signal data. Here, the single-sided contact SATA interface is less stable than the pin-type PATA interface.

In addition, in order to achieve the purpose of both SATA and PATA data transmission, the SATA and PATA connectors can also be provided on the circuit board to provide a connector using a SATA interface or a PATA interface. The storage device of the device is connected. However, in this way, the cost of adding a connector to the board is very detrimental to the board manufacturer.

An object of the present invention is to provide a connector and a connection connector thereof, wherein the connector and the connector are both in the form of a PATA interface, and a SATA-sized electronic device can be inserted into a PATA of a circuit board by using a PATA interface connector. The interface is connected to the SATA data through the PATA interface.

An object of the present invention is to provide a connector and a connection socket thereof. The PATA interface is used as a connection interface between an electronic device and a circuit board, which can reduce the manufacturing cost of the electronic device or the circuit board, and the circuit board can be flexibly selected. Insert PATA-sized electronic devices or SATA-sized electronic devices without changing the board design.

An object of the present invention is to provide a connector and a connection connector thereof, wherein the PATA interface connector and the connector base are configured by a pin jack/pin type pin, and the connector is inserted into the connector. In time, each foot will have an omnidirectional contact to increase the stability between the connector and the connector, thereby improving the stability of data transmission.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a connector that is applied to an electronic device and is a side-by-side (PATA) interface connector. The pin type of the connector includes: a plurality of connections for a PATA mode. And a plurality of connector pins for a non-PATA mode, the SATA data pins of the plurality of connectors are defined in the connector pins of the non-PATA mode, and the electronic device utilizes the SATA data pins of the connector Bit transfers at least one SATA data.

In an embodiment of the invention, the electronic device is a SATA-sized electronic device that transmits SATA data using a PATA interface connector.

In an embodiment of the invention, the SATA ground pin of the plurality of connectors is defined in the connector pin of the non-PATA mode.

In an embodiment of the invention, each pin of the connector is a pin jack or a pin stud.

In an embodiment of the invention, the connector is inserted on a connector, and the connector is applied to a circuit board and is a parallel (PATA) interface connector. The pin type of the connector includes: a plurality of The pedestal pin for the PATA mode; and the plurality of pedestal pins for the non-PATA mode, the SATA data pin of the plurality of connectors is defined in the pin of the non-PATA mode; wherein, the electronic device And the board transmits SATA data through the connector and the SATA data pin of the connector.

The invention further provides a connector, which is applied to a circuit board and is a side-by-side (PATA) interface connector. The pin type of the connector includes: a plurality of connector pins for a PATA mode; And a plurality of connection pins for a non-PATA mode, the SATA data pins of the plurality of connection sockets are defined in the connection pin positions of the non-PATA mode, and the circuit board transmits at least one of the SATA data pins of the connection base. SATA data.

In an embodiment of the invention, the connector is provided with a connector, and the connector is applied to an electronic device and is a side-by-side (PATA) interface connector. The connector type includes: a plurality of PATAs. The connector pin of the mode; and a plurality of connector pins for the non-PATA mode, the SATA data pin of the plurality of connectors is defined in the connector pin of the non-PATA mode; wherein the electronic device and the circuit board SATA data is transmitted through the connector and the SATA data pin of the connector.

In an embodiment of the invention, the electronic device is a SATA-sized electronic device that transmits SATA data using a PATA interface connector.

In an embodiment of the invention, the PATA data pin of the plurality of connectors is defined in the connection pin of the PATA mode for transmitting the PATA data.

In an embodiment of the invention, the SATA grounding pin of the plurality of connecting blocks is defined in the connecting seat of the non-PATA mode.

In an embodiment of the invention, each pin of the connector is a pin jack or a pin jack.

Please refer to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , which are schematic diagrams showing the three-dimensional structure of the connector and the connecting connector of the present invention, and the structure of the connector and the connector. As shown, the connector 61 is applied to an electronic device 60. The connector 71 is applied to a circuit board 70. The electronic device 60 can be a storage device (eg, a flash memory card CF, a solid state drive). The SSD, the general hard disk HDD), and the circuit board 70 can be a portable electronic device (such as a digital camera, a mobile phone) circuit board or a computer system motherboard. The electronic device 60 and the circuit board 70 can transmit data between the two through the connector 61 and the connector 71.

The connector 61 and the connector 71 all adopt a Parallel ATA (PATA or IDE) interface, which respectively includes a plurality of pins 611 and 711. In an embodiment of the invention, the number of pins 611, 711 of the connector 61 and the connector 71 can also be set to fifty.

