CN101783466A - Socket of eSATA - Google Patents

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CN101783466A
CN101783466A CN200910077813A CN200910077813A CN101783466A CN 101783466 A CN101783466 A CN 101783466A CN 200910077813 A CN200910077813 A CN 200910077813A CN 200910077813 A CN200910077813 A CN 200910077813A CN 101783466 A CN101783466 A CN 101783466A
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The invention discloses an eSATA socket. The socket comprises a socket main body, wherein the socket main body is provided with a holding part. The eSATA socket is characterized in that the surface of the inner wall of the holding part is provided with a circuit connected with a power source and a circuit which meets eSATA interface connector protocol and is used to transmit data. The socket removes a load carrying part and the power circuit and data circuit meeting the eSATA interface connector protocol are arranged on the inner wall of the holding part of the socket, thus reducing the volume of the eSATA socket and creating conditions for the miniaturization of digital equipment.

Description

A kind of eSATA socket
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of socket, particularly a kind of eSATA socket.
Background technology
Growing along with electronic technology, portable electric appts also more and more is extensive use of by the consumer.The transmission demand of mass data more impels respective interface connector constantly to upgrade to support mass data transfers.
Main electronic equipment is provided with the standard USB interface of supporting hot plug on the market, USB2.0 interface for example, and the peak transfer rate of USB2.0 interface is 480Mbps.Also have a kind of eSATA interface on the market, the full name of eSATA is External Serial ATA (an external series advanced technology attachment), and it is the outside extension specification of SATA interface, has used 7 pin data wires, supports hot-swappablely equally, and transmission rate is 3000Mb/s.
Although eSATA interface advantage in the use is outstanding, but part also comes with some shortcomings, eSATA only provides data-interface, lack the power supply supply, that is, all to use the additional configuration power supply based on the equipment of eSATA interface, and if the precedence of user's plug of data wire and power line when hot plug make mistakes, cause the inefficacy of hot plug function and can not use, even influence the performance of eSATA.
Development along with technology, having occurred collection power line and data wire again is the eSATA plug and socket of one, for example application number is 200620158798.3 Chinese patent, this patent has realized that the eSATA plug and socket is connected with data wire power line by single face, is convenient to that the user is disposable to carry out hot plug.
From the angle in market, improve back eSATA interface and can not replace all standard USB interface at once, therefore, occurred can be compatible at a high speed eSATA (3Gbps) plug and the USB PLUS socket of USB2.0 (480Mbps) plug of low speed.For example, application number is the Chinese patent of 200620002331.X, no matter this patent has realized it being standard USB or eSATA, the joint of these two kinds of different agreements all can shared same socket.
Under the prior art, described eSATA plug is provided with the slot of hollow, and outside two sides up and down are provided with metal clips, and the outside left and right sides is provided with the buckle of projection, realizes fixing between the eSATA plug and socket by metal clips and buckle dual mode.Under the prior art eSATA plug be connected and fixed the volume that device has increased the eSATA plug, and the eSATA plug of large volume can need the eSATA socket of more volume.And the eSATA data-interface of large volume comprises eSATA and socket, is unfavorable for the miniaturization of digital equipment.
Therefore, there is defective in prior art, needs further improvement and develops.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of eSATA socket, be used for the eSATA connector of ccontaining low thickness.
Technical scheme of the present invention is as follows:
A kind of eSATA socket, it comprises jack body, and described jack body is provided with holding part, it is characterized in that, and the surface of described holding part inwall is provided with the circuit that connects power supply, and meets the circuit that eSATA interface connector agreement is used to transmit data.
Described eSATA socket, wherein, the height of described holding part and cross-section lengths are equal to the height and the cross-section lengths of standard USB plug supporting part.
Described eSATA socket, wherein, the height of described holding part is not less than USB PLUS socket inwall upper surface to the height between the USB PLUS socket supporting part upper surface; The cross-section lengths of described holding part is not less than the length of USB PLUS socket supporting part cross section.
Described eSATA socket, wherein, described power circuit and the data circuit that meets eSATA interface connector agreement are arranged on the same surface of described holding part inwall.
Described eSATA socket, wherein, described power circuit is arranged on the upper surface of described holding part inwall, and the data circuit of the described eSATA of meeting interface connector agreement is arranged on the lower surface of described holding part inwall.
Described eSATA socket is characterized in that, the contact of described holding part inwall upper surface circuit is two metal terminals that are used to connect power supply.
