Patent ID: 11200194

Abstract:
Peripheral magnetic tape drives are disclosed herein. The disclosed peripheral magnetic tape drive comprises: a housing; a SAS compliant tape drive module; a power supply and a USB-C to SAS assembly. The SAS compliant tape drive module, the power supply and the USB-C to SAS assembly are disposed within the housing. The power supply module is operatively coupled to the tape drive module to supply +12V and +5V power thereto. The USB-C to SAS assembly is operatively connected to the tape drive module using a SAS data channel. The USB-C to SAS assembly is configured to enable the peripheral magnetic tape drive to interface a USB-C compliant device with the SAS compliant tape drive module. The USB-C to SAS assembly is further operatively coupled to the power supply to receive +12V power. The USB-C to SAS assembly may send and receive data using a Thunderbolt® 3 protocol.