Dummy memory board

• US 10,285,273 B1
• Filed: 04/13/2018
• Issued: 05/07/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: V-Color Technology Inc.
• Original Assignee: V-Color Technology Inc.
• Inventors: Hung, Con-Ning
• Primary Examiner(s): Bowman, Mary Ellen
• Application Number:
  US15/952,922
• Time in Patent Office: 389 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/737 Printed circuits being substantially perpendicular to each other for printed connections H05K3/366
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/0274 Optical details, e.g. printed circuits comprising integral optical means H05K1/0269 takes precedence; coupling light guides with opto-electronic components G02B6/42
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/117 Pads along the edge of rigid circuit boards, e.g. for pluggable connectors
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/181 associated with surface mounted components
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10106 Light emitting diode [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10159 Memory
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10204 Dummy component, dummy PCB or template, e.g. for monitoring, controlling of processes, comparing, scanning
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10522 Adjacent components
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10545 Related components mounted on both sides of the PCB

Abstract

A dummy memory board includes a substrate, a connecting finger, a plurality of light emitting diodes, and an electrical circuit. The substrate has a front surface and a back surface, and is provided with at least one dummy memory region. The connecting finger is close to a lower edge of the substrate for inserting into a memory slot. The light emitting diodes are on the substrate and close to the upper edge of the front surface and the back surface. The electrical circuit is on the substrate for connecting the light emitting diodes to the connecting finger. Thus, power from the memory slot is transferred to the light emitting diodes through the connecting finger, and the light emitting diodes are turned on to demonstrate the desired light effect. Particularly, the electrical circuit has no suspending node or open spot and interference due to antenna effect is avoided.

Claims

1. A dummy memory board, comprising:

a substrate with a shape of a plate, comprising a front surface and a back surface, at least one of the front surface and the back surface provided with at least one dummy memory region;

a connecting finger formed of an electrically conductive material and provided on the front surface and the back surface for inserting into a memory slot of an external device;

a plurality of light emitting diodes provided on the front surface and the back surface; and

an electrical circuit provided on the substrate for electrically connecting the light emitting diodes to the connecting finger,

wherein the connecting finger is close to a lower edge of the front surface and the back surface, the light emitting diodes are close to an upper edge of the front surface and the back surface, the dummy memory region is between the connecting finger and the light emitting diodes, and the light emitting diodes are turned on by power from the memory slot through the connecting finger.

2. The dummy memory board as claimed in claim 1, wherein the front surface and the back surface are covered with a solder mask, and the solder mask does not cover the connecting finger and the light emitting diodes.

3. The dummy memory board as claimed in claim 2, wherein the solder mask is solder resist.

4. The dummy memory board as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light emitting diodes are connected in series through the electrical circuit.

5. The dummy memory board as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light emitting diodes are connected in parallel through the electrical circuit.

6. The dummy memory board as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light emitting diodes are arranged to form a straight line, a curve, a word, a symbol, or a pattern.

7. The dummy memory board as claimed in claim 1, wherein the external device is a host computer or a server.