TWM457995U - SATA connector and SATA transmission cable - Google Patents

Abstract

A mother board side SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) connector includes an insulating body, a plurality of signal transmission terminals, a plurality of power transmission terminals, a circuit board, and a flexible flat cable. The insulating body has a base seat and a tongue plate extended from the base seat. The signal transmission terminals and the power transmission terminals are arranged in one row, and each has a contacting portion and a mating portion extended from the contacting portion. Each contacting portion is disposed in the tongue plate and exposed from a mating surface of the tongue plate, and each mating portion is exposed from the base seat and welded on the circuit board. The circuit board is installed on the insulating body. One end portion of the flexible flat cable is welded on the circuit board for electrically connecting to the signal transmission terminals and the power transmission terminals. Besides, the instant disclosure also provides a SATA transmission device.

Description

Board end SATA connector and SATA transmission device

The present invention relates to a connector and a transmission line, and in particular to a board-side SATA connector and a SATA transmission device.

The SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) interface is the abbreviation of Serial ATA, which is Serial ATA. This is a new type of interface that is completely different from Parallel ATA, named after the serial transmission of data. The SATA bus uses embedded clock signals for greater error correction. Compared with the previous technology, its biggest advantage is that it can check the transmission instructions (not just the data). If the error is found, it will be automatically corrected. The reliability of data transmission is greatly improved. The serial interface also has the advantages of simple structure and support for hot plugging.

SATA connectors are mostly used in devices such as hard drives, CD players, or motherboards, and can be divided into device-side SATA connectors (plugs in hard drives or CD players depending on the type of device being plugged in). And other devices) and board-side SATA electrical connectors (plugged in the motherboard).

Structurally, a conventional SATA connector includes an insulator, a plurality of terminals disposed in the insulator, and a plurality of cables connected to the terminals. The terminals and cables of the SATA connector described above are electrically connected by direct soldering to each other.

However, the design of the conventional SATA connector is liable to be missing during soldering, such as: it is difficult to keep the cable and the terminal in contact with each other, and thus it is easy to cause missing soldering or the like; or, when the cable is soldered to the terminal, it is easy to be high temperature. Damage to the surrounding insulation.

Therefore, the creator feels that the above-mentioned deficiency can be improved. In addition to the use of academics, the author finally proposes a creation that is reasonable in design and effective in improving the above-mentioned defects.

The purpose of this creation is to provide a board-side SATA connector and a SATA transmission device for transferring flexible cables through a circuit board (and a circuit board).

The present invention provides a board-side SATA connector including an insulator, a plurality of signal transmission terminals, a plurality of power transmission terminals, a circuit board, and a flexible flat cable (FFC). The insulator includes a base and a tongue extending from the base, and the tongue has a pair of joints perpendicularly connected to the base. Each of the signal transmission terminals has a contact portion and a mounting portion extending from the contact portion. The contact portion of each of the signal transmission terminals is disposed on the tongue plate and exposed outside the mating surface, and the mounting portion of each of the signal transmission terminals is exposed outside the base. Each of the power transmission terminals has a contact portion and a mounting portion extending from the contact portion, and a contact portion of each power transmission terminal is disposed on the tongue plate and exposed outside the mating surface, and a mounting portion of each power transmission terminal And being exposed outside the base, and the power transmission terminals and the signal transmission terminals are arranged substantially in the same column. The circuit board is mounted on the insulator, and the mounting portions of the power transmission terminals and the mounting portions of the signal transmission terminals are soldered to the circuit board. One end of the flexible cable is soldered to the circuit board, and the flexible cable is electrically connected to the signal transmission terminals and the power transmission terminals via the circuit board.

