Sas Transmitters And Receivers; Figure 13. Sas Transmitters And Receivers; Power; Signal Characteristics - Seagate CONSTELLATION SAS ST9500430SS Product Manual

12.4.6

SAS transmitters and receivers

A typical SAS differential copper transmitter and receiver pair is shown in Figure 13. The receiver is AC cou-
pling to eliminate ground shift noise.
TX
Transmitter
100
TY
Figure 13. SAS transmitters and receivers
12.4.7

Power

The drive receives power (+5 volts and +12 volts) through the SAS device connector.
Three +12 volt pins provide power to the drive, 2 short and 1 long. The current return for the +12 volt power
supply is through the common ground pins. The supply current and return current must be distributed as
evenly as possible among the pins.
Three +5 volt pins provide power to the drive, 2 short and 1 long. The current return for the +5 volt power sup-
ply is through the common ground pins. The supply current and return current must be distributed as evenly as
possible among the pins.
Current to the drive through the long power pins may be limited by the system to reduce inrush current to the
drive during hot plugging.
12.5

Signal characteristics

This section describes the electrical signal characteristics of the drive's input and output signals. See Table 11
for signal type and signal name information.
12.5.1

Ready LED Out

The Ready LED Out signal is driven by the drive as indicated in Table 12.
Table 12: Ready LED Out conditions
Normal command activity
Ready LED Meaning bit mode page 19h
Spun down and no activity
Spun down and activity (command executing)
Spun up and no activity
Spun up and activity (command executing)
Spinning up or down
Format in progress, each cylinder change
60
.01
Differential
Transfer Medium
.01
(50% on and 50% off, 0.5 seconds on and off for 0.5 seconds)
RX
Receiver
100
RY
LED status
0
Off
On
On
Off
Blinks steadily
Toggles on/off
Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. E
1
Off
On
Off
On