Planar expansion card assembly
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorRobert Irving Walker
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Abstract
The disclosed technology includes an assembly of two planar expansion card cards, which provides functionality to be leveraged by an upper planar expansion card. The base planar expansion card includes a first connector A, a first connector B, a connector C, a first pass-through connector A configured to connect to the first connector A, and a first pass-through connector B configured to connect to the first connector B. An upper planar expansion card includes a second connector A and a second connector B. The second connector A and the second connector B connect to the first pass-through connector A and the first B connector pass-through, respectively. In some implementations, the second connector A and second connector B are configured for a PCI-E and the connector C is configured for Ethernet KR signals.
Claims20
An assembly comprising:
- a base planar expansion card including:
- a first connector A, a first connector B, and a connector C, each of the first connector A, the first connector B, and the connector C configured on a bottom surface of the base planar expansion card, and
- a first pass-through connector A configured to connect to the first connector A and a first pass-through connector B configured to connect to the first connector B, each of the first pass-through connector A and the first pass-through connector B configured on a top surface of the base planar expansion card;
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- an upper planar expansion card including:
- a second connector A and a second connector B, the second connector A configured to connect to the first pass-through connector A on the base planar expansion card and the second connector B configured to connect to the first B connector pass-through on the base planar expansion card.
A system comprising:
- a base planar expansion card including:
- a first connector, a second connector, and a third connector, each of the first, second and third connectors configured on a bottom surface of the base planar expansion card, and
- a first pass-through connector configured to connect to the first connector and a second pass-through connector configured to connect to the second connector, each of the first pass-through connector and the second pass-through connector configured on a top surface of the base planar expansion card;
- a midplane expansion card including:
- a first midplane connector and a second midplane connector, each of the first midplane connector and the second midplane connector configured on a bottom surface of the midplane expansion card, and
- a midplane pass-through connector configured to connect to the second midplane connector, the midplane pass-through connector configured on a top surface of the midplane expansion card;
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- an upper plane expansion card including:
- an upper plane connector configured on a bottom surface of the upper plane expansion card and configured to connect to the midplane pass-through connector on the midplane expansion card.
An apparatus comprising:
- a base planar expansion card including:
- a first connector A, a first connector B, and a connector C, each of the first connector A, the first connector B, and the connector C configured on a bottom surface of the base planar expansion card, and
- a first pass-through connector A configured to connect to the first connector A and a first pass-through connector B configured to connect to the first connector B, each of the first pass-through connector A and the first pass-through connector B configured on a top surface of the base planar expansion card.
A method comprising:
- connecting a mid planar expansion card by:
- configuring a first connector A and a first connector B on a bottom surface of the mid planar expansion card, and
- connecting a first pass-through connector B to the first connector B, the first pass-through connector B configured on a top surface of the mid planar expansion card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.