[SI-LIST] Re: SATA compliance testing
- From: Scott McMorrow <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Kotson, Michael" <mkotson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:21:46 -0500
Mike,
Since your design is a hybrid design where you have control over the
flex assembly, I would perform a compliance test on the entire
end-to-end path, as-if the PCB-Flex were a cable. If this test scenario
passes, then you have more than ample margin.
Scott
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Kotson, Michael wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have a question about SATA compliance testing for a mobile system.
> Our system consists of a motherboard with a SATA Gen2 controller and 6
> inches of trace that ends at a high speed connector. This connector
> then mates to a flex assembly (8 inches), which then connects directly
> to the SATA disk drive. Since the SATA spec doesn't really address this
> scenario, I would be inclined to treat it like a desktop system: The
> motherboard/flex connector would be tested to the Gen2i standards and
> the flex assembly would be tested to the cable standards. Is this the
> correct way to approach this scenario?
>
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>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Mike
>
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