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US 12,733,100 B2Granted
Reducing printed circuit board area for single-sided printed circuit board
AssigneeSolidigm Inc.
InventorBilal Khalaf
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Abstract
A device includes a single-sided printed circuit board with an opening and a double-sided printed circuit board. The single-sided printed circuit board includes a first and a second side and has an opening extending from the first side. The double-sided printed circuit board is arranged and affixed in the opening of the single-sided printed circuit board, and components extending from one of the sides of the double-sided printed circuit board protrude into the opening but do not protrude beyond the second surface of the single-sided printed circuit board.
Claims28
A single-sided printed circuit board, comprising:
- a first side comprising a first surface on which first components are arranged;
- a second side comprising a second surface;
- a first opening extending at least partially through from the first side to the second side, wherein a first double-sided printed circuit board is capable of being arranged and affixed in the first opening, wherein:
- the first double-sided printed circuit board comprises a third side comprising a third surface on which second components are arranged, and a fourth side comprising a fourth surface on which third components are arranged,
- the third surface and the first surface face a first direction, and the fourth surface and the second surface face a second direction, and
- none of the third components protrude beyond the second surface;
- a connector;
- a heat spreader that covers the third components arranged on the fourth surface, wherein the heat spreader does not protrude beyond the second surface;
- and
- at least one additional opening extending at least partially through from the first side to the second side, wherein a respective additional double-sided printed circuit board is arranged and affixed in a respective one of the at least one additional opening.
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A device, comprising:
- a single-sided printed circuit board, comprising:
- a first side comprising:
- a first surface on which first components are arrangeable;
- a second side comprising a second surface;
- a first opening extending at least partially through from the first side to the second side;
- a connector;
- and
- at least one additional opening extending at least partially through from the first side to the second side;
- a first double-sided printed circuit board arranged and affixed in the first opening, wherein:
- the first double-sided printed circuit board comprises a third side comprising a third surface on which second components are arranged, and a fourth side comprising a fourth surface on which third components are arranged,
- the third surface and the first surface face a first direction, and the fourth surface and the second surface face a second direction, and
- none of the third components protrude beyond the second surface;
- a heat spreader that covers the third components arranged on the fourth surface, wherein the heat spreader does not protrude beyond the second surface;
- and
- at least one additional double-sided printed circuit board arranged and affixed in a respective one of the at least one additional opening.
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A double-sided printed circuit board, comprising:
- a first side comprising a first surface on which first components are arranged;
- a second side comprising a second surface on which second components are arranged;
- wherein the double-sided printed circuit board is configured to be arranged and affixed in a first opening of a single-sided printed circuit board that extends at least partially through from a third side of the single-sided printed circuit board to a fourth side of the single-sided printed circuit board, wherein third components extend from a third surface of the third side of the single-sided printed circuit board, wherein the second components protrude into the opening but none of the second components protrude beyond a fourth surface of the fourth side, and wherein at least one additional double-sided printed circuit board is arranged and affixed in a respective one of at least one additional opening of the single-sided printed circuit board that extend at least partially through from the third side of the single-sided printed circuit board to the fourth side of the single-sided printed circuit board;
- and
- a heat spreader that covers the second components arranged on the second surface, wherein the heat spreader does not protrude beyond the fourth surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.