Described eSATA socket, wherein, described metal terminal as power supply is a needle-like.
Described eSATA socket, wherein, described metal terminal as power supply is flexible arch metal terminal.
Described eSATA socket, wherein, the circuit of described holding part inwall upper surface comprises the circuit that meets USB interface connector agreement.
Described eSATA socket, wherein, described holding part inwall upper surface is provided with fin longitudinally.
Described eSATA socket, wherein, described fin is arranged on left and right two ends of described holding part inwall upper surface.
Described eSATA socket, wherein, the circuit on the upper and lower surface of described holding part is arranged in the printed circuit board (PCB).
Described eSATA socket, wherein, the contact of described upper and lower surface circuit is the plain conductor body on the printed circuit board (PCB).
Described eSATA socket, wherein, the inwall of described holding part embeds the shell fragment of projection.
Compared with prior art, the invention provides a kind of eSATA socket, removed supporting part, power circuit and the data circuit that meets eSATA connector agreement are arranged on the inwall of socket holding part, dwindled the volume of eSATA socket, for condition has been created in the miniaturization of digital equipment.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of USB PLUS socket under the prior art;
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of eSATA plug under the prior art;
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram of USB PLUS socket holding part height under the prior art;
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of low first embodiment of thickness e SATA connector of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram of first embodiment of eSATA socket of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is the schematic diagram of arch power supply terminal among first embodiment of eSATA socket of the present invention;
Fig. 7 is the schematic diagram of low second embodiment of thickness e SATA connector of the present invention;
Fig. 8 is the schematic diagram of low the 3rd embodiment of thickness e SATA connector of the present invention;
Fig. 9 is the schematic diagram of second embodiment of eSATA socket of the present invention;
Figure 10 is the schematic diagram of the 3rd embodiment of eSATA socket of the present invention;
Figure 11 is the schematic diagram of the 4th embodiment of eSATA socket of the present invention;
Figure 12 A is the functional block diagram of low first embodiment of thickness e SATA storage device of the present invention;
Figure 12 B is the three-dimensional structure diagram of low first embodiment of thickness e SATA storage device of the present invention;
Figure 13 is the functional block diagram of low second embodiment of thickness e SATA storage device of the present invention;
Figure 14 is first embodiment of low thickness e SATA storage device data wire of the present invention and power line connection layout;
Figure 15 is second embodiment of low thickness e SATA storage device data wire of the present invention and power line connection layout;
Figure 16 is the 3rd embodiment of low thickness e SATA storage device data wire of the present invention and power line connection layout.
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Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, preferred embodiment of the present invention is described in further detail.
USB PLUS socket 100 under the prior art is the sockets that not only can use USB plug but also can use the eSATA plug, as shown in Figure 1, the present invention's described eSATA plug and socket except that background technology is meant the eSATA plug and socket that combines power supply terminal and data terminal.Described USBPLUS socket 100 comprises jack body 110, is installed on the metal shell 120 of jack body 110 outsides, and described jack body 110 is offered the holding part 130 that is used to accommodate plug, in the described holding part 130 supporting part 140 is set.Described supporting part 140 upper surfaces are provided with seven metal terminals 141 that meet eSATA interface connector agreement, i.e. the eSATA data terminal of socket.The lower surface of described supporting part 140 is provided with four metal terminals 142 that meet USB interface connector agreement, comprises power supply terminal and the data terminal of USB.
ESATA plug 200 under the prior art, as shown in Figure 2, comprise header body 210, be installed on the metal shell 220 of header body 210 outsides, described header body 210 offers the slot 230 of rectangle, and described slot 230 is used for the supporting part 140 of ccontaining described USB PLUS socket 100.The upper surface of described slot 230 is provided with seven metal terminals 231 that meet eSATA interface connector agreement, and lower surface is provided with four metal terminals 232 that meet USB interface connector agreement.When the described eSATA plug 200 under the prior art is connected with described USB PLUS socket 100, seven metal terminals 231 of slot 230 upper surfaces of described eSATA plug 200 and seven metal terminals 141 of described USB PLUS socket 100 supporting parts 140 upper surfaces intercouple, and can be used for transfer of data.Four metal terminals 142 of four metal terminals 232 of described eSATA plug 200 lower surfaces and described USB PLUS socket 100 supporting parts 140 lower surfaces intercouples simultaneously, make between four metal terminals of the described USB of meeting interface connector agreement to intercouple, make the described eSATA plug 200 can be by the USB power line power supply of described USB PLUS socket 100.The outstanding buckle 240 in last described eSATA plug 200 left and right sides engages mutually with USB PLUS socket 100; The metal shell 120 of described USBPLUS socket 100 and the metal shell of described eSATA plug 200 220 are by the shell fragment engaging of upper and lower surface; Realize fixing between described USB PLUS socket 100 and the eSATA plug 200 by this dual mode.
