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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2003
Amer Hadba, Round Rock, TX (US);
Jason M. Lau, Austin, TX (US);
John S. Loffink, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A coupling device for a SATA drive having a SATA connector is disclosed. The coupling device comprises a second connector having a plurality of connector pins, wherein the SATA connector has a number of connector pins which are less than the number of pins of the second connector and wherein the second connector provides a first and second SATA channel, and a coupling unit for coupling the first and the second connector, wherein the coupling unit comprises a multiplexer unit for establishing a coupling of one of the SATA channels with the SATA drive or for establishing a loop back function by coupling the first and second SATA channel.
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