Specifications

SATA2.5TestAdapterUserManual
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©2010,2011WilderTechnologies,LLC
DocumentNo.910‐0011‐000Rev.B
GlossaryofTerms
TERMINOLOGY DEFINITION
Aggressor Asignalimposedonasystem(i.e.,cableassembly)tomeasureresponseon
othersignalcarriers.
Decibel(dB) Tentimesthecommonlogarithm(i.e.log10)oftheratioofrelativepowers.
Informative
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Thedesignationofatestthatisnotrequiredforcompliancebutisconsidered
importantfromacharacterizationstandpoint.Itisprovidedforinformational
purposesonly.
Insertionloss Theratio, expressed indB,ofincidentpowertodeliveredpower.
Internalcable AcablethatisusedtoconnectaSATA transmitter devicetoaSATAreceiver
devicewithinamainframe.
Near‐endcrosstalk Crosstalkthatispropagatedinadisturbedchannelintheoppositedirection
asthepropagationofasignalintheaggressorchannel.Theterminalsofthe
aggressorchannelandthevictimchannelareusuallyclosetoeachother.
Normative Thedesignationofatestthatisrequiredforcompliance.
ReturnLoss Theratio,expressedindB,ofincidentpowertoreflectedpower.
SATAInitiatorDevice AdevicecontainingSSP,STP,and/orSMPinitiatingportsinaSATAdomain.
SATALink TheSATAlinkisafullduplexpointtopointlinkascontinuousdataactivity
existsoneachdirection.ForpurposesofcompliancetestingofHostsand
Devices,thefullduplexlinkisbrokenintotwosimplexlinks,onefortheHost
transmittingtotheDeviceandtheotherfortheDevicetransmittingtothe
Host.Eachlinkistestedforcomplianceseparately.
SATATargetDevice AdevicecontainingSSP,STP,and/orSMPtargetportsinaSATAdomain.
SATA2.5‐TPA SATA2.5TestPointAccess. AspecializedassemblythatinterfacestoaSATA
receptacleorplugandenablesaccessofsignalsformeasurementor
stimulation.
SerialATA(SATA) TheprotocoldefinedbySATA(seeATA8‐AAM)
SerialAttachedSCSI
(SAS)
ThesetofprotocolsdefinedinSPLandtheinterconnectdefinedbytheSAS‐
2.1standard.
Victim Asignalcarrieronasystemthathasaresponseimposedonitbyothersignals
inthesystem.
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