Specifications

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• 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 hosts:
a) (TBD – next major revision)
For all other hosts:
a) Gap between tongue to edge of blind mate key shall be 1.65 +/- 0.15 mm
b) Gap between tongue to blind mate key shall be 2.65 +/- 0.08 mm
c) Gap between tongue and 2nd wall shall be a minimum of 1.10 mm
d) Width of tongue shall be 10.41 +/- 0.08 mm
e) Width of short leg of "L" shall be 1.15 +/- 0.05 mm
f) Depth of tongue (from tip to base) shall be 5.40 +/- 0.08
g) Inside width of the blind mate key shall be 2.20 +/- 0.15 mm
h) Thickness of tongue shall be 1.23 +/- 0.05 mm
i) Gap between tongue and keep out or optional latching wall shall be 1.58 +/- 0.08 mm
2.11. Mechanical – Drive/Host – eSATA Connector (informative)
2.11.1. MXE-01 : Visual and Dimension Inspection
2.11.1.1. Expected Behavior
See overview and references to Serial ATA Revision 2.6 specification.
See section 6.4.1, Figure 81 – 85 of the Serial ATA Revision 2.6 specification.
Measurement Requirements
Figure 81 through 85 specified mechanical dimensions of external RA SMT plug, RA SMT plug- reversed pin out, RA
through-hole plug, vertical SMT plug and vertical through-hole plug respectively. The following Pass/Fail criteria uses
RA SMT plug (Figure 81) as an example. Other types of plugs (Figure 82 – 85) should follow the same criteria
accordingly.
All applicable parts must pass for the test to pass:
Pass/Fail Criteria
a) The height of the slot in RA SMT plug shall be 4.10 +/- 0.1 (Figure 81-85)
b) The height of the slot (for receptacle key) shall be 1.50 +/- 0.08 (Figure 81-85)
c) The thickness of the plug tongue shall be 1.20 +/- 0.05 (Figure 81-85)
d) The width of the plug tongue shall be 10.00 +/- 0.05 (Figure 81-85)
e) The width of the slot (for receptacle key) shall be 15.00 +/- 0.05 (Figure 81-85)
f) The width of the bottom slot (for receptacle wall) shall be 13.00 +/- 0.05 (Figure 81-85)
g) The width of the top slot (for receptacle) shall be 10.00 +/- 0.05 (Figure 81-85)
h) The retention springs (x4) of the plug connector shall have the spring tip aligned with the datum (Y) within 4.10 +/-
0.1 (Figure 81-85)
i) Informative - The retention springs (x4) of the plug connector should have width 1.50+/- 0.1 (Figure 81-85)
j) Informative - The retention springs (x4) of the plug connector should be bilaterally located with the centerline
within 6.80 +/- 0.1 (Figure 81-85)
k) Informative - The length of the contact blades should be 4.25 +/- 0.1 for 4 ea signal pins and 4.75 +/- 0.1 for 3 ea
ground pins as measured from datum plane Y (Figure 81-85).