Specifications

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d2) From the centerline of the bottom mounting holes to the base of the tongue of the SATA plug shall be
36.38 +/- 0.50 mm.
• For a 2.5” device:
a1) From the centerline of the side mounting holes to the top of the tongue of the SATA plug shall be 0.50
+/- 0.38 mm.
a2) From the bottom surface of the drive to the top of the tongue of the SATA plug shall be 3.50 +/- 0.38
mm.
b) Parallelism of the top of the tongue of the SATA plug vs. the bottom surface of the drive shall be 0.25
mm.
c) From the centerline of the drive to the centerline of the SATA plug shall be 4.80 +/- 0.38 mm.
d1) From the centerline of the side mounting holes to the base of the tongue of the SATA plug shall be
9.40 +/- 0.50 mm.
d2) From the centerline of the bottom mounting holes to the base of the tongue of the SATA plug shall be
9.40 +/- 0.50 mm.
• For a 1.8” uSATA device (5.0 mm and 8.0 mm):
a) From the bottom surface of the drive to the top of the tongue shall be 78.5 +/- 0.3 mm.
b) Parallelism of the top of the tongue of the SATA plug vs. the top surface of the drive shall be 0.40 mm
maximum.
c) From the centerline of the drive to the centerline of the SATA plug shall be 0.0 +/- 0.20 mm.
d) From the back surface of the drive (i.e. the “end of the device factor”) to the base of the tongue of the
SATA plug shall be 4.9 mm +/- 0.08 mm.
e) The Thickness of both sides of the drive shall be 3.30 +/- 0.2 mm.
2.8.2. MDI-02 : Visual and Dimensional Inspections
2.8.2.1. Device Expected Behavior
See section 6.1.10.2, Table 5 of the Serial ATA Revision 2.6 Specification.
See section 6.3 of the Serial ATA Revision 2.6 specification for Slimline ATAPI device requirements.
See section 6.2.4 of the Serial ATA Revision 2.6 specification for 1.8” uSATA device requirements.
• For Slimline optical device see section 6.3.4.1, Figures 61 and 62 of the Serial ATA Revision 2.6
Specification.
Measurement Requirements
• For 1.8” uSATA see section 6.2.4, Figure 54 of the Serial ATA Revision 2.6 specification.
• For all other devices, see section 6.1.10.2, Table 5; section 6.1.2, Figure 26; and section 6.1.3.1, Figures 27
and 28 of the Serial ATA Revision 2.6 specification.
• NOTE: all applicable measurements within this test must be verified as a pass for the overall result of this test
requirement to be reported as a PASS.
Pass/Fail Criteria
For Slimline devices
a) The thickness of the device plug tongue shall be 1.23 +/- 0.05 mm.
b) If the “Optional Wall” of Figure 62 is present then the distance from the device plug tongue to the wall
shall be 1.58 +/- 0.08 mm.
c) If the “Optional Wall” of Figure 62 is not present then there shall be a minimum of a 1.50 mm keep out
zone from Datum A of Figure 62 to the nearest obstruction.
d) The combined width of the power and signal segments shall be 20.4 +/- 0.08 mm.
e) The separation between the power and signal segments shall be 2.34 +/- 0.05 mm.
For 1.8” uSATA devices:
a) The thickness of the device plug tongue shall be 1.23 +/- 0.05 mm.
b) The combined width of the power and signal segments shall be 27.04 +/- 0.06 mm.
c) The separation between the power and signal segments shall be 2.41 +/- 0.05 mm.
For all other devices:
a) The thickness of the device plug tongue shall be 1.23 +/- 0.05 mm.