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US 11,778,743 B2Granted
Expansion card with mezzanine level connector
AssigneeXilinx, Inc.
InventorsIeuan James Mackereth Marshall, Robert Andrew Daniels
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Abstract
An expansion card having a mezzanine level communication port is disclosed herein. The mezzanine level communication port frees space on the primary substrate (e.g., printed circuit board) for any one or more of a variety of expansion card components. The expansion card includes a bracket, a first communication port, a primary substrate, and a secondary substrate. The first communication port is coupled to the bracket. The primary and secondary substrates are disposed on one side of the bracket. The secondary substrate has a termination of the first communication port.
Claims20
An expansion card comprising:
- a bracket having an elongated body extending between a first end and a second end, the elongated body having a first side and a second side facing away from the first side;
- a first communication port coupled to the bracket and configured to receive a complimentary connector from the second side of the bracket;
- a primary substrate coupled to the second side of the bracket in an orientation perpendicular to the second side, wherein the primary substrate is a printed circuit board (PPCB), the PPCB having functional circuitry terminating at edge connectors configured to mate with a motherboard;
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- a secondary substrate disposed on the second side of the bracket, the secondary substrate having a termination of the first communication port, the termination coupled to the functional circuitry of the PPCB.
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An expansion card comprising:
- a bracket having an elongated body extending between a first end and a second end, the elongated body having a first side and a second side facing away from the first side;
- a first communication port coupled to the bracket and configured to receive a complimentary connector from the second side of the bracket, the first communication port configured as an RF communication port;
- a primary substrate coupled to the second side of the bracket in an orientation perpendicular to the second side, wherein the primary substrate is a printed circuit board (PPCB), the PPCB having functional circuitry terminating at edge connectors configured to mate with a motherboard;
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- a secondary substrate disposed on the second side of the bracket, the first communication port mounted to the secondary substrate, the secondary substrate having a termination of the first communication port, the termination coupled to the functional circuitry of the PPCB.
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An expansion card comprising:
- a bracket having an elongated body extending between a first end and a second end, the elongated body having a first side and a second side facing away from the first side;
- a first communication port coupled to the bracket and configured to receive a complimentary connector from the second side of the bracket, the first communication port configured as an RF communication port;
- a primary substrate coupled to the second side of the bracket in an orientation perpendicular to the second side, wherein the primary substrate is a printed circuit board (PPCB), the PPCB having functional circuitry terminating at edge connectors configured to mate with a motherboard, the functional circuitry configured to provide network interface functionality;
- a secondary substrate disposed on the second side of the bracket, the first communication port mounted to the secondary substrate, the secondary substrate having a termination of the first communication port, the termination coupled to the functional circuitry of the PPCB, wherein the first communication port is surface mounted to the secondary substrate and bulkhead mounted to the bracket, wherein the termination of the first communication port is configured to terminate a communication cable having a resistance of 50, 75 or 100 ohms;
- a driver mounted to the secondary substrate and coupled to the first communication port;
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- a second communication port and/or an indicator light disposed between the secondary substrate and the PPCB.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.