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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189342 | Printed circuit board for memory module, method of manufacturing the same and memory module/socket assembly Example embodiments of the present invention may include a printed circuit board, a method of manufacturing the printed circuit board, and a memory module/socket assembly. Example embodiments of the present invention may increase the number of contact taps on a memo... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8130511 | Circuit board device, wiring board connecting method, and circuit board module device A circuit board device, a wiring board connecting method, and a circuit board module device are provided for controlling a compression ratio of anisotropically conductive members within an optimal range, for restraining variations in the impact resilient force of th... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8068348 | Electrical power distribution unit and electrical punched grid therefor An electrical power distribution unit (1) for an electrical system has a printed circuit board (200) with a punched grid (100) arranged thereon. An electrical component (300, 310) is arranged on the printed circuit board on a side of the ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8040682 | Semiconductor device A semiconductor device comprises: a plurality of semiconductor chip; a socket; and a mounting board equipped with the socket. Each of the semiconductor chips has a major surface, a back surface and a plurality of connection terminals on the major surface. The socket... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040683 | Active dual in line memory module connector with re-driven propagated signals An Active edge connector for memory modules has a base including two PCB sides and a spacer separating the sides, with driver chips mounted on each side of each side, printed wiring electrically connecting a first set of electrical signals from each of the driver ch... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8014165 | Panel mount connector A connector for mounting to a panel is provided that includes a housing that has a front edge configured to be located proximate an opening in the panel. The connector also includes a tab that extends from the front edge of the housing where the tab is oriented to e... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8000108 | Method and apparatus for enhanced packaging for PC security A method having a socket for coupling signals between an electrical component and a circuit board or equivalent has a mechanism that, when activated, attaches the electrical component to the socket so that it is not possible to remove the electrical component withou... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7944709 | Micro-sensor and manufacturing method thereof The micro-sensor includes a first circuit substrate and a second circuit substrate. One surface of the first circuit substrate has an image sensing device electrically connected to main printed wires formed by a first wire group and a second wire group. On the other... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944708 | Structured light-emitting module for lighting apparatus A light-emitting module for a lighting apparatus comprises at least two substrates, each provided with a printed circuit having an LED, and plural matching terminal blocks and buckles so that the substrates can be structured into a planar light-emitting module havin... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7701725 | Computer system with riser card A computer system includes a chassis (10) having a bottom plate (12), a drive bracket (20) for securing at least one data storage device therein, a motherboard (40), and a riser card (30). The drive bracket is secured in the chassi... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7672141 | Alignment and support apparatus for component and card coupling A component and card coupling alignment and support apparatus includes a card. A primary component connector is mounted to the card. A primary component including a connection edge engages the primary component connector. A secondary component extends from the prima... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7613011 | Signal-segregating connector system A signal-segregating connector for use in a system having a printed circuit board, a first electrical structure and a second electrical structure. The connector includes a first set of conductive elements to convey signals between the first electrical structure and ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7602616 | Method and apparatus for assembling multi-core dice using sockets with multiple sets of front side bus contacts An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to assemble multi-core dice. A first socket has first N sets of front side bus (FSB) contacts to house a first package having first 2N dice. Each of the first 2N dice has M cores. N and M are positive integers. A... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7573724 | Memory module and connection interface between the memory module and circuit board A motherboard may have contact pads arranged along a peripheral region on one or both surfaces thereof. A memory module may have unit packages fixed to an upper plate and a lower plate of a module frame. The unit packages may be spaced apart from each other. The upp... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7567442 | CPU mounting apparatus A CPU mounting apparatus is disclosed. The CPU mounting apparatus includes a CPU receiver, two lever holders, two clips, two resilient members, a pair of levers, and a handle. The CPU receiver defines a cavity for receiving a CPU. The two clips are slidably mounted ... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7558072 | Adapter module An adapter module is described. The adapter module includes a circuit board, a first socket and an adapter device. One face of the first socket is electrically connected to the circuit board on the first face of the circuit. The other face of the first socket connec... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7542305 | Memory module having on-package or on-module termination A memory module adapted for installation in an open memory socket on a mainboard of a computer. The memory module includes a substrate with an edge connector comprising pins along an edge of the substrate, and at least one memory package mounted to the substrate and... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7539024 | Active dual in line memory module connector with re-driven propagated signals An Active edge connector for memory modules has a base including two PCB sides and a spacer separating the sides, with driver chips mounted on each side of each side, printed wiring electrically connecting a first set of electrical signals from each of the driver ch... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7539023 | Monolithic plug-in power supply A power supply is described. The power supply includes a main power connector and one or more circuit boards rigidly connected to the main power connector, including mechanical and electrical connection. