US 2022/0046794 A1 · PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD CONNECTOR

Abstract

A printed circuit board connector for orthogonal mating of two or more printed circuit boards. The connector utilizes interior perimeter trace connections of a main printed circuit board and internal trace connections of a mating printed circuit board in conjunction with external trace connections. The main board may utilize surface connections, where both external trace connections and internal trace connections are exposed on a surface of the main board to couple to the mating board. The main board may include a slot or pocket, allowing for the partial insertion of the mating board into the main board, with internal trace connections disposed within the slot or pocket. The slot or pocket may extend through the main board, such that the internal trace connections are disposed along a side of the pocket to couple with corresponding internal trace connections of the mating board.

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Dependent claims

A mating printed circuit board, comprising:

a core comprising a plurality of layers, at least one layer including at least one internal conductive trace;
and
a printed circuit board edge terminal connector, comprising:
at least one external trace coupled to a corresponding at least one external pad, the at least one external trace pad positioned on a first outer surface of the mating printed circuit board and configured to contact a corresponding at least one external trace pad of an associated main printed circuit board;
and
at least one internal trace pad coupled to the at least one internal trace, the at least one internal trace pad positioned on a second outer surface of the mating printed circuit board.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Printed circuit board connector

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Abstract

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