System board with edge connector

• US 7,715,206 B2
• Filed: 07/27/2007
• Issued: 05/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Moiroux, Jean-Paul, Szolyga, Thomas H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Levi; Dameon E
• Application Number:
  US11/829,725
• Publication Number:
  US 20090031068A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,019 Days
• Field of Search: 361/683, 361/760, 361/788, 361/796, 361/785, 361/784, 361/803, 439/50, 439/61, 439/62, 439/65
• US Class Current: 361/784
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/409 Mechanical coupling back panels H05K7/1438

Abstract

A system comprises a chassis and a system board contained within the chassis. The system board has an edge connector adapted to receive an add-in card in a configuration in which the system board and add-in card are substantially co-planar.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a chassis; and

a system board contained within said chassis, said system board comprising an edge connector adapted to receive an add-in card, and wherein the system board comprises a system processor;

an add-in card comprising an edge connector that is mated to said system board edge connector such that said system board and said add-in card are substantially co-planar, wherein said add-in card comprises a memory card, a graphics card, a network interface controller, a wireless card, or any combinations thereof; and

a display mated to said chassis;

wherein said chassis is mated to a rear surface of said display

wherein said system board comprises a second edge connector and the edge connector and the second edge connector differ in type; and

wherein said edge connector and said second edge connector lie along different edges of said system board.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said system board comprises a plurality of edge connectors, each edge connector adapted to receive a separate add-in card in a configuration in which said system board and said add-in cards are substantially co-planar.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein at least one system board edge connector comprises a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) interface.

4. The system of claim 2 wherein at least one system board edge connector is provided on said system board along a different edge than at least one other edge connector.

5. The system of claim 1 further comprising a touch-sensitive member adjacent said display.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein said chassis has a thickness of less than 1.5 inches.

7. The system of claim 5 wherein said touch-sensitive member is mated to a front surface of said display.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein said system board comprises a processor mounted on a side of said system board opposite said display.

9. The system of claim 2 wherein said add-in cards differ in type.

10. The system of claim 2 wherein said system board can be replaced with another system board, differing in size, without replacing said add in cards.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the system board edge connectors differ in pinout.

11. A system, comprising:

a chassis;

a system board contained within said chassis, the system board comprising a plurality of edge connectors;

a plurality of add-in cards, each comprising an edge connector; and

a display mated to said chassis;

wherein each system board edge connector is adapted to receive a separate add-in card edge connector such that said system board and said add-in cards are substantially co-planar;

wherein said chassis is mated to a rear surface of said display

wherein at least two of said system board edge connectors differ in pinout and are provided on different edges of said system board.

12. The system of claim 11 further comprising a touch-sensitive member adjacent said display.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein said touch-sensitive member is adjacent to a front surface of said display.

14. The system of claim 11 wherein said chassis has a thickness of less than 1.5 inches.

15. The system of claim 11 wherein at least one system board edge connector is provided on said system board along a different system board edge than at least one other system board edge connector.

16. The system of claim 11 wherein said add-in cards differ in type.

17. The system of claim 11 wherein said system board can be replaced with another system board, differing in size, without replacing said add in cards.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the plurality of add-in cards comprise a memory card, a graphics card, a network interface controller, a wireless card, or any combinations thereof.

21. The system of claim 11, wherein the system board comprises a system processor.

18. A system, comprising:

a chassis;

a system board contained within said chassis, the system board comprising a plurality of edge connectors, and wherein the system board comprises a system processor;

a plurality of add-in cards, each comprising an edge connector;

a display mated to said chassis; and

a touch-sensitive member adjacent said display;

wherein each system board edge connector is adapted to receive a separate add-in card edge connector such that said system board and said add-in cards are substantially co-planar;

wherein said chassis is mated to a rear surface of said display and said touch-sensitive member is adjacent to a front surface of said display;

wherein said chassis has a thickness of less than 1.5 inches;

wherein at least one system board edge connector is provided on said system board along a different system board edge than at least one other system board edge connector; and

wherein at least two of said system board edge connectors differ in type.