Motherboard and expansion card applied to the motherboard
AssigneeFoxnum Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorsHSING-CHANG LIU, HAN-CHIEH CHANG
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Abstract
A motherboard includes a bus, an expansion socket pair. The bus includes a number of power lines, ground lines and non-power lines. The expansion socket pair includes a first expansion socket and a second expansion socket separated from the first expansion socket. The first expansion socket includes a number of power signals pins. The second expansion socket includes a number of non-power signal pins. The power signal pins are connected to the power lines of the bus to transmit power signals. The non-power signal pins are connected to the non-power lines of the bus to transmit non-power signals.
Claims8
A motherboard comprising:
- a bus comprising a plurality of power lines configured to transmit power signals, a plurality of ground lines and a plurality of non-power lines configured to transmit non-power signals;
- an expansion socket pair comprising a first expansion socket and a second expansion socket separated from the first expansion socket, wherein the first expansion socket comprises a plurality of power signals pins connected to the plurality of power lines of the bus to transmit power signals and a plurality of ground pins connected to ground lines of the bus, the second expansion socket comprising a plurality of non-power signal pins connected to the plurality of non-power lines of the bus to transmit non-power signals.
An expansion card applied to a motherboard, comprising:
- a first plug comprising a plurality of power pins configured to receive power signals from the motherboard;
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- a second plug separated from the first plug, comprising a plurality of non-power pins configured to transmit non-power signals between the expansion card and the motherboard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.