PCI Express#PCI Express Mini Card

PCI Express Mini Card is the successor to the Mini PCI plug-in card format for notebooks. The standard is based on PCI Express and is being developed by the PCI-SIG. The interface supports the PCI Express and USB 2.0 connectivity and USB 3.0 connections sowe. The particular card uses the connection that deemed the manufacturer of the card for the most suitable for the task.

Format

PCI Express Mini cards have a size of 30 × 50.95 mm and have a 52- pin connector. There also exists a smaller card format with a size of 30 × 26.80 mm. Then it is also called " half size " to German " half-size ".

Electrical connections

Of the connector, various other signals can be transmitted in addition to a PCIe lane and USB 2.0 signal.

  • System Management Bus - two-wire bus for communication modules
  • Diagnostic LEDs for status indication of WWAN, WLAN and WPAN Card
  • SIM card for GSM and UMTS ( the SIM cards are often installed separately at a more accessible location )
  • 1.5 and 3.3 volt power supply

Availability

Most newer laptops (from 2005 ) are based on PCI Express and have slots for PCI Express Mini Card. Most notebooks are equipped with PCI Express Mini cards for wireless or Solid State Drives, which is about at the SSDs in the PCI Express Mini cards format to a proprietary extension of the PCI Express Mini standards a SATA port is (for example, mini - SATA).

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