Compact and versatile SCA to SCSI bus adapter
First Claim
1. A compact adapter for interconnecting a digital computer peripheral device that uses a Single Connector Attachment (“
- SCA”
) to a conventional American National Standards Institute (“
ANSI”
) Small Computer System Interface (“
SCSI”
) bus, the adapter comprising;
a SCA connector adapted to mate with and engage a complementary SCA connector included in a peripheral device;
a planar printed circuit board having a first face that is juxtaposed with and that is perpendicular to said SCA connector, said printed circuit board including traces that electrically couple said printed circuit board to said SCA connector, said printed circuit board having a width parallel to the first face of said printed circuit board and perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said SCA connector that is sufficiently narrow to permit a peripheral device, when said SCA connector of the adapter is mated with and engaging a complementary SCA connector of a peripheral device, to fit within a space in a digital computer system that is adapted to receive the peripheral device;
an electrical power connector that is juxtaposed with and disposed perpendicular to a second face of said printed circuit board, said electrical power connector being electrically coupled to said SCA connector by traces on said printed circuit board;
a first, conventional SCSI bus connector having a style chosen from among a plurality of styles for conventional SCSI bus connectors, said SCSI bus connector being juxtaposed with and disposed perpendicular to the second face of said printed circuit board, and said SCSI bus connector being electrically coupled to said SCA connector by traces on said printed circuit board; and
SCSI bus electrical termination means adapted for selectively providing termination for electrical signals present on the SCSI bus depending upon a location at which the compact adapter is positioned along the SCSI bus.
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Abstract
A compact adapter for interconnecting a digital computer peripheral device that uses a Single Connector Attachment (“SCA”) to a conventional Small Computer System Interface (“SCSI”) bus. A SCA connector of the adapter mates with and engages a complementary SCA connector included in a peripheral device. The SCA connector is juxtaposed perpendicularly with a first face of a planar printed circuit board. A narrow width for the printed circuit board permits a disk drive mated with the adapter to fit within a space in a digital computer system adapted to receive a peripheral device. The compact adapter also includes an electrical power connector together with a first, conventional SCSI bus connector. Preferably, the adapter also includes a second, conventional SCSI bus connector having a different style from that of the first SCSI bus connector. The power connector and both SCSI bus connectors are juxtaposed with and disposed perpendicular to a second face of the printed circuit board, and electrically coupled to the SCA connector by traces on the printed circuit board.
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20 Claims
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1. A compact adapter for interconnecting a digital computer peripheral device that uses a Single Connector Attachment (“
- SCA”
) to a conventional American National Standards Institute (“
ANSI”
) Small Computer System Interface (“
SCSI”
) bus, the adapter comprising;a SCA connector adapted to mate with and engage a complementary SCA connector included in a peripheral device;
a planar printed circuit board having a first face that is juxtaposed with and that is perpendicular to said SCA connector, said printed circuit board including traces that electrically couple said printed circuit board to said SCA connector, said printed circuit board having a width parallel to the first face of said printed circuit board and perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said SCA connector that is sufficiently narrow to permit a peripheral device, when said SCA connector of the adapter is mated with and engaging a complementary SCA connector of a peripheral device, to fit within a space in a digital computer system that is adapted to receive the peripheral device;
an electrical power connector that is juxtaposed with and disposed perpendicular to a second face of said printed circuit board, said electrical power connector being electrically coupled to said SCA connector by traces on said printed circuit board;
a first, conventional SCSI bus connector having a style chosen from among a plurality of styles for conventional SCSI bus connectors, said SCSI bus connector being juxtaposed with and disposed perpendicular to the second face of said printed circuit board, and said SCSI bus connector being electrically coupled to said SCA connector by traces on said printed circuit board; and
SCSI bus electrical termination means adapted for selectively providing termination for electrical signals present on the SCSI bus depending upon a location at which the compact adapter is positioned along the SCSI bus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- SCA”
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