Thunderbolt™ 3 AR SP M.2 PCIe 3x4 Spec

Overview

Thunderbolt™ 3 offers a new level of connection and consistency. The speed you need: Go at superhero speed and accomplish even more. At 40 Gb/s, it’s the fastest port available on a PC today.Bring your entire game library with you and play games anywhere on portable Thunderbolt™ 3 SSD storage – as fast as the internal SSDs inside your PC.

Features

l Single Thunderbolt™ 3 Port

l Utilizes JHL6340

l Thunderbolt 3 host connection only

l Designed for Bus Powered Devices (BPD)

l Provides <12W to device

l M.2 SSD Socket

l x4 PCIe Gen3

l Utilizes TI83B for PD solution

l Single 6 layer Board

Block Diagram

Controller List

Power Budget Table

Applications to Consider

l Designed for performance bus powered Thunderbolt 3 devices.

l Includes connector for M.2 expansion cards.

l Focused on Storage devices.

l Can be modified as a base design for other designs with a direct

l connection of up to x4 PCIe lanes.

Speed Test

Test PC: Mac book pro 13” 2017

Test SSD: Intel 660P 512G

Windows 10

Mac OS 10.14.4