# US 10,120,824 B2 · Bridge board with structure for preventing solid state drive module bending and data storage device including the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,120,824 B2 - Document ID: US10120824B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/334,874 - Filed: 2016-10-26 - Published: 2017-10-12 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-04-08 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Han Hong Lee; Jae Hong Park; Jung Hyun Woo; Sung Woo Joo; Chang Hoon Han - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10120824B2 ## CPC - G06F 13/4068: {Electrical coupling} - G06F 13/36: for access to common bus or bus system - G06F 13/4027: {using bus bridges (G06F13/4022 takes precedence)} - G06F 13/4282: {on a serial bus, e.g. I2C bus, SPI bus (on daisy chain buses G06F13/4247)} - G11C 5/025: {Geometric lay-out considerations of storage- and peripheral-blocks in a semiconductor storage device (geometrical lay-out of the components in integrated circuits, geometrical lay-out of the components in integrated circuits H10D89/10)} - H01R 12/716: {Coupling device provided on the PCB} - H04L 69/08: Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion - G06F 2213/0032: Serial ATA [SATA] - G06F 2213/0042: Universal serial bus [USB] - G11C 5/04: Supports for storage elements {, e.g. memory modules}; Mounting or fixing of storage elements on such supports - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G11C: STATIC STORES (semiconductor memory devices H10B) - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A bridge hoard includes a printed circuit board (PCB) and a protocol converter mounted on the PCB to perform a conversion operation converting between a first communication protocol and a second communication protocol different from the first communication protocol. The bridge board further includes a first connector configured to communicate according to the first communication protocol and a second connector configured to communicate according to the second communication protocol. The bridge board additionally includes a hole formed in the PCB. The PCB is shaped as a concave polygon. The concave polygon includes a first region and a second region. The first region includes a first edge and a second edge, which extends in parallel to the first edge, along a first direction. The second region includes a third edge and a fourth edge, which extends in parallel to the third edge, along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A bridge board comprising: a printed circuit board (PCB); a protocol converter mounted on the PCB to perform a conversion operation converting between a first communication protocol and a second communication protocol different from the first communication protocol; a first connector configured to communicate according to the first communication protocol; a second connector configured to communicate according to the second communication protocol; and a hole formed in the PCB, wherein the PCB is shaped as a concave polygon, wherein the concave polygon comprises: a first region comprising a first edge and a second edge, which extends in parallel to the first edge, along a first direction, and a second region comprising a third edge and a fourth edge, which extends in parallel to the third edge, along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein a ratio of a second length of the second edge to a first length of the first edge is equal to or greater than 0.45 and equal to or less than 0.75, wherein a ratio of a fourth length of the fourth edge to a third length of the third edge is equal to or greater than 0.35 and equal to or less than 0.7, and wherein the bridge board further comprises a third connector disposed along the fourth edge. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The bridge board of claim 1, wherein the concave polygon is an L-shape, or a shape substantially similar to an L-shape. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The bridge board of claim 1, wherein the hole is formed in the second region, wherein the second region is defined by the third edge and the fourth edge and the second region comprises a fifth edge extending in the first direction, and a position of the hole corresponds to a ratio of a fifth length from the hole to the fifth edge to the third length is equal to or greater than 0.3 and equal to or less than 0.7. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The bridge board of claim 1, wherein the concave polygon is a U-shape, a shape substantially similar to a U-shape, and further comprises a third region comprising a fifth edge and a sixth edge, which extends in parallel to the fifth edge, along the second direction, wherein the second region and the third region are symmetrical to each other with respect to the second direction, and wherein the second length is a distance between the fourth edge and the sixth edge. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The bridge board of claim 1, wherein the first communication protocol is a serial advanced technology architecture (SATA) protocol and the second communication protocol is a universal serial bus (USB) protocol. ### Claim 6 A data storage device comprising: a bridge board comprising a first connector; and a data storage board connected to the first connector, wherein the bridge board comprises: a printed circuit board (PCB); a second connector; a protocol converter mounted on the PCB to perform a conversion operation converting between a first communication protocol used by the first connector and a second communication protocol used by the second connector, the second communication protocol being different from the first communication protocol; and a hole formed in the PCB, wherein the PCB has a shape of a concave polygon, wherein the concave polygon comprises: a first region comprising a first edge and a second edge, which extends in parallel to the first edge, along a first direction, and a second region comprising a third edge and a fourth edge, which extends in parallel to the third edge, along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein a ratio of a second length of the second edge to a first length of the first edge is equal to or greater than 0.45 and equal to or less than 0.75, wherein a ratio of a fourth length of the fourth edge to a third length of the third edge is equal to or greater than 0.35 and equal to or less than 0.7, and wherein the bridge board further comprises a third connector disposed along the fourth edge. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The data storage device of claim 6, wherein the data storage board is a mini serial advanced technology architecture (mSATA)-type solid state drive (SSD) module. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The data storage device of claim 6, further comprising a SUS plate surrounding at least part of the data storage board. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The data storage device of claim 6, wherein the hole is formed in the second region, wherein the second region is defined by the third edge and the fourth edge and the second region comprises a fifth edge extending in the first direction, and a ratio of a fifth length to the third length is equal to or greater than 0.3 and equal to or less than 0.7, wherein the fifth length is the length from the hole to the fifth edge. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The data storage device of claim 9, further comprising: A screw; and a bracket including a tapped hole, wherein the screw passes through the hole and is fastened to the tapped hole. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) The data storage device of claim 6, wherein the data storage board comprises a plurality of non-volatile memory devices. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The data storage device of claim 11, wherein at least one of the non-volatile memory devices comprises a three-dimensional memory cell array. ### Claim 13 (depends on 6) The data storage device of claim 6, wherein the concave polygon is an L-shape, or a shape substantially similar to an L-shape. ### Claim 14 (depends on 6) The data storage device of claim 6, wherein the concave polygon is a U-shape, or a shape substantially similar to a U-shape, and further comprises a third region comprising a fifth edge and a sixth edge, which extends in parallel to the fifth edge, along the second direction, wherein the second region and the third region are symmetrical to each other with respect to the second direction, and wherein the second length is a distance between the fourth edge and the sixth edge. ### Claim 15 (depends on 6) The data storage device of claim 6, wherein the first communication protocol is a serial advanced technology architecture (SATA) protocol and the second communication protocol is a universal serial bus (USB) protocol. ### Claim 16 A data storage device comprising: a bridge board comprising a first connector; at least one damper coupled to a data storage board, wherein the data storage board includes at least one hole; and the data storage hoard connected to the first connector, wherein the bridge board comprises: a printed circuit board (PCB); a second connector; a protocol converter mounted on the PCB to perform a conversion operation converting between a first communication protocol used by the first connector and a second communication protocol used by the second connector, the second communication protocol being different from the first communication protocol; and a first hole formed in the PCB, wherein the PCB has a shape of a concave polygon, wherein the concave polygon comprises: a first region comprising a first edge and a second edge, which extends in parallel to the first edge, along a first direction, and a second region comprising a third edge and a fourth edge, which extends in parallel to the third edge, along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein a ratio of a second length of the second edge to a first length of the first edge is equal to or less than 0.75, wherein a ratio of a fourth length of the fourth edge to a third length of the third edge is equal to or less than 0.7, and wherein the bridge board further comprises a third connector disposed along the fourth edge. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The data storage device of claim 16, wherein the first hole is formed in the second region, wherein the second region is defined by the third edge and the fourth edge and the second region comprises a fifth edge extending in the first direction, and a ratio of a fifth length to the third length is equal to or less than 0.7, wherein the fifth length is the length from the first hole to the fifth edge. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The data storage device of claim 16, wherein the concave polygon is a U-shape, or a shape substantially similar to a U-shape, and further comprises a third region comprising a fifth edge and a sixth edge, which extends in parallel to the fifth edge, along the second direction, wherein the second length is a distance between the fourth edge and the sixth edge. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The data storage device of claim 18, wherein the second region and the third region are symmetrical to each other with respect to the second direction, and the third region comprises a second hole therein. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The data storage device of claim 16, wherein the third length is greater than the first length, and the fourth length is greater than the second length. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) The bridge board of claim 1, wherein the third edge is perpendicular to the first edge, and the fourth edge is perpendicular to the second edge.