Next, please refer to FIG. 4, which is a table for defining the position of the connector and the connector of the present invention. As described above, the connector 61 and the connector 71 of the present invention are PATA interfaces. Here, in order to comply with the transmission specifications of the conventional PATA data, most of the pins 611 and 711 of the connector 61 and the connector 71 are still defined as Pins used in PATA mode (or IDE mode), for example: 2~6, 21~23, 27~31, 47~49 pins are defined as PATA data pins, 13th and 38th pins. For the PATA power pin, the 1st and 50th pins are defined as the PATA ground pin... and so on. In other words, the pin of the PATA mode will be used as the connector 61 and the connector 71 to transmit the relative position of the PATA data.

In the non-PATA mode (not defined as PATA mode) pins 611, 711 (for example: 8th to 12th, 14th to 17th, 36th, etc.) Some of the pins are SATA data pins. For example, in an embodiment of the invention, the 10th, 11th, 15th, and 16th pins are selected to be SATA data pins (Tx+, Tx-, Rx+, Rx-).

5 is a schematic diagram of a circuit structure of a preferred embodiment of an electronic device and a circuit board according to the present invention. The circuit structure of the electronic device 60 includes a PATA interface connector 61, a SATA controller 62 and a plurality of storage elements (D) 64. The PATA interface connector 61 and the storage elements (D) 64 are electrically connected to the SATA control respectively. 62. Here, the electronic device 60 of the embodiment is a SATA-sized electronic device.

The circuit structure of the circuit board 70 includes a PATA interface connector 71 and a control unit 73. The PATA interface connector 71 is electrically connected to the control unit 73. Furthermore, the control unit 73 of the circuit board 70 can be used to process SATA type data or PATA type data.

Moreover, the PATA interface connector 61 and the SATA controller 62 further include a wiring pin area 613, and the PATA interface connector 71 and the control unit 73 further include another wiring pin area 713. The respective pins 611 of the PATA interface connector 61 are routed to the SATA controller 62 through the single row wiring pins in the wiring pin area 613, as shown in FIG. The respective pins 711 of the PATA interface connector 71 are routed to the control unit 73 through the two-row wiring pins in the wiring pin area 713, as shown in FIG.

When the electronic device 60 is inserted into the PATA interface connector 71 of the circuit board 70 through the PATA interface connector 61, the electronic device 60 and the circuit board 70 can pass through the PATA interface connector 61 and the SATA defined in the connector 71. The data pin (such as pins 10, 11, 15, and 16) transmits SATA data.

Therefore, the SATA-compliant electronic device 60 of the present invention can be connected to the circuit board 70 by using a PATA interface to achieve the purpose of SATA data transmission. Moreover, the PATA connection interface has a lower price advantage than the SATA connection interface, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost of the electronic device 60 or the circuit board 70.

Referring again to FIG. 2, the pin 611 of the PATA interface connector 61 of the present invention is a pin jack or a pin pin configuration, and the pin 711 of the PATA interface connector 71 is a corresponding pin pin or The construction of a pin jack. With the pin-type configuration of the PATA interface, when the connector 61 is inserted into the connector 71, each pin will have an omnidirectional contact to increase the stability between the connector 61 and the connector 71, thereby improving the SATA data. Stability on transmission.

Referring again to FIGS. 3 and 4, in still another embodiment of the present invention, a portion of the pin can be further defined as a SATA ground pin in the non-PATA mode pins 611, 711. For example, define the 9th, 12th, 14th, and 17th pins as the SATA ground pin (GND). Thus, by the SATA grounding pin setting, when the connector 61 is inserted into the connector 71, the PATA signal on the circuit board 71 can be prevented from electromagnetic interference to the SATA data transmitted between the electronic device 60 and the circuit board 70. .

In addition, in the non-PATA mode pins 611, 711, the 10th, 11th, 15th, and 16th pins are defined as the SATA data pins, and the 9th, 12th, 14th, and 17th pins are defined as the SATA ground pins. Inventively a specific embodiment. Of course, the circuit-related designer can also use the non-PATA mode pins 611 and 711 (for example, the 8th to 12th pins, the 14th to the 17th and the 36th) according to the actual consideration of the circuit wiring. Define any pin as SATA data pin or SATA ground pin.

Please refer to FIG. 8 , which is a schematic diagram of a circuit structure of still another embodiment of an electronic device and a circuit board according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the present embodiment further provides a PATA-compliant electronic device 80. The electronic device 80 includes a PATA interface connector 61, a PATA controller 82, and a plurality of storage elements (D) 84, and a PATA interface connector 61. The layout is routed to the PATA controller 82 through a routing pin area 613, and each storage element (D) 84 is connected to the PATA controller 82, respectively. The PATA-compliant electronic device 80 can be inserted into the PATA interface connector 71 of the circuit board 70 through the PATA interface connector 61 to transmit PATA data.

According to the implementation, the circuit board 70 of the present invention can be connected to a SATA-sized electronic device 60 or another PATA-sized electronic device 80 through a single PATA interface connector 71 to achieve SATA and Both specifications of the PATA can be transmitted for transmission purposes, and thus reduce the component cost of the board 70 for data transmission purposes.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, which is equivalent to the changes in shape, structure, features and spirit of the present invention. Modifications are intended to be included in the scope of the patent application of the present invention.

110. . . Storage device

111. . . SATA interface

120. . . Circuit board

121. . . SATA interface

60. . . Electronic device

61. . . PATA interface connector

611. . . Foot position

613. . . Wiring pin area

62. . . SATA controller

64. . . Storage element

70. . . Circuit board

71. . . PATA interface connector

711. . . Foot position

713. . . Wiring pin area

73. . . control unit

80. . . Electronic device

82. . . PATA controller

84. . . Storage element

Fig. 1 is a schematic enlarged view of a three-dimensional structure in which a conventional storage device and a circuit board are connected by a SATA interface.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the connector of the present invention and its associated connector.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view showing the structure of the connector of the connector and the connector of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a table showing the definition of the position of the connector and the connector of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the circuit structure of a preferred embodiment of the electronic device and circuit board of the present invention.

Figure 6: Schematic diagram of the layout of the connector of the present invention using a single row of wiring pins for line layout.

Figure 7: Schematic diagram of the layout of the line of the connector of the present invention using double-row wiring pins.

Figure 8 is a block diagram showing the circuit structure of still another embodiment of the electronic device and circuit board of the present invention.

60. . . Electronic device

61. . . PATA interface connector

613. . . Wiring pin area

62. . . SATA controller

64. . . Storage element

70. . . Circuit board

71. . . PATA interface connector

713. . . Wiring pin area

73. . . control unit

Claims (11)

A connector is applied to an electronic device and is a side-by-side (PATA) interface connector. The pin type of the connector includes: a plurality of connector pins for a PATA mode; and a plurality of uses In a non-PATA mode connector pin, a SATA data pin of a plurality of connectors is defined in a non-PATA mode connector pin, and the electronic device transmits at least one SATA data using the SATA data pin of the connector. The connector of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a SATA-sized electronic device that transmits the SATA data using the PATA interface connector. The connector of claim 1, wherein the SATA grounding pin of the plurality of connectors is defined in the non-PATA mode connector pin. The connector of claim 1, wherein each of the pins of the connector is a pin jack or a pin jack. The connector of claim 1, wherein the connector is inserted on a connector, and the connector is applied to a circuit board and is a side-by-side (PATA) interface connector. The bit type includes: a plurality of connection pins for the PATA mode; and a plurality of connection pins for the non-PATA mode, and a plurality of connection SATAs are defined in the non-PATA mode connection pins. The data pin; wherein the electronic device and the circuit board transmit the SATA data through the connector and the SATA data pin of the connector. A connector seat is applied to a circuit board and is a side-by-side (PATA) interface connector. The pin type of the connector includes: a plurality of connector pins for a PATA mode; and a plurality of In the non-PATA mode connection pin position, the SATA data pin of the plurality of connection seats is defined in the non-PATA mode connection pin, and the circuit board transmits at least one SATA data by using the SATA data pin of the connection base. The connector of claim 6, wherein the connector is provided with a connector, the connector is applied to an electronic device and is a parallel (PATA) interface connector, and the connector type of the connector The method includes: a plurality of connector pins for the PATA mode; and a plurality of connector pins for the non-PATA mode, wherein the SATA data pins of the plurality of connectors are defined in the non-PATA mode connector pins Wherein, the electronic device and the circuit board transmit the SATA data through the connector and the SATA data pin of the connector. The connector of claim 7, wherein the electronic device is a SATA-sized electronic device that transmits the SATA data using the PATA interface connector. The connector of claim 6, wherein the PATA mode connection pin defines a plurality of PATA data pins for transmitting at least one PATA data. The connector of claim 6, wherein the SATA grounding pin of the plurality of connectors is defined in the non-PATA mode connector pin. The connector according to claim 6 is characterized in that the pins of the connector are a pin jack or a pin pin.