Described USB PLUS socket 100 supporting parts 140 are divided into two spaces with described slot, form first holding part between described supporting part 140 upper surfaces and the metal shell 120 inwall upper surfaces, form second accommodation space between described supporting part 140 lower surfaces and the metal shell 120 inwall lower surfaces.As shown in Figure 3, the height of described first holding part is H, and the length of described supporting part 140 cross sections is L.The minimum length of the described first holding part cross section and the length L of supporting part 140 on cross section are approaching, and the height of the height H of described first holding part and supporting part 140 is also approaching.
The present invention has invented a kind of eSATA connector of low thickness by the above difference and contact, its first preferred embodiment, i.e. and the eSATA connector 300 of low thickness, as shown in Figure 4, described connector 300 bodies are provided with supporting part 310.The upper surface of described low thickness e SATA connector 300 supporting parts 310 is provided with two metal terminals 311 that are used to connect power supply, and lower surface is provided with seven needle-like metal terminals 312 that meet eSATA interface connector agreement.The rear end of described low thickness e SATA connector 300 supporting parts 310 is provided with the connecting line that connects with described metal terminal.The eSATA connector 300 of described low thickness, its seven metal terminal 312 that meet eSATA interface connector agreement and the metal terminal 311 that is used to be connected power supply also can be arranged on the same side of described supporting part 310.
Low thickness e SATA connector 300 supporting parts 310 of the present invention be provided with following two kinds of preferred embodiments.
First kind, the height of described supporting part 310 is not more than the height H of described USB PLUS socket 100 first holding parts; The cross-section lengths of described supporting part 310 is not more than the length L of described USB PLUS socket 100 supporting parts 140 cross sections.The above setting of described low thickness e SATA connector 300 supporting parts 310 makes described low thickness e SATA connector 300 can directly insert eSATA socket and USB PLUS socket under the prior art, has compatible widely.
Second kind, the height of described supporting part 310 is identical with the height of USB plug supporting part under the prior art, and the cross-section lengths of described supporting part 310 is identical with the cross-section lengths of USB plug supporting part under the prior art.Described like this supporting part 310 can directly insert the USB socket under the prior art.
ESATA plug under the prior art, its metal shell purpose is to engage with socket, thus fixedly connected described eSATA plug.The eSATA connector 300 of the low thickness of the present invention is removed the metal shell of the eSATA plug under the prior art, has reduced the thickness of eSATA plug, will have insertion slot type eSATA plug simultaneously and be modified to a kind of low thickness e SATA connector with supporting part.And eSATA plug two side-prominent buckles 240 also are removed under the prior art, and formation the present invention is flat, the low thickness e SATA connector of rectangle.Low thickness e SATA connector 300 its profiles provided by the invention are flat sq.rd, compare with the eSATA plug of prior art, and profile is more succinct, and volume is smaller and more exquisite, for the eSATA socket that novel small size is set provides condition.
The invention provides a kind of suitable eSATA socket 400 of eSATA connector 300 of and described low thickness, its first embodiment as shown in Figure 5, comprise a jack body 410, described jack body 410 is provided with holding part 420, and described holding part 420 is suitable with the supporting part 310 of the eSATA connector 300 of described low thickness.The upper surface of described holding part 420 inwalls is provided with two metal terminals 421 that are used to connect power supply, and the lower surface of inwall is provided with seven metal terminals 422 that meet eSATA interface connector agreement.The power supply terminal 421 of described eSATA socket 400 inwall upper surfaces is suitable with the power supply terminal 311 of supporting part 310 upper surfaces of described low thickness e SATA connector 300, and seven metal terminals 422 of described eSATA socket 400 holding parts 420 inwall lower surfaces are suitable with seven eSATA data terminal 312 of supporting part 310 lower surfaces of described low thickness e SATA connector 300.Described seven metal terminals 422 that are used to connect the metal terminal 421 of power supply and meet eSATA interface connector agreement can also be arranged on the same surface of described holding part 420 inwalls, repeat no more here.
