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US 2014/0175900 A1Published application
Hard disk drive control ciruit
AssigneesHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
InventorGUO-YI CHEN
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Abstract
A circuit for a hard disk drive (HDD) includes an indication unit, a HDD connector with a predefined pin, and a jumper coupled between the HDD connector and the indication unit. The jumper includes a base and a jumper block. The predefined pin performs different functions according to the jumper block being coupled between two corresponding pins of the base.
Claims4
A circuit for a hard disk drive (HDD), comprising:
- an indication unit indicating states of the HDD;
- a HDD connector connected to the HDD, and comprising a predefined pin;
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- a jumper, comprising:
- a base comprising first to third pins, wherein the first pin is idle, the second pin is coupled to the predefined pin of the HDD connector, and the third pin is coupled to the indication unit;
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- a jumper block selectively connected between the first and second pins, or the second and third pins;
- wherein when the jumper block is connected between the first and second pins, the predefined pin is idle, when the jumper block is connected between the second and third pins, the predefined pin is coupled to the indication unit.
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