US 7,442,091 B2Granted

Back-to-back PCB double-sided USB connector

AssigneeSanDisk IL Ltd.

InventorsTavi Salomon, Yuval Alpert, Shahar Ben David

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Abstract

A double-sided USB connector may include a first PCB that may provide a first set of electrical contacts on its first side and solder pads on its second side. The first PCB may further include a components side, solder pads, and signal traces. The double-sided USB connector may also include a second PCB that may provide a second set of electrical contacts on its first side and terminals on its second side. Contacts selected from the second set of contacts may be connected to selected terminals, for example through via paths in the second PCB. Contacts from the first and second sets of contacts may selectively be connected to components on the first PCB using signal traces rather than wires. The first PCB may be joined to the second PCB by using the terminals, and the two PCBs may be packaged using a common molded body.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A method of assembling a portable electronic card having a double-sided universal serial bus connector, the method comprising:

a) providing a first printed circuit board with solder pads and signal traces, and with components mounted on a top side of said first printed circuit board;
b) forming a first contact area of the universal bus connector by providing a first set of electrical contacts to a bottom side of said first printed circuit board;
c) providing a second printed circuit board, said printed circuit board having terminals on a bottom side of said second printed circuit board;
d) forming a second contact area of the connector by providing to a top side of said second printed circuit board a second set of electrical contacts;
and
e) connecting contacts selected from said first or second set of contacts to selected components using said signal traces rather than using electrical wires.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/951,386Filed 6 Dec 2007 · us provisional application
Priority: 7 Dec 2006
Published: US 2008/0139006 A112 Jun 2008
Granted: 28 Oct 2008
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification18 codes

G11B 33/0488
For storing discs: in boxes or containers comprising additional sound reproducing or activating means
G06K 19/07732
Physical layout of the record carrier: the record carrier having a housing or construction similar to well-known portable memory devices, such as…
H01R 12/721
Coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures: cooperating directly with the edge of the rigid printed circuits
H01R 13/64
Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00: means for preventing incorrect coupling