USB storage device
View Patent ↗A USB storage device includes a PCIE connector, USB flash drives, USB buses, a USB controller, and a voltage conversion unit. The PCIE connector connects to a motherboard of an electronic device and includes a power pin and at least on data pin. The USB controller includes a USB power pin, at least one USB data pin, and a number of bus ports. The USB data pin is connected to the data pin, each bus port of the USB controller is connected to one USB flash drive via a USB bus. The voltage conversion unit is connected between the power pin of the PCIE connector and the USB power pin of the USB controller, and converts a first voltage of the power pin of the PCIE connector to a second voltage to power the USB controller.
1. A universal serial bus (USB) storage device comprising:
a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIE) connector configured to connect to a motherboard of an electronic device, wherein, the PCIE connector comprises a power pin and at least one data pin;
a plurality of USB flash drives;
a plurality of USB buses;
a USB controller comprising a USB power pin, at least one USB data pin, and a plurality of bus ports, wherein, the at least one USB data pin of the USB controller is configured to connect to the at least one data pin of the PCIE connector, each bus port of the USB controller is connected to one of the USB flash drives via a corresponding one of the USB buses; and
a voltage conversion unit connected between the power pin of the PCIE connector and the USB power pin of the USB controller, and configured to convert a first voltage of the power pin of the PCIE connector to a second voltage to power the USB controller via the USB power pin.
2. The USB storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the USB controller establishes a communication between the PCIE connector and the plurality of the USB flash drives and transmits data between the PCIE connector and the plurality of the USB flash drives.
3. The USB storage device according to claim 2 , wherein the USB controller transmits USB data between the PCIE connector and the plurality of the USB flash drives.
4. The USB storage device according to claim 3 , wherein the USB controller supports USB 3.0 protocol.
5. The USB storage device according to claim 2 , wherein the USB controller selects one of the USB flash drives to communicate with the PCIE connector and then communicate with the motherboard of the electronic device via a method of chip select, thus the plurality of USB flash drives of the USB storage device can be identified and accessed by the electronic device.