The present invention further provides a SATA transmission device including the board-side SATA connector and a device-side SATA connector as described above. The device end SATA connector comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of signal terminals, a plurality of power terminals and a circuit board. The insulating body includes a base portion and a protruding portion extending from the base portion, and the opposite sides of the insulating body are respectively formed There is at least one first accommodating space and at least one second accommodating space extending through the base and the protruding portion. Each of the signal terminals has a contact portion and a mounting portion extending from the contact portion. The contact portion of each of the signal terminals is disposed in the protruding portion and located in the at least one first receiving space, and the mounting portion of each of the signal terminals is exposed outside the base portion. Each of the power terminals has a contact portion and a mounting portion extending from the contact portion. The contact portion of each of the power terminals is disposed in the protruding portion and located in the at least one second receiving space, and each of the power terminals The mounting portion is exposed outside the base, and the power terminals and the signal terminals are arranged substantially in the same row. The circuit board is mounted on the insulative housing, and the circuit board is soldered to the mounting portions of the signal terminals and the mounting portions of the power terminals. The other end of the flexible cable is soldered to the circuit board of the SATA connector of the device, and the flexible cable is electrically connected to the signal terminals and the power terminals via the circuit carrier.

In summary, the board-end SATA connector and the SATA transmission device provided by the present embodiment can provide a signal transmission terminal (and a signal terminal) and a power transmission terminal through a circuit board (and a circuit board). And the power terminal) is a more stable connection platform, and can also achieve the effect of strengthening the connection stability between components. Moreover, through the arrangement of the above circuit board (and the circuit board), it is possible to effectively avoid damage to the insulator (and the insulating body) due to high temperature during the soldering process.

In order to further understand the features and technical contents of the present invention, please refer to the following detailed description and drawings of the present invention. However, the drawings are only for reference and explanation, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. .

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is an embodiment of the creation. This embodiment provides a The board end SATA connector 1 is of a type suitable for being inserted in a mother board. Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , the board end SATA connector 1 includes an insulator 11 , a plurality of signal transmission terminals 12 , a plurality of power transmission terminals 13 , a circuit board 14 , and a flexible flat cable 15 . FFC) and a metal cover 16.

The insulator 11 includes a base 111 and a tongue 112 extending perpendicularly from the base 111. The base 111 has a substantially plate-shaped bottom wall 1111, a ring side wall 1112 and two positioning posts 1113. The bottom wall 1111 and the ring side wall 1112 are surrounded by a mounting groove 1114, and the two positioning posts 1113 are from the bottom wall. The 1111 extends and is located within the mounting slot 1114. The tongue plate 112 has a pair of joint faces 1121 which are planar and vertically connected to the bottom wall 1111 of the base 111. Furthermore, the insulator 11 is formed with a plurality of first terminal slots 113 and a plurality of second terminal slots 114 extending through the bottom wall 1111 and exposed by the abutting surface 1121 of the tongue 112.

Each of the signal transmission terminals 12 has a substantially straight strip shape and has a contact portion 121 and a mounting portion 122 extending from the contact portion 121, and the signal transmission terminals 12 are respectively inserted into the first terminal slots 113. The contact portion 121 of each of the signal transmission terminals 12 is disposed on the tongue plate 112 and is exposed outside the mating surface 1121. The mounting portion 122 of each of the signal transmission terminals 12 is exposed outside the base 111 and located in the mounting groove 1114.

Each of the power transmission terminals 13 has a substantially straight strip shape and has a contact portion 131 and a mounting portion 132 extending from the contact portion 131, and the power transmission terminals 13 are respectively inserted into the second terminal slots 114. The contact portion 131 of each power transmission terminal 13 is disposed on the tongue plate 112 and exposed outside the mating surface 1121 . The mounting portion 132 of each power transmission terminal 13 is exposed outside the base 111 and located in the mounting groove 1114 . Furthermore, these power transmissions The terminal 13 and the signal transmission terminals 12 are arranged substantially in the same column.

In the embodiment, the circuit board 14 is exemplified by a flat printed circuit board. The circuit board 14 is mounted on the base 111 of the insulator and housed in the mounting groove 1114. In more detail, the board surface of the circuit board 14 is substantially parallel to the bottom wall 1111 of the base 111 and substantially perpendicular to the extending direction of the tongue plate 112, and the two positioning posts 1113 are respectively disposed through the two positioning holes of the circuit board 14. H, the peripheral edge of the circuit board 14 substantially abuts against the ring sidewall 1112. In the embodiment, the two positioning holes H are respectively located on two sides of the circuit board 14. Furthermore, the mounting portions 122 of the signal transmission terminals 12 and the mounting portions 132 of the power transmission terminals 13 are respectively connected and connected to the conductive through holes 141 of the circuit board 14 by soldering or the like. The circuit board 14 is electrically connected to the signal transmission terminals 12 and the power transmission terminals 13.

