Apparatus for adapting mezzanine cards
AssigneeBAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
InventorsMark E. Leibowitz, James Limardo, William F. Aversano, Michael Borthwick, Elliot Samuel, Saeed Karamooz
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Abstract
There is provided an apparatus for accommodating at least two different sized cards, the apparatus comprising a card housing comprising one or more card slots, each card slot being adaptable for inserting the at least two different sized cards; and a card guide system for adapting said one or more card slots for insertion of at least one of the at least two different sized cards. There is also provided a modified mezzanine card having at least one increased non-standard physical dimension relative to a standard mezzanine card suitable for insertion in the apparatus using the card guide system.
Claims17
An apparatus for accommodating at least two different sized cards each having a different card height, the apparatus comprising:
- a card housing comprising at least one card slot having a card slot height, said card slot configurable to support a card on opposing sides thereof and being adaptable for inserting either of said at least two different sized cards, the at least two different sized cards comprising a first sized card being an Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) module and a second sized card being an Advanced Mezzanine Card plus (AMC+) module, said AMC+ module suitable for hosting on said AMC+ module a PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC) module and a Switched Mezzanine Card (XMC) module and having a modified faceplate to accept a front panel of the PMC module or the XMC module, wherein a height of the AMC+ module is greater than the height of the AMC module and said width of said AMC+ module is less than a width of a double AMC module and greater than a width of a single AMC module;
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- an adjustable card guide system for adapting said at least one card slot for insertion of one of the AMC module and AMC+ module, said adjustable card guide system including a card guide mounting plate positioned along a length of a location configured to receive a length of an inserted AMC module or AMC+ module that increases a height of the at least one card slot, a first card guide connectable to said card guide mounting plate along the length of the location configured to receive the length of an inserted AMC module or AMC+ module, said first card guide configured to conform the height of the AMC module to the height of the at least one card slot, and a second card guide connectable to said card guide mounting plate along the length of the location configured to receive the length of an inserted AMC module or AMC+ module, said second card guide configured to conform the height of the AMC+ module to the height of the at least one card slot.
A modified mezzanine card having an increased width dimension relative to a standard mezzanine card, said modified mezzanine card insertable in an apparatus for accommodating the modified mezzanine card and the standard mezzanine card, the apparatus comprising:
- a card housing comprising at least one card slot having a card slot width, said card slot configurable to support either of the modified mezzanine card and the standard mezzanine card on opposing sides thereof and being adaptable for inserting either of the modified mezzanine card and the standard mezzanine card, the standard mezzanine card being an Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) module and the modified mezzanine card being an Advanced Mezzanine Card plus (AMC+) module, said AMC+ module suitable for hosting on said AMC+ module a PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC) module and a Switched Mezzanine Card (XMC) module and having a modified faceplate to accept a front panel of the PMC module or the XMC module, wherein a height of the AMC+ module is greater than the height of the AMC module and said width of said AMC+ module is less than a width of a double AMC module and greater than a width of a single AMC module;
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- an adjustable card guide system for adapting said at least one card slot for insertion of one of the AMC module and AMC+ module, said adjustable card guide system including a card guide mounting plate positioned along a length of a location configured to receive a length of an inserted AMC module or AMC+ module that increases a height of the at least one card slot, a first card guide connectable to said card guide mounting plate along the length of the location configured to receive the length of an inserted AMC module or AMC+ module, said first card guide configured to conform the height of the AMC module to the height of the at least one card slot, and a second card guide connectable to said card guide mounting plate along the length of the location configured to receive the length of an inserted AMC module or AMC+ module, said second card guide configured to conform the height of the AMC+ module to the height of the at least one card slot.
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