Chamfered Memory Card
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1. A memory card comprising:
- a circuit board including an insulative layer having at least one I/O pad formed thereon and defining opposed front and back sides;
at least one electronic circuit device mounted to the circuit board and electrically connected to the I/O pad; and
a body covering the electronic circuit device and a portion of the circuit board such that the I/O pad is uncovered by the body and at least the front side of the insulative layer is covered thereby, the body including;
a top surface;
a bottom surface;
a front side surface which extends between the top and bottom surfaces in close proximity to the front side of the insulative layer, the front side and bottom surfaces being separated by a front corner; and
a chamfer which is formed in at least a portion of the front corner and extends at a prescribed angle relative to the front side and bottom surfaces of the body.
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Abstract
A memory card including a printed circuit board having an electronic circuit device mounted thereto and at least one I/O pad disposed thereon. The printed circuit board and the electronic circuit device are at least partially encapsulated or covered by an encapsulant material which hardens into a body of the memory card, such body generally defining the outer appearance of the memory card. The I/O pads of the printed circuit board are exposed in the body. The body is formed to include one or more chamfers. Such chamfer(s) are sized and configured to minimize potential damage to the connection terminals or host socket of a device during the process of interfacing the memory card thereto.
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1. A memory card comprising:
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a circuit board including an insulative layer having at least one I/O pad formed thereon and defining opposed front and back sides;
at least one electronic circuit device mounted to the circuit board and electrically connected to the I/O pad; and
a body covering the electronic circuit device and a portion of the circuit board such that the I/O pad is uncovered by the body and at least the front side of the insulative layer is covered thereby, the body including;
a top surface;
a bottom surface;
a front side surface which extends between the top and bottom surfaces in close proximity to the front side of the insulative layer, the front side and bottom surfaces being separated by a front corner; and
a chamfer which is formed in at least a portion of the front corner and extends at a prescribed angle relative to the front side and bottom surfaces of the body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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20. A memory card for use in conjunction with a device defining a socket which includes a plurality of connection terminals, the memory card comprising:
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a circuit board including an insulative layer having at least one I/O pad formed thereon and defining opposed front and back sides;
at least one electronic circuit device mounted to the circuit board and electrically connected to the I/O pad; and
a body covering the electronic circuit device and a portion of the circuit board such that the I/O pad is uncovered by the body and at least the front side of the insulative layer is covered thereby, the body including;
a top surface;
a bottom surface;
a front side surface which extends between the top and bottom surfaces in close proximity the front side of the insulative layer, the front side and bottom surfaces being separated by a front corner; and
a means which is formed in at least a portion of the front corner for minimizing potential damage to the connection terminals during the process of advancing the memory card into the socket of the device.
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21. A memory card comprising:
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a circuit board including at least one I/O pad and defining opposed front and back sides;
at least one electronic circuit device disposed on the circuit board and electrically connected to the I/O pad; and
a body covering the electronic circuit device and at least the front side of the circuit board, the body including a bottom surface and a front side surface, at least portions of the front side and bottom surfaces being separated from each other by a beveled edge which extends at a prescribed angle relative thereto. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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