The Si
I
3611
SATALink Device Bridge
The SiI 3611 is a single-chip Serial ATA-to-Parallel ATA device bridge
solution. Combining the Transport, Link and PHY layers of Serial ATA
with a Parallel ATA interface, the SiI 3611 enables manufacturers to
take advantage of Serial ATA connectivity while using low-cost, widely
available Parallel ATA controllers. As a member of Silicon Image's
SATALink
TM
family of Serial ATA products, the SiI 3611 has undergone
extensive interoperability testing and offers the industry's most robust
device bridge solution available.
The SiI 3611 supports the Serial ATA Generation 1 transfer rate of 1.5
Gbps (150 MB/s) with its on-board serializer/deserializer and is
compatible with Ultra ATA/133. The SiI 3611 features a standard ATA
port that can interface to Parallel ATA devices such as hard disks and
CDROMs. It accepts Serial ATA commands from the host's Serial ATA
interface, decodes the commands and converts them to Parallel ATA
device commands. Through the Parallel ATA bus, responses from the
device are deciphered, processed, converted to Serial ATA protocol
and sent to the host.
The SiI 3611 leverages much of the circuit innovation at the physical
layer of Silicon Image's proprietary reduced overhead Multi-layer Serial
Link (MSL
TM
) architecture, pioneered and proven through the company's
market-leading PanelLink
®
products. MSL technology is a multi-layer
approach to providing robust, cost-effective, multi-gigabit semiconductor
solutions on a single chip for high-bandwidth applications.
SATA Applications
• Disk Drives
• Storage Systems
Host
(Motherboard, Add-in Card,
Storage System Controller)
RX
Device
(Disk Drive, Storage System)
SATA
Interface
Host
Controller
Parallel
Data
ô
SiI 3611
SATA-to-PATA
Device Bridge
SATA
Transport,
Link & PHY
(SiI 3610,
SiI 3112)
Parallel
Data
Disk
Controller
TX
The Si
I
3611
SATALink Device Bridge
Si
I
3611
FIFO
ATA Interface
Drive Bus
Interface
Task
File
Transport
SM
Link
SM
8B/10B
Scramble
CRC
PHY
SerDes
1.5 Gbps
(150 MB/s)
PLL
SATA Clock
SiI 3611 Features
SATALink
TM
Device Bridge
General
• Serial ATA - 1.5 Gbps (150 MB/s)
• Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0
specification
• Integrated Serial ATA Transport,
Link logic and PHY
• Ultra ATA/133 parallel interface
• 48-bit sector addressing
• Supports spread spectrum clocking
to reduce EMI
• Single, digital PLL architecture, with
low jitter
• Full ESD tolerance to 2 kV
• Extensive interoperability testing
Silicon Image’s
SiI 3611 Starter Kit
The CP3611SATA150 Starter Kit
includes hardware and documenta-
tion to quickly design and launch a
SATA 1.0-compliant bridge solution.
Transfer Rates
• Supports PIO and DMA modes
• Supports bus master DMA at
1.5 Gbps burst rate
Contents Include:
Hardware
• SiI 3611 evaluation board
• Serial ATA cable
Documentation
• SiI 3611 Data Sheet
• SiI 3611 Evaluation Board User’s
Guide
Power
• Core: 1.8V, I/O: 3.3V operating
voltage with 5V tolerance
Package
• 80-pin, 12x12 mm TQFP (Thin
Quad Flat Pack)
Part Number - SiI3611CT80
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are subject to change without notice. Printed in the U.S.A. 2/02 SiI PB-0024
Silicon Image, Inc.
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