Interface for a removable electronic device
AssigneesRichip Incorporated, C-One Technology Corporation, Carry Computer Eng. Co., Ltd., Industrial Technology Research Institute, ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC., DBTEL Incorporated, Power Digital Card Co., Ltd.
InventorsHung Ho, Hsiang-An Hsieh, Gordon Yu
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Abstract
A removable electronic device having an application module for transferring data to or from a host having a plurality of contact terminals, the device comprising a first row of contact pads, each of the contact pads of the first row including a substantially tapered end, and a second row of contact pads, each of the contact pads of the second row including a substantially tapered end that corresponds to the substantially tapered end of at least one of the contact pads of the first row in an interweaving relationship, wherein the first and second rows of contacts pads are configured to receive the plurality of contact terminals.
Claims22
A removable electronic device having an application module for transferring data to or from a host having a plurality of contact terminals, the device comprising:
- a first row of contact pads, each of the contact pads of the first row including a substantially tapered end;
- and
- a second row of contact pads, each of the contact pads of the second row including a substantially tapered end that corresponds to the substantially tapered end of at least one of the contact pads of the first row in an interweaving relationship,
- wherein the first and second rows of contacts pads are configured to receive the plurality of contact terminals.
A removable electronic device having an application module for transferring data to or from a host, comprising:
- a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface and a periphery;
- a plurality of rows of interweaving contact pads formed on the top surface of the housing;
- a substantially U-shaped indentation on the periphery of the housing;
- and
- a notch on a corner of the-housing for securing the device to the host when the device is connected to the host.
A removable electronic device having an application module for transferring data to or from a host, comprising:
- a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface and a periphery;
- a substantially U-shaped indentation on the periphery of the housing;
- and
- a notch on a corner of the housing for securing the device to the host when the device is connected to the host.
A removable electronic device having an application module for transferring data to or from a host, comprising:
- a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface and a periphery;
- a plurality of rows of interweaving contact pads formed on the top surface of the housing;
- and
- a substantially U-shaped indentation on the periphery of the housing.
A removable electronic device having an application module for transferring data to or from a host, comprising:
- a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface and a periphery;
- a plurality of rows of interweaving contact pads formed on the top surface of the housing;
- and
- a notch on a corner of the housing for securing the device to the host when the device is connected to the host.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.