Specifications

SATA2.5TestAdapterUserManual
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©2010,2011WilderTechnologies,LLC
DocumentNo.910‐0011‐000Rev.B
Introduction
Thisuser’sguidedocumentstheSATA2.5PlugandReceptacleTestAdapters(SATA2.5‐TPA‐P
andSATA2.5‐TPA‐R)andtheassociatedCalibrationCables.Thetwotestadaptertypes,shown
inFigures1and2,testSATAinterfacecables,hostsanddevicesagainsttheSATASpecification
2.5.TheCalibrationCables,presented
onPage15,areusedtozero‐outtestadapterattributes
(usingSOLT,witheitherthe1X‐THRUorthe2X‐THRU).
TheTPA‐PandTPA‐Rtestadapterassembliesalloweasyaccess,viaSMAconnections,to
measureorinjectDatasignals.
NOTE:Toavoiddamagingthecables,use
thehandlingtechniques
describedintheCareandHandlingsectionbeforemakingany
connectionsorconfiguringatestsetup.
Alwaysuseastatic‐safeworkstationwhenperformingtests,as
explainedinthe“ElectrostaticDischargeInformation”section.
Figure 1. The SATA 2.5 Test Adapter (Plug)
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Housing
SATAPlug
4SMAsfor
High‐Speed
Testing