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REDUCING CABLING COMPLEXITY IN LARGE-SCALE NETWORKS

  • US 20110302346A1
  • Filed: 01/20/2010
  • Published: 12/08/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a midplane circuit board comprising one or more uplink card connectors disposed on a first side and one or more line card connectors disposed on a second side that is opposite the first side;

    a substantially planar uplink card comprising a first uplink card connector disposed at least adjacently to a first uplink card edge and a second uplink card connector disposed at least adjacently to a second uplink card edge that is disposed oppositely to the first uplink card edge, the uplink card connecting to the midplane circuit board such that the first uplink card connector interfaces with at least one of the uplink card connectors, the uplink card being disposed orthogonally to the midplane circuit board; and

    a substantially planar line card comprising a first line card connector disposed at least adjacently to a first line card edge and a second line card connector disposed at least adjacently to a second line card edge that is disposed oppositely to the first line card edge, the line card connecting to the midplane circuit board such that the first line connector interfaces with at least one of the line card connectors, the line card being disposed orthogonally to both of the midplane circuit board and the uplink card.

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