In this embodiment, the mounting portion 122 of the signal transmission terminal 12 and the mounting portion 132 of the power transmission terminals 13 are, for example, DIP (Dual In-line Package) pin type, but In another embodiment, the mounting portion 122 of the signal transmission terminal 12 and the mounting portion 132 of the power transmission terminals 13 may also be a pin type of SMT (Surface Mount Technology).

Moreover, a plurality of pads 142 may be disposed on the surface of the circuit board 14 away from the tongue 112. One end of the flexible cable 15 is heat-welded to the pad 142 of the circuit board 14 , and the flexible cable 15 is electrically connected to the signal transmission terminals 12 and the power transmission terminals 13 via the circuit board 14 .

The metal cover 16 is mounted (e.g., snapped) in the direction parallel to the board surface of the circuit board 14 to the base 111 such that the circuit board 14 is enclosed within the metal cover 16 and the base 111.

Thereby, through the arrangement of the circuit board 14, not only the soldering platform of the flexible cable 15, the signal transmission terminal 12 and the power transmission terminal 13 is provided, so as to avoid the occurrence of defects such as soldering, etc. The effect of strengthening the connection stability between the components is achieved; and through the arrangement of the above-mentioned circuit board 14, it is possible to effectively avoid the damage of the insulator 11 due to the high temperature during the soldering process.

In addition to the above-described board-side SATA connector 1, please refer to FIG. 4, which is a SATA transmission device 100 provided by the present embodiment. The SATA transmission device includes the above-mentioned board-side SATA connector 1 and a device-side SATA connector 2. The SATA connector 1 and the SATA connector 2 of the device are respectively connected to opposite ends of the flexible cable 15 , and the SATA connector 2 of the device is adapted to be inserted in an electronic device (eg, a hard disk). type. Referring to FIG. 5 to FIG. 7 , the device end SATA connector 2 includes an insulative housing 21 , a plurality of signal terminals 22 , a plurality of power terminals 23 , a circuit board 24 , and an insulating cover 25 .

The insulative housing 21 includes a base portion 211 and a protruding portion 212 extending from the base portion 211, and a first receiving space 213 and a portion extending through the base portion 211 and the protruding portion 212 are formed in opposite side portions of the insulative housing 21, respectively. The second accommodation space 214. The shape of the first accommodating space 213 and the second accommodating space 214 formed by the insulative housing 21 is not limited to that shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6. In another embodiment not shown, the first capacity The area in which the space 213 is located in the protrusion 212 can be divided into a plurality of independent spaces, and the area in which the second accommodation space 214 is located in the protrusion 212 can also be divided into a plurality of independent spaces.

The base 211 has a bottom wall 2111, two side walls 2112, a limit hook 2113, four fixing blocks 2114 and two positioning posts 2115. The above bottom wall 2111 The side wall 2112, the limit hook 2113, the fixing block 2114, and the positioning post 2115 are formed in a substantially plate shape and extending away from the protruding portion 212.

The two side walls 2112 are respectively connected to the opposite sides of the bottom wall 2111 (such as the left side and the right side of the bottom wall 2111 in FIG. 6); the limit hooks 2113 are substantially connected to the first receiving space 213 and the second receiving portion. a bottom wall 2111 block between the space 214; the four fixing block 2114 and the two positioning posts 2115 are substantially connected to the bottom wall 2111 block outside the first accommodating space 213 and the second accommodating space 214, and the four The fixing block 2114 is substantially connected to the four corners of the bottom wall 2111 and is respectively connected to the two side walls 2112, and the two positioning posts 2115 are respectively located between any two adjacent fixing blocks 2114. The bottom wall 2111, the side wall 2112, the limiting hook 2113, and the fixing block 2114 define a mounting slot 2116, and the mounting slot 2116 communicates with the first receiving space 213 and the second receiving space 214. .

