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Serial ATA (SATA)
 An active member of the working group that developed and specified the Serial ATA*
interconnect standard, we lead the connector industry in with the largest growing family of Serial ATA interconnect solutions that support this platform.
Along with the digital revolution, the ability to create, store and distribute vast amounts of music data and games is continually driving demand for higher speed, higher capacity
storage drives with increasingly smaller form factors. This has opened up new storage applications for Serial ATA as hard disk drives are increasingly being designed into a
growing number of HDD-DVD recorders, home servers, multimedia hubs, LCD TVs, digital jukeboxes, HDD-enabled game consoles, audio players and automobile audio visual products.
 We are positioned to help storage makers take an early shot at this fast popularizing
technology market. With the broadest line of Serial ATA Board-to-Board and Cable-to-Board interconnects that support storage applications for desktop, mobile and enterprise
computing, and consumer electronics, we are helping the world's leading storage makers
and their users get their products to the market sooner, with greater reliability and lower cost.
Locking Latches
 Locking latches for signal cables have recently
been approved by the Serial ATA Working Group. Positive locking latches ensure cables will stay connected. We offer latching cable receptacles in
both straight and right angle versions. This ensures an easy transition when converting existing designs from Parallel ATA to Serial ATA.
Locking PCB signal plugs are also available in both vertical and right angle versions and are backwards
compatible. The extra plastic shroud used by the cable locking mechanism ensures the signal plugs are more robust than the original
SATA design. The vertical plug will be available in both SMT and through-hole versions.
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Selection Matrix*
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Cable Assemblies
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Plugs and Headers
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IDT and Solder Connectors
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Receptacles
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Housings
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iPass (mini Multi-Lane) Interconnect Solutions for Internal and External SATA applications
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Crimp Terminals
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*Products shown are typical representations from their respective product families.
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Features and Benefits
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Differential pair signaling technology signal and power interface
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Self-cancels interference without the need for twisting wires; combined
signal and power interface, with built-in hot-plug capability, is ideal for blind-mating applications
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Improved Performance
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Increased disk drive data rates; data robustness via more thorough
error-checking and error-correcting capabilities; end-to-end integrity of transferred commands and data can be guaranteed across serial bus
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Reductions in voltage and pin count
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Improved power consumption and management; simplifies configuration of
Serial ATA storage devices, enabling the use of thinner and more flexible cables
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Smaller, easier-to-route cables
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Improved airflow and thermal dynamics in smaller form-factors; easier
installations and upgrades; eliminates cable length limitation
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Backward compatibility
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Compatible with existing ATA software drivers and runs on standard
operating systems without modification
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Scalability
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Provides significant headroom for future enhancements to the computing
platform as well as improvements in bandwidth performance and data transmission reliability
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Cost effectiveness
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Greater performance improvement potential with 10 year roadmap; allow
performance of internal storage devices to continue to increase unabated for years to come
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Applications
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- Desktop Computing
- Hard Disk Drive
- Motherboard
- Power Supply
- Adapters
- Controller Boards
- Data Protection
- Workstation
- Mobile Computing
- Notebook PC
- Sub-Notebook PC
- Media PC
- Multimedia Peripherals
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- Emerging Trends
- Set-Top Box
- Digital Audio
- Automotive - Navigation
- Brown Goods
- Optical Drives
- HDTV Home Theatre
- Games - 3D Video
- Enterprise Computing
- Mid Range Servers
- Network Storage
- RAID Storage
- Backplane
- Internet Service
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Older and newer SATA Cables are available. If you don't find the SATA cabling products you need, please contact us. Our specialists are
ready to help you select or custom manufacture the right products for your application.
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