System and method for shielding electronic components
AssigneeTrioniq Inc.
InventorsAndré Babin, Daniel Bindley
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Abstract
An EMI shielded system in which a motherboard is permanently shielded behind a shielding plate defining an aperture for each corresponding connector carried by the motherboard so as to allow expansion cards or the like to be connected to the motherboard without having to unshield the latter. The expansion cards are preferably separately mounted and shielded within respective loading cartridges.
Claims13
A computer system in combination with a motherboard having at least one electrical connector extending from a surface thereof and to which additional electronic components are operatively connectable, comprising a support structure for supporting the motherboard, said motherboard being substantially hidden behind an EMI shield for shielding the motherboard from other electronic components, said support structure defining on a side of said shield opposite to said motherboard a space for receiving additional electronic components, and at least one aperture defined in said shield for providing access to said at least one connector of the motherboard, thereby allowing the motherboard to be operatively connected to the additional electronic components without having to be unshielded, wherein said shield is provided with at least one guide for slidably guiding an expansion card along a first axis within thc support structure to an operative position for allowing said at least one connector of said motherboard to be operatively connected with a corresponding connector on the expansion card.
A electromagnetic interference (EMI) radiation shielded system for connecting at least one expansion card to a main printed circuit board of an electronic device, comprising a chassis, a main printed circuit board mounted within the chassis, an EMI shield overlying the main circuit board and defining one corresponding aperture for each electrical connector extending from thc main printed circuit board, an EMI shielded loading cartridge adapted to house an expansion card having at least one exposed connector accessible from outside said loading cartridge, said chassis defining a space for receiving said loading cartridge in a position wherein said at least one exposed connector of said expansion card operatively mates with a corresponding exposed connector of said main printed circuit board, wherein said EMI shield is provided with a guide for slidably guiding said loading cartridge within said chassis.
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