Each of the signal terminals 22 has a contact portion 221 and a mounting portion 222 extending from the contact portion 221 . The contact portion 221 of each of the signal terminals 22 is disposed (eg, penetrated) in the protruding portion 212, and the mounting portion 222 of each of the signal terminals 22 is exposed outside the base portion 211 and substantially located in the mounting groove 2116.

Each power terminal 23 has a contact portion 231 and a mounting portion 232 extending from the contact portion 231. The contact portion 231 of each of the power terminals 23 is disposed (eg, penetrated) in the protruding portion 212, and the mounting portion 232 of each of the power terminals 23 is exposed outside the base portion 211 and substantially located in the mounting groove 2116. Furthermore, the power terminals 23 and the signal terminals 22 are arranged substantially in the same row.

In the embodiment, the circuit board 24 is exemplified by a flat printed circuit board. The circuit board 24 is mounted on the base 211 of the insulative housing 21 and received in the mounting slot 2116. In more detail, the board of the circuit board 24 The face is substantially parallel to the bottom wall 2111 of the base 211, that is, the face of the circuit flap 24 is substantially perpendicular to the direction in which the projection 212 extends. The two positioning posts 2115 are respectively disposed on the two positioning holes h of the circuit board 24, and the peripheral edge of the circuit board 24 is substantially abutted against the side wall 2112, the limit hook 2113 and the fixed block 2114, and the limit hook 2113 is fastened. The circuit board 24 is away from the surface of the protrusion 212. In the embodiment, the two positioning holes h are respectively located on two sides of the circuit board 24 . Furthermore, the mounting portions 222 of the signal terminals 22 and the mounting portions 232 of the power terminals 23 are respectively connected and connected to the conductive vias 241 of the circuit board 24 by soldering or the like to make the circuit board 24 The mounting portion 222 of the signal terminals 22 and the mounting portion 232 of the power terminals 23 are electrically connected.

Furthermore, a plurality of pads 242 may be disposed on the surface of the circuit board 24 away from the protrusion 212. The flexible cable 15 is remotely soldered to the pad 242 of the circuit board 24 from the end of the board SATA connector 1 , so that the flexible cable 15 is electrically connected to the signal terminals via the circuit board 24 . 22 and the power terminals 23.

The insulating cover 25 has a shielding portion 251 and four fixing hooks 252. The shielding portion 251 has a substantially plate shape, and a substantially central portion of the side edge is recessed to form a notch 253 having a width corresponding to the flexible cable 15 . The fixing hook 252 is formed by bending and extending from the peripheral portion of the shielding portion 251. The insulating cover 25 is mounted on the base 211 of the insulative housing 21 in the direction of the surface of the vertical circuit board 24, and the four fixing hooks 252 are respectively fastened to the four fixing blocks 2114 of the base 211 to make the circuit board 24 It is provided between the base 211 of the insulative housing and the shielding portion 251 of the insulating cover 25. Furthermore, the flexible cable 15 is bent to pass through the notch 253 of the shielding portion 251.

Thereby, through the setting of the circuit board 24, not only the soft cable is provided. 15. The signal terminal 22 and the power terminal 23 are more smoothly connected (for example, soldered) to avoid the occurrence of defects such as soldering, and can also achieve the effect of strengthening the connection stability between the components; and through the above circuit The arrangement of the rotating plate 24 can effectively prevent the damage of the insulating body 21 due to high temperature during the welding process.

In addition, referring to FIG. 8, this embodiment also provides another variation of the device-side SATA connector 2', which will not be repeated in the same place, and the difference is roughly as follows: as shown in FIG. 9 to FIG. The base portion 211 further adds two limit hooks 2113 ′, and the base portion 211 is further formed with two limit posts 2117 . The two further limit hooks 2113' are located substantially on the opposite side of the original limit hook 2113, and the three limit hooks 2113, 2113' are arranged substantially in a triangular arrangement. The two limiting posts 2117 are located substantially inside the two positioning posts 2115. Moreover, the mounting portion 222 of the signal terminals 22 and the mounting portions 232 of the power terminals 23 are elastically bent.

