What's inside your computer


Connectors - How Do They Work?

Connectedbackplane so as to be interconnected with
respective ones of the portable drives within
Mounted within the chassis is a motherboardthe removable carriers. So as to accommodate
commonly referred to as a backplane to whichboth the serial and parallel connected
the drive carriers are detachably connected.computer drives. Therefor remains connected
In an alternate unit, which eliminates theto the circuit board at the back wall of the
universal receiving frame, the removablereceiving frame. In some cases, however, the
carriers are connected to one side of aperipheral circuit board may be connected to
backplane with in the chassis and thethe front of backplane and then coupled to
pull-out peripheral circuit boards arethe rear by means of a cable. Depending upon
connected to the opposite side. Thishow the pull-out peripheral circuit board is
invention relates to receptacles by whichinterfaced with hardware that is external to
different removable carriers having portablechassis, either a serial-to-serial or a
computer drives connected for either serialserial-to-parallel converter is connected to
or parallel operation can be interchangeablythe circuit board which is detachably
received within the same chassis or storageconnected to the rear of backplane. The
enclosure so as to be interfaced with a hostdrive interface connector is in turn,
computer without having to make alterationsconnected to a male SCA backplane interface
to  the  computer  drives  or  the  chassis.connector that is mounted at the rear of the
removable disc drive carrier. In the
Accordingly, it would be desirable to enableinstalled computer storage assembly, when the
different removable computer drive carriersremovable disc drive carrier is received
to be interchangeably inserted into the samewithin its chassis, the male backplane
drive bay of a chassis regardless of whetherinterface connector at the rear of carrier is
the computer drive is connected for serial ordetachably connected to a complementary
parallel operation and without having to makefemale SCA backplane interface connector that
alteration to the chassis or to the drive. Ais  associated  with  a  backplane.
printed circuit board that is electrically
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wall of the U-shaped body. In this case, the
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board at the back wall of the universal
receiving frame without requiring spaceChassis
consuming wires or cables to be interfaced
with the chassis in which the frame isHowever, the number of connectors on
located.backplane and the number of drive carriers
connected there to and enclosed by chassis
A corresponding plurality of pull-outare optional and should not regarded as a
peripheral circuit boards are detachably,andlimitation of this embodiment.
connected to the opposite side of the



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