Stacked symmetric printed circuit boards
AssigneePure Storage, Inc.
InventorJohn D. Davis
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Abstract
A printed circuit board (PCB) is provided. The PCB includes a connector extending from a surface of the PCB and a bypass feature extending through the PCB. The PCB is constructed so that a first copy of the PCB is configured to be assembled to a second copy of the PCB with the second copy rotated and/or flipped relative to the first copy. An electrical connection to the first copy is accessible via the connector of the first copy, and an electrical connection to the second copy is accessible via the connector of the second copy through the bypass feature of the first copy.
Claims20
A printed circuit board (PCB), comprising:
- a connector extending from a surface of the PCB;
- and
- a bypass feature extending through the PCB, the PCB constructed so that a first copy of the PCB is configured to be assembled stacked to a second copy of the PCB with the first copy oriented as in an initial position of the PCB and the second copy rotated or flipped relative to the initial position of the PCB, the second copy not oriented same as the initial position of the PCB, wherein an electrical connection to the first copy is accessible via the connector of the first copy, and an electrical connection to the second copy is accessible via the connector of the second copy through the bypass feature of the first copy.
A printed circuit board (PCB) assembly, comprising:
- a first PCB having a connector and a bypass feature, the first PCB being in a first position;
- a second PCB that is a copy of the first PCB, the second PCB rotated or flipped with respect to the first position of the first PCB, and so assembled stacked to the first PCB, with the second PCB not oriented same as the first position of the first PCB, wherein the connector of the second PCB extends through the bypass feature of the first PCB.
A method of assembling a printed circuit board (PCB), comprising:
- providing a first PCB and a second PCB, the second PCB a copy of the first PCB;
- arranging a bypass feature of the first PCB so that an electrical connection to the second PCB proceeds through the bypass feature of the first PCB;
- assembling the first PCB, in a first position, stacked to the second PCB, with the second PCB one of rotated or flipped relative to the first position of the first PCB and not oriented same as the first position of the first PCB;
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- coupling an electrical connector of the first PCB and an electrical connector of the second PCB to a third PCB.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.