After the circuit board 24 is received in the mounting slot 2116, the limiting hooks 2113, 2113' and the limiting post 2117 respectively abut against opposite sides of the circuit board 24, and the positioning post 2115 passes through the circuit board 24, respectively. A plurality of positioning holes h' are provided to position the circuit board 24 to the base 211. In the present embodiment, these positioning holes h' are respectively located on both sides of the circuit board 24. The mounting portion 222 of each of the signal terminals 22 and the mounting portion 232 of each of the power terminals 23 are pressed against the pads 243 ′ of the circuit board 24 by the circuit board 24 , respectively. The connection is made to the circuit board 24.

In addition, although the above embodiment is directed to a variant of the device-side SATA connector 2, those skilled in the art can apply to the variation of the board-end SATA connector 1 according to the above embodiment, without Limited.

[Possible effects of this creative embodiment]

In summary, the board-side SATA connector and the SATA transmission device of the present embodiment can be provided through a circuit board (and a circuit board) to provide a signal transmission terminal (and a signal terminal), a power transmission terminal (and a power terminal). ) and the smoother soldering platform of the flexible cable can also achieve the effect of strengthening the connection stability between components. And through the above arrangement of the circuit board, it is possible to effectively avoid damage to the insulating body (and the insulator) due to high temperature during the soldering process. Furthermore, the manner in which the circuit board is connected to the signal terminal and the power terminal can be adjusted to an elastic abutment mode according to the designer's needs.

The above description is only an embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the patent of the present invention.

100‧‧‧SATA transmission device

1‧‧‧Board SATA connector

11‧‧‧Insulator

111‧‧‧Base

1111‧‧‧ bottom wall

1112‧‧‧ ring side wall

1113‧‧‧ Positioning column

1114‧‧‧Installation slot

112‧‧‧ tongue plate

1121‧‧‧ docking surface

113‧‧‧First terminal slot

114‧‧‧Second terminal slot

12‧‧‧Signal transmission terminal

121‧‧‧Contacts

122‧‧‧Installation Department

13‧‧‧Power transmission terminal

131‧‧‧Contacts

132‧‧‧Installation Department

14‧‧‧ boards

141‧‧‧ conductive through holes

142‧‧‧ pads

H‧‧‧Position hole

15‧‧‧Soft cable

16‧‧‧Metal cover

2, 2'‧‧‧ device-side SATA connector

21‧‧‧Insulated body

211‧‧‧ base

2111‧‧‧ bottom wall

2112‧‧‧ side wall

2113, 2113’‧‧‧ Limit

2114‧‧‧Fixed block

2115‧‧‧Positioning column

2116‧‧‧Installation slot

2117‧‧‧Limited Column

212‧‧‧Protruding

213‧‧‧First accommodation space

214‧‧‧Second accommodating space

22‧‧‧ Signal Terminal

221‧‧‧Contacts

222‧‧‧Installation Department

23‧‧‧Power terminal

231‧‧‧Contacts

232‧‧‧Installation Department

24‧‧‧Circuit transfer board

241‧‧‧Electrical through holes

242‧‧‧ pads

243'‧‧‧ pads

h, h’‧‧‧ positioning holes

25‧‧‧Insulating cover

251‧‧ ‧Mask

252‧‧‧Fixed hook

253‧‧‧ gap

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the SATA connector of the author board.

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view of Figure 1.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the SATA transmission device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the device-side SATA connector of FIG. 4.

6 is an exploded perspective view of the device side SATA connector of FIG. 5 from another perspective.

7 is a cross-sectional view of the device-side SATA connector of FIG. 5.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a variation of the device-side SATA connector of the SATA transmission device.

FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the SATA connector of the device end of FIG. 8.

FIG. 10 is another perspective exploded view of the device-side SATA connector of FIG. 8. FIG.

11 is a cross-sectional view of the device-side SATA connector of FIG. 8.