Two metal terminals 421 as power supply of described eSATA socket 400 inwall upper surfaces can be set to flexible arch power supply metal terminal, as shown in Figure 6, and to increase the compactness of Elastic Contact between socket and the connector.
Second embodiment of low thickness e SATA connector provided by the invention, low thickness e SATA connector 500 as shown in Figure 7, its difference with described low thickness e SATA connector 300 is, the upper surface setting of described supporting part 310 meets four metal terminals of USB interface connector agreement, makes described low thickness e SATA connector 500 provide power supply by the power supply terminal in the USB terminal for the eSATA connector.
The 3rd embodiment of described low thickness e SATA connector provided by the invention, low thickness e SATA connector 600, as shown in Figure 8, can be on the basis of described first or second embodiment, two ends, the left and right sides at described supporting part 310 upper surfaces are provided with recessed longitudinally road, the profile of upper surface of cross section that makes described supporting part plays preventing the anti-inserted consequence that causes circuit connection error of described low thickness e SATA connector 600 upper and lower surfaces for for convex shape.
Needle-like metal terminal on two sides of low thickness e SATA connector supporting part of the present invention also can replace with the printed circuit board (PCB) that the surface is provided with conductive junction point respectively.
The invention provides the eSATA connector 500 and 600 connectors for two interfaces of described low thickness, simultaneously for meeting four metal terminals of USB interface connector agreement, one side is for meeting seven metal terminals of eSATA interface connector agreement in addition for it; Make the connector at this pair interface can be used as USB plug and also can be used as the eSATA plug, realize the function of two kinds of connectors by a connector, and volume is small and exquisite.ESATA connector provided by the invention is that small-sized digital equipment changes connector, thus make small-sized digital equipment can with the standard USB socket and the USB PLUS socket compatibility of main flow, user-friendly.
With the suitable respectively eSATA socket 700 of second embodiment plug of described low thickness e SATA connector 500,600, as shown in Figure 9, its difference with first embodiment socket is, the upper surface setting of described socket 700 be four metal terminals 421 that meet USB interface connector agreement.When described low thickness e SATA connector 600 is connected with described socket 700, four metal terminals of four metal terminals of described low thickness e SATA connector 600 upper surfaces and the upper surface of socket 700 intercouple, with method, for described low thickness e SATA connector 600 provides power supply terminal with described USB interface common source terminal.
The 3rd embodiment of the socket that two interfaces eSATA connector provided by the invention and low thickness is suitable, promptly the eSATA socket 800, as shown in figure 10.Described eSATA socket 800 is that the upper surface with described USB PLUS socket 100 first holding part metal shell inwalls under the prior art replaces to a solid plate 810, and described solid plate 810 can be that sheet plastic is provided with four metal terminals that meet USB interface connector agreement.The invention provides eSATA socket 800, its second accommodation space can insert the USB plug that standard under the prior art has metal shell; Its first holding part can insert the eSATA plug under the prior art, can also insert described pair of interface eSATA connector 500; Just described eSATA socket 800 can compatible multiple plug, and is greatly convenient for users to use.
The 4th embodiment of the eSATA socket that two interfaces eSATA connector provided by the invention and low thickness is suitable, it is eSATA socket 900, as shown in figure 11, the metal terminal of not shown socket inwall among Figure 11 is at two sidewalls about socket holding part inwall or embed shell fragment 910 on two sidewalls up and down.The inside of sidewall is imbedded at the two ends of described shell fragment 910, and the jut of described shell fragment 910 is higher than sidewall.When the supporting part of two interfaces eSATA connector of described low thickness inserts the holding part of socket, the jut of described shell fragment is subjected to the pressure of supporting part and inwardly contracts, replace described plug from elasticity, reliable retain strength between pin connector and the socket connector is provided thus, realizes stable electric connection.
The invention provides a kind of low thickness e SATA storage device 1000, shown in Figure 12 A, comprise the eSATA connector 1010, controller 1020 and the memory array 1030 that connect successively, the eSATA connector 300,500 and 600 that described eSATA connector 1010 is described low thickness.Described eSATA connector 1010 is read data or write from memory array 1030 by described controller 1020.Described controller 1020 is converted to the form that satisfies the eSATA agreement with the data in the memory array 1030 and sends, the data that satisfy the eSATA protocol format that perhaps will receive are converted to the form of memory array 1030 needs by data, and send to described memory array 1030 and store.The low thickness of described eSATA connector 1010 causes the thickness of described storage device 1000 to reduce, shown in Figure 12 B.
