Interposer device
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsByron A Alcorn, Shane Ward, Peter Andrew Seiler
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Abstract
An interposer for connecting a module to an M.2 socket includes a different form factor connector. The interposer includes an M.2 connector to couple the interposer to the M.2 socket. The M.2 connector is formed to mate with the M.2 socket. The interposer includes a different form factor socket to couple the interposer to the module including the different form factor connector. The different form factor socket is formed to mate with the different form factor connector.
Claims20
An interposer for connecting a module to an M.2 printed circuit board (PCB) socket comprising:
- an M.2 connector to couple the interposer to the M.2 PCB socket, the M.2 connector formed to mate with the M.2 PCB socket and associated with a first M.2 keying;
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- an interposer socket to couple the interposer to the module, the interposer socket associated with a different keying relative to the M.2 PCB socket, the module comprising a module connector to mate with the interposer socket,
- wherein the interposer is dimensioned such that the length of the interposer plus the length of the module is equal to a distance between the M.2 PCB socket and a mounting hole defined in PCB to which the M.2 PCB socket is coupled.
A system for connecting a computing device to a module comprising:
- an M.2 printed circuit board (PCB) socket coupled to a PCB of the computing device;
- an interposer comprising:
- an M.2 connector comprising a number of notches and pins assigned based on a first M.2 keying layout and formed to mate with the M.2 PCB socket;
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- an M.2 interposer socket to couple the interposer to a module connector coupled to the module, the M.2 interposer socket to receive a connector with a number of notches and pins assigned based on a different M.2 keying layout relative to the M.2 PCB socket, the M.2 interposer socket formed to mate with the module connector,
- wherein the interposer is dimensioned such that the length of the interposer plus the length of the module is equal to a standardized length;
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- a mounting hole to affix the interposer to the PCB of the computing device.
An interposer for connecting an M.2 socket to a module comprising a differently-keyed M.2 connector comprising:
- an M.2 connector to couple the interposer to the M.2 socket, the M.2 connector formed to mate with the M.2 socket;
- a differently-keyed M.2 socket differently keyed relative to the M.2 socket to couple the interposer to the module comprising the differently-keyed M.2 connector, the differently-keyed M.2 socket formed to mate with the differently-keyed M.2 connector;
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- an auxiliary cable coupled between a printed circuit board (PBC) of the computing device and the interposer, the auxiliary cable supporting a number of interfaces not supported by the M.2 socket but required by the differently-keyed M.2 socket and its associated module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.