1‧‧‧Board SATA connector

11‧‧‧Insulator

111‧‧‧Base

1111‧‧‧ bottom wall

1112‧‧‧ ring side wall

1113‧‧‧ Positioning column

1114‧‧‧Installation slot

112‧‧‧ tongue plate

1121‧‧‧ docking surface

113‧‧‧First terminal slot

114‧‧‧Second terminal slot

12‧‧‧Signal transmission terminal

121‧‧‧Contacts

122‧‧‧Installation Department

13‧‧‧Power transmission terminal

131‧‧‧Contacts

132‧‧‧Installation Department

14‧‧‧ boards

141‧‧‧ conductive through holes

142‧‧‧ pads

H‧‧‧Position hole

15‧‧‧Soft cable

16‧‧‧Metal cover

Claims (10)

A board end SATA connector includes: an insulator comprising a base and a tongue extending from the base, and the tongue has a pair of joints perpendicularly connected to the base; and a plurality of signal transmission terminals each having a contact portion and a mounting portion extending from the contact portion, a contact portion of each signal transmission terminal is disposed on the tongue plate and exposed outside the mating surface, and a mounting portion of each signal transmission terminal is exposed outside the base a plurality of power transmission terminals each having a contact portion and a mounting portion extending from the contact portion, wherein a contact portion of each power transmission terminal is disposed on the tongue plate and exposed outside the mating surface, and each power transmission terminal The mounting portion is exposed outside the base, and the power transmission terminals and the signal transmission terminals are arranged substantially in the same row; a circuit board is mounted on the insulator, and the mounting portions of the power transmission terminals and the The mounting portions of the signal transmission terminals are soldered to the circuit board; and a flexible cable is soldered to the circuit board, and the flexible cable is electrically connected to the signal transmission terminals via the circuit board. Subsequent with these power transmission terminals. The board-end SATA connector of claim 1, wherein the mounting portions of the power transmission terminals and the mounting portions of the signal transmission terminals are pierced and soldered to the circuit board, and the flexible cable is One end is thermocompression bonded to the board. The board end SATA connector of claim 1, wherein the board surface of the board is substantially perpendicular to the extending direction of the tongue. The board end SATA as described in any one of claims 1 to 3. The connector further includes a metal cover, and the metal cover is mounted on the base. The board end SATA connector of claim 4, wherein the metal cover is mounted on the base in a direction parallel to the board surface. A SATA transmission device, comprising: the board-side SATA connector according to any one of claims 1 to 5; and a device-side SATA connector, comprising: an insulative housing comprising a base and a self-contained a protruding portion of the base portion, and at least one first receiving space and at least one second receiving space penetrating through the base portion and the protruding portion are respectively formed in opposite side portions of the insulating body; and a plurality of signal terminals are Each of the signal terminals has a contact portion and a mounting portion extending from the contact portion. The contact portion of each of the signal terminals is disposed in the protruding portion and located in the at least one first receiving space, and the mounting portion of each signal terminal is exposed. a plurality of power terminals, each having a contact portion and a mounting portion extending from the contact portion, wherein the contact portion of each of the power terminals is disposed in the protruding portion and located in the at least one second receiving space. The mounting portion of each of the power terminals is exposed outside the base, and the power terminals and the signal terminals are arranged substantially in the same row; and a circuit board is mounted on the insulating body, and the circuit is turned Soldering the mounting portions of the signal terminals and the mounting portions of the power terminals; wherein the other end of the flexible cable is soldered to the circuit board of the SATA connector of the device end, and the flexible cable passes through the circuit carrier Electrically connected And the signal terminals and the power terminals. The SATA transmission device of claim 6, wherein the mounting portions of the power terminals and the mounting portions of the signal terminals are pierced and soldered to the circuit board, and the other end of the flexible cable is hot pressed. Soldered to the circuit board. The SATA transmission device of claim 6, wherein the device end SATA connector further comprises an insulating cover, and the insulating cover is mounted on the base of the insulating body. The SATA transmission device of claim 7, wherein the insulating cover is mounted to the base in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the circuit board. The SATA transmission device according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the base and the base each have at least one positioning post, and the positioning post of the base is disposed on the circuit board, and A positioning post of the base is disposed through the circuit board.