Modular ngsff module to meet different density and length requirements
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorZhan PING
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Abstract
An assembly for a solid-state drive (SSD) includes a base printed circuit board having a PCIe adapter form factor, and at least one U.2 connector that is capable of being connected to a NGSFF device. The NGSFF device includes an NGSFF PCB, a first PCIe connector and a second PCIe connector. The NGSFF PCB is capable of receiving at least one SSD device and includes a first end and a second end in which the first end is opposite the second end. The first PCIe connector is at an edge of the first end of the NGSFF PCB and is capable of physical insertion into the at least one U.2 connector on the base PCB, and the second PCIe connector is at an edge of the second end of the NGSFF PCB and is capable of receiving a first PCIe connector of another NGSFF PCB.
Claims20
An assembly for a solid-state drive (SSD), comprising:
- a base printed circuit board (PCB) having a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) adapter form factor;
- and
- at least one U.2 connector capable of being connected to a next generation small form factor (NGSFF) device.
A solid-state drive (SSD) assembly, comprising:
- a base printed circuit board (PCB) comprising a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) form factor and at least one U.2 connector;
- and
- a next generation small form factor (NGSFF) device, the NGSFF device comprising:
- an NGSFF PCB capable of receiving at least one SSD device, the NGSFF PCB comprising a first end and a second end, the first end being opposite the second end;
- a first PCIe connector at an edge of the first end of the NGSFF PCB, the first PCIe connector being capable of physical insertion into the at least one U.2 connector on the base PCB;
- and
- a second PCIe connector at an edge of the second end of the NGSFF PCB, the second PCIe connector being capable of receiving a first PCIe connector of another NGSFF PCB.
A solid-state drive (SSD) assembly, comprising:
- a peripheral component interconnection express (PCIe) adapter card comprising at least one first PCIe connector, each first PCIe connector being capable of receiving a second PCIe connector that is part of a base printed circuit board (PCB);
- and
- at least one the base PCB, each base PCB comprising:
- a first end and a second end, the first end being opposite the second end;
- at least one SSD device;
- the second PCIe connector at an edge of the first end of the base PCB;
- and
- a third PCIe connector at an edge of the second end of the base PCB, the third PCIe connector being capable of receiving a second PCIe connector of another base PCB.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.