
SFF8639TestAdapterUserManual(Preliminary)
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GlossaryofTerms
TERMINOLOGY DEFINITION
Aggressor Asignalimposedonasystem(i.e.,cableassembly)tomeasureresponseon
othersignalcarriers.
Decibel(dB) Tentimesthecommonlogarithm(i.e.log10)oftheratioofrelativepowers.
Informative
Thedesignationofatestthatisnotrequiredforcompliancebutisconsidered
importantfromacharacterizationstandpoint.Itisprovidedforinformational
purposesonly.
Insertionloss Theratio,expressed indB,ofincidentpowertodeliveredpower.
Internalcable Acablethatisusedtoconnecta8639 InitiatorDevicetoa8639TargetDevice
withinamainframe.
Near‐endcrosstalk Crosstalkthatispropagatedinadisturbedchannelintheoppositedirection
asthepropagationofasignalintheaggressorchannel.Theterminalsofthe
aggressorchannelandthevictimchannelareusuallyclosetoeachother.
Normative Thedesignationofatestthatisrequiredforcompliance.
Physicallink Twodifferentialsignalpairs,onepairineachdirection,thatconnecttwo
physicalphys(seethecurrent8639specification.)
ReturnLoss Theratio,expressedindB,ofincidentpowertoreflectedpower.
8639InitiatorDevice AdevicecontainingSSP,STP,and/orSMPinitiatingportsina8639domain.
8639TargetDevice AdevicecontainingSSP,STP,and/orSMPtargetportsina8639domain.
8639‐TPA 8639TestPointAccess. Aspecializedassemblythatinterfacestoa8639
receptacleorplugandenablesaccessofsignalsformeasurementor
stimulation.
SerialATA(SATA) TheprotocoldefinedbySATA(seeATA8‐AAM)
SerialAttachedSCSI
(8639)
ThesetofprotocolsdefinedinSPLandtheinterconnectdefinedbythe8639
specification.
Victim Asignalcarrieronasystemthathasaresponseimposedonitbyothersignals
inthesystem.
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