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US 2015/0156876 A1Published application
Circuit boards, connectors, cases, circuit board assemblies, case assemblies, devices and methods of manufacturing the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyojae BANG, Dogeun KIM, Hongkyun KIM, Youngbok JEON
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Abstract
Example embodiments are directed to circuit boards, connectors, cases, circuit board assemblies, case assemblies, devices and methods of manufacturing the same, which are common to at least two different form factors.
Claims31
(canceled)
A solid state drive (SSD) comprising:
- a case including a bottom surface having a first edge, a second edge, a third edge and a fourth edge;
- a securing element disposed on the bottom surface of the case;
- a circuit board secured to the bottom surface of the case by the securing element;
- a plurality of connection terminals disposed along a first edge of a first surface of the circuit board that is aligned parallel with the first edge of the bottom surface of the case;
- and
- a first package disposed on the first surface of the circuit board, and having a width and a length that is equal to or greater than the width, the length being substantially perpendicular to the width, each of the length and the width being measured on a first surface of the first package, the first surface of the first package being substantially parallel with the first surface of the circuit board,
- wherein at least one of a first memory and a first memory controller is included inside the first package, and
- a shortest distance between the circuit board and the second edge of the case is greater than the width of the first package.
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A solid state drive (SSD) comprising:
- a case including a first surface having a first edge, a second edge, a third edge and a fourth edge, the second edge of the first surface of the case being located opposite to the first edge of the first surface of the case;
- a circuit board secured to the case;
- a plurality of connection terminals disposed along a first edge of a first surface of the circuit board that is aligned parallel with the first edge of the first surface of the case;
- and
- a plurality of packages disposed on the first surface of the circuit board, the plurality of packages including a first package having a width and a length that is equal to or greater than the width, the length being substantially perpendicular to the width, each of the length and the width being measured on a first surface of the first package, the first surface of the first package being substantially parallel with the first surface of the circuit board,
- wherein at least one of a memory and a memory controller is included inside the first package, and
- a shortest distance between the circuit board and the second edge of the first surface of the case is greater than the width of the first package.
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A solid state drive (SSD) comprising:
- a case including a first surface having a first edge, a second edge and a third edge, the second edge of the first surface of the case being located opposite to the first edge of the first surface of the case;
- one or more guide rails disposed on the first surface of the case;
- a circuit board secured to the first surface of the case by the one or more guide rails;
- a plurality of connection terminals disposed along a first edge of a first surface of the circuit board that is aligned parallel with the first edge of the first surface of the case, the plurality of connection terminals being used either for a 1.8 inch form factor or for a 2.5 inch form factor;
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- one or more packages disposed on the first surface of the circuit board, and including a first package having a width and a length that is equal to or greater than the width, the length being substantially perpendicular to the width, each of the length and the width being measured on a first surface of the first package, the first surface of the first package being substantially parallel with the first surface of the circuit board,
- wherein at least one of a memory and a memory controller is included inside the first package,
- a shortest distance between the circuit board and the second edge of the first surface of the case is greater than the width of the first package, and
- the SSD includes only one circuit board.
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A solid state drive (SSD) comprising:
- a case including a bottom surface;
- a guide rail disposed on the bottom surface of the case;
- a circuit board secured to the bottom surface of the case by the guide rail, the circuit board including a first surface;
- a package disposed on the first surface of the circuit board,
- wherein an area of the bottom surface of the case is at least two times greater than an area of the first surface of the circuit board.
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A solid state drive (SSD) comprising:
- a case including a first surface;
- a securing element disposed on the first surface of the case;
- a circuit board secured to the first surface of the case by the securing element;
- and
- one or more packages disposed on a first surface of the circuit board, wherein
- the case has a size for a first form factor, and
- the circuit board has a size for a second form factor that is different from the first form factor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.