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US 12,706,405 B2Granted
I/O device connector with internal cable connections
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsXiang Li, Anthony M. Constantine, Jingbo Li
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a rigid housing, a first connector coupled to the housing, the first connector to receive an edge connector of an input/output (I/O) device, and a second connector coupled to the housing, the second connector to couple to an edge connector socket. Pairs of electrical connection pins of the first connector are coupled to respective pairs of electrical connection pins of the second connector via shielded differential cables inside the housing.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a rigid housing;
- a first connector coupled to the housing, the first connector to receive an edge connector of a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe)-compatible input/output (I/O) device;
- and
- a second connector coupled to the housing, the second connector to insert into a PCIe-compatible edge connector socket;
- wherein pairs of electrical connection pins of the first connector are coupled to respective pairs of electrical connection pins of the second connector via shielded differential cables inside the housing and the first and second connectors each comprise a ground bar coupling a set of electrical connection pins of the connectors other than the pairs connected to the shielded differential cables.
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A system comprising:
- a motherboard;
- a system-on-chip (SoC) comprising a processor, the SoC coupled to the motherboard;
- an input/output (I/O) device connector coupled to the motherboard, the I/O device connector electrically coupled to the SoC through the motherboard, the I/O device connector comprising:
- a rigid housing;
- a first connector coupled to the housing, the first connector to receive an edge connector of a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe)-compatible input/output (I/O) device;
- a second connector coupled to the housing, the second connector coupled to a PCIe-compatible edge connector socket on the motherboard;
- wherein pairs of electrical connection pins of the first connector are coupled to respective pairs of electrical connection pins of the second connector via shielded differential cables inside the housing and the first and second connectors each comprise a ground bar coupling a set of electrical connection pins of the connectors other than the pairs connected to the shielded differential cables.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a rigid housing;
- a first connector coupled to the housing, the first connector to receive an edge connector of a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe)-compatible input/output (I/O) device;
- a second connector coupled to the housing, the second connector to couple to insert into a PCIe-compatible edge connector socket;
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- high-speed cabling means for connecting pairs of electrical connection pins of the first connector to respective pairs of electrical connection pins of the second connector, wherein the first and second connectors each comprise a ground bar coupling a set of electrical connection pins of the connectors other than the pairs connected to the high-speed cabling means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.