Topic
Parallel ATA
About: Parallel ATA is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 28 publications have been published within this topic receiving 380 citations. The topic is also known as: PATA & AT Attachment.
Papers
Patent•
31 Jul 2002TL;DR: In this paper, a serial ATA disk drive having a parallel ATA test interface is disclosed, where a bridge circuit is used to perform signal conversion between the ports of the ports.
Abstract: A serial ATA disk drive having a parallel ATA test interface is disclosed. A bridge circuit has a serial ATA port that is coupled to a serial ATA interface for receiving and transmitting serial ATA data signals, a parallel ATA port for receiving and transmitting parallel ATA signals, and a disable input for selectably disabling the parallel ATA port. The bridge circuit performs signal conversions between the ports. The test interface is for coupling the disk drive to a disk-drive test system. The test interface includes a connector having contacts for parallel ATA signals, and having a contact for a disable signal coupled to the disable input. The connector may be a pad pattern on a printed circuit of the disk drive. The disk drive may have an industry standard form factor, and the connector may be configured such that it lies within the disk drive's form factor.
162 citations
Patent•
29 Jun 2001
TL;DR: In this paper, an access detector detects an access type of an access to one of a plurality of serial ports interfacing to serial storage devices, and a state machine emulates a response from the one of the parallel channels based on the access type and the mapped serial ports.
Abstract: An access detector detects an access type of an access to one of a plurality of serial ports interfacing to serial storage devices. The access is intended to one of a plurality of parallel channels interfacing to parallel storage devices via task file registers of the parallel channels. A mapping circuit maps the serial ports to the parallel channels. A state machine emulates a response from the one of the parallel channels based on the access type and the mapped serial ports.
53 citations
Patent•
6 May 2003TL;DR: In this paper, a physical layer apparatus compliant for both serial and parallel ATA interfaces is devised for both parallel and serial ATA devices, which includes a channel selection unit, channel selection controller and a channel access controller.
Abstract: A physical layer apparatus compliant for both serial and parallel ATA interfaces is devised The physical layer apparatus includes a serial ATA physical layer circuit, a channel selection unit and a channel selection controller The channel selection unit is connected to a media access controller of a host through a first IDE bus The channel selection unit is further selectively connected to a serial ATA device through the serial ATA physical circuit or connected to a parallel ATA device through second IDE bus Therefore, the media access controller of the host can selectively access the serial ATA device and the parallel ATA device through the channel selection unit under the control of the channel selection controller
27 citations
Patent•
26 Jul 2005TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe a multi-drive adaptor that includes at least two disk drive ports, a connector, and a communication path, which is configured to receive at least one disk drive command transmitted according to a serial protocol from a serial controller.
Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-drive adaptor that includes at least two disk drive ports, a connector, and a communication path. The connector is configured to receive at least one disk drive command transmitted according to a serial protocol from a serial controller. The communication path connects the at least two disk drive ports to the connector and is configured to communicate the at least one disk drive command received at the connector to each of the at least two ports. In some embodiments the connector includes a parallel connector, and the communication path includes serial-to-parallel bridges, each serial-to-parallel bridge coupled to the parallel connector and further coupled to a respective one of the at least two ports. In some embodiments the serial controller is a SATA controller. In some embodiments the connector is a parallel ATA (PATA) connector. In some embodiments the communication path includes a port multiplier.
26 citations
Patent•
10 Jan 2003
TL;DR: In this article, an interface circuit for interfacing a Parallel ATA bus to a storage device is presented, which includes a controller in communication with the storage device to control a flow of information between the device and the serial ATA.
Abstract: In one aspect, an interface circuit for interfacing a Parallel ATA bus to a storage device. The interface circuit including a storage device controller in communication with the storage device to control a flow of information between the storage device and a Serial ATA bus. The Serial ATA bus to carry information having a Serial ATA format. A bridge circuit configured as a host bridge to interface between the Serial ATA bus and the Parallel ATA bus. The host bridge to convert Serial ATA information to Parallel ATA information and to convert Parallel ATA information to Serial ATA information.
19 citations
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Performance Metrics
| Year | Papers |
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| 2013 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 |
| 2008 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 |