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US 8,751,695 B2Granted
Hybrid storage device and electronic system using the same
AssigneeToshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation
InventorsTae-yung Kim, Kyu-yeol Park, Byung-hoon Chung, Jae-won You
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Abstract
A hybrid storage device is provided. The hybrid storage device includes a first storage part that comprises an interface device based on a first standard, a second storage part that comprises an interface device based on a second standard, and a connector for interface devices that is shared by the first storage part and the second storage part and comprises a plurality of pins.
Claims17
A hybrid storage device comprising:
- a first storage part comprising an interface device based on a first standard;
- a second storage part comprising an interface device based on a second standard;
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- a connector for interface devices configured to be shared by the first storage part and the second storage part and comprises a plurality of pins,
- wherein the connector comprises a power supply pin, and
- wherein power lines of the interface device of the first standard and the interface device of the second standard are commonly connected to the power supply pin, and
- wherein, in the connector, a manufacturing diagnostic pin and a device present pin defined in the SATA standard are used as D+ and D− line pins defined in the USB standard.
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A hybrid optical storage device comprising:
- a first storage part comprising a serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) interface device and optically stores information;
- a second storage part comprising a universal serial bus (USB) interface device;
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- a SATA interface connector configured to be shared by the first storage part and the second storage part and comprises a plurality of pins,
- wherein power lines of the SATA interface device and the USB interface device are commonly connected to a power supply pin in the SATA interface connector, and wherein, in the SATA interface connector, a manufacturing diagnostic pin and a device present pin defined in the SATA standard are used as D+ and D− line pins defined in the USB standard.
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An electronic system comprising:
- a hybrid storage device comprising:
- a first storage part further comprising an interface device based on a first standard;
- a second storage part further comprising an interface device based on a second standard;
- and
- a slave connector for interface devices configured to be shared by the first storage part and the second storage part and comprises a plurality of pins;
- a host connector configured to correspond to the slave connector for interface devices;
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- a driving unit configured to drive the first storage part and the second storage part,
- wherein the slave connector comprises a power supply pin, and
- wherein power lines of the interface device based on the first standard and the interface device based on the second standard are commonly connected to the power supply pin, and
- wherein, in the slave connector, a manufacturing diagnostic pin and a device present pin defined in the SATA standard are used as D+ and D− line pins defined in the USB standard.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.