The invention provides a kind of second embodiment of low thickness e SATA storage device, promptly low thickness e SATA storage device 1100, as shown in figure 13, comprise interconnective controller with dual interfaces 1130 memory arrays 1140, USB connector 1110 and eSATA connector 1120 are connected on the described controller with dual interfaces 1120.During described USB interface connector transmission data, described controller with dual interfaces control is carried out the transmission of data in the usb protocol mode; When described eSATA interface connector transmission data, described controller with dual interfaces control is transmitted data in the mode of eSATA agreement.The eSATA storage device 1100 of described low thickness is the storage device at two interfaces, and both having gone for USB socket also can be to be suitable for eSATA socket, two kinds of shared memory arrays 1140 of different connectors.
The circuit connection diagram of low thickness e SATA storage device 1100 of the present invention as shown in figure 14, the earth terminal of described USB connector 1110, power end, data one end and data two ends, and data one end of described eSATA connector 1120, data two ends, data three ends, data four ends, data five terminal, data six ends and data seven ends, this totally ten single lines be connected on the controller at described pair of interface.Described earth terminal is fixedlyed connected with controller with dual interfaces with power end, and being used for provides electric energy for described low thickness e SATA storage device 1100; Described controller with dual interfaces 1130 judges that the data wire that is communicated with thereon is the data wire of described USB connector 1110 or the data wire of described eSATA connector 1120, thereby selects the data on the different protocol processes data wires.
In the circuit connection diagram of described low thickness e SATA storage device 1100, the earth terminal of described USB connector 1110 and power end can also be connected respectively on described controller with dual interfaces 1130 and the memory array 1140, as shown in figure 15.
In the circuit connection diagram of described low thickness e SATA storage device 1100, the earth terminal of described USB connector 1110 and power end can also pass through a power supply control chip, be connected respectively to then on described controller with dual interfaces 1130 and the memory array 1140, as shown in figure 16.
The storage card of this eSATA of low thickness provided by the invention because the thickness of described eSATA connector is very little, therefore can be arranged to very thin storage device, and is user-friendly.
Should be understood that above-mentioned statement at preferred embodiment of the present invention is comparatively detailed, can not therefore think the restriction to scope of patent protection of the present invention, scope of patent protection of the present invention should be as the criterion with claims.

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1. eSATA socket, it comprises jack body, and described jack body is provided with holding part, it is characterized in that, and the surface of described holding part inwall is provided with the circuit that connects power supply, and meets the circuit that eSATA interface connector agreement is used to transmit data.
2. eSATA socket according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the height of described holding part and cross-section lengths are equal to the height and the cross-section lengths of standard USB plug supporting part.
3. eSATA socket according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the height of described holding part is not less than USB PLUS socket inwall upper surface to the height between the USB PLUS socket supporting part upper surface; The cross-section lengths of described holding part is not less than the length of USB PLUS socket supporting part cross section.
4. eSATA socket according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described power circuit and the data circuit that meets eSATA interface connector agreement are arranged on the same surface of described holding part inwall.
5. eSATA socket according to claim 1 is characterized in that described power circuit is arranged on the upper surface of described holding part inwall, and the data circuit of the described eSATA of meeting interface connector agreement is arranged on the lower surface of described holding part inwall.
6. eSATA socket according to claim 5 is characterized in that, the contact of described holding part inwall upper surface circuit is two metal terminals that are used to connect power supply.
7. eSATA socket according to claim 6 is characterized in that, described metal terminal as power supply is a needle-like.
8. eSATA socket according to claim 6 is characterized in that, described metal terminal as power supply is flexible arch metal terminal.
9. eSATA socket according to claim 5 is characterized in that, the circuit of described holding part inwall upper surface comprises the circuit that meets USB interface connector agreement.
10. eSATA socket according to claim 9 is characterized in that, described holding part inwall upper surface is provided with fin longitudinally.
11. eSATA socket according to claim 10 is characterized in that, described fin is arranged on left and right two ends of described holding part inwall upper surface.
12. eSATA socket according to claim 9 is characterized in that, the circuit on the upper and lower surface of described holding part is arranged in the printed circuit board (PCB).
13. eSATA socket according to claim 12 is characterized in that, the contact of described upper and lower surface circuit is the plain conductor body on the printed circuit board (PCB).
14. eSATA socket according to claim 9 is characterized in that, the inwall of described holding part embeds the shell fragment of projection.
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