Server

• US 9,642,280 B2
• Filed: 07/21/2015
• Issued: 05/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pegatron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Pegatron Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, Ko-Wei, Chou, Wei-Ting
• Primary Examiner(s): Edmonds, Lisa Lea
• Application Number:
  US14/805,194
• Publication Number:
  US 20160037673A1
• Time in Patent Office: 651 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/185 Mounting of expansion boards
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1487 Blade assemblies, e.g. blade cases or inner arrangements within a blade
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1489 characterized by the mounting of blades therein, e.g. brackets, rails, trays H05K7/1491 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1492 having electrical distribution arrangements, e.g. power supply or data communications

Abstract

A server for or accommodating a plurality of first expansion cards. The server includes a housing, a half-width motherboard, a connector and a dual-sided riser card. The half-width motherboard is disposed in the housing. The connector is disposed at a side edge of the half-width motherboard for connecting with one of the first expansion cards. The dual-sided riser card is electrically connected with the half-width motherboard for connecting with another two of the first expansion cards, the dual-sided riser card being substantially perpendicularly disposed at the half-width motherboard, wherein the projection of one of the first expansion cards connected with the dual-sided riser card and the projection of the first expansion card connected with the connector are overlapped at the housing.

Claims

1. A server for accommodating a plurality of first expansion cards, the server comprising:

a housing;

a half-width motherboard disposed in the housing;

a connector disposed at a side edge of the half-width motherboard for connecting with one of the first expansion cards;

a dual-sided riser card electrically connected with the half-width motherboard for connecting with another two of the first expansion cards, the dual-sided riser card being substantially perpendicularly disposed at the half-width motherboard and being disposed beside the connector, wherein the projection of one of the first expansion cards connected with the dual-sided riser card and the projection of the first expansion card connected with the connector are overlapped at the housing.

2. The server according to claim 1, wherein the half-width motherboard comprises a first central processing unit and a second central processing unit, the first central processing unit and the second central processing unit are disposed along a longitudinal direction of the half-width motherboard.

3. The server according to claim 1, further comprising a single-sided riser card, the single-sided riser card being disposed at an inner surface of the housing and being electrically connected with the half-width motherboard, a gap existing between the single-sided riser card and the half-width motherboard, the single-sided riser card being for connecting with two of the first expansion cards.

4. The server according to claim 3, wherein the single-sided riser card is slidably attached to the inner surface of the housing, the first expansion cards connected with the single-sided riser card, the first expansion card connected with the connector, and one of the first expansion cards connected with the dual-sided riser card are disposed in the gap, whereby the first expansion cards connected with the dual-sided riser card are of HH/HL and FH/HL types, and the HH/HL first expansion card connected with the dual-sided riser card is overlapped with the first expansion card connected with the connector, the first expansion cards connected with the single-sided riser card are of HH/HL type.

5. The server according to claim 4, wherein the single-sided riser card comprises a handle, and the handle is exposed to the outside of the housing.

6. The server according to claim 5, wherein the half-width motherboard comprises a plurality of first electrical contacts, the single-sided riser card includes a plurality of second electrical contacts, and the first electrical contacts and the second electrical contacts are point-to-point connected.

7. The server according to claim 6, wherein the first electrical contacts and the second electrical contacts are Mini Serial-Attached SCSI 4i connectors.

8. The server according to claim 1, wherein a second expansion card is further disposed at the half-width motherboard, the projection of the second expansion card and the projection of another first expansion card connected with the dual-sided riser card are overlapped at the half-width motherboard.

9. The server according to claim 1, wherein the housing has a front window and a rear window, the connector and the dual-sided riser card are near the rear window, the server further comprises a power source, the power source is disposed in the housing.

10. The server according to claim 1, wherein the dual-sided riser card comprises an assembly bracket, the first expansion cards connected with the dual-sided riser card are slidably disposed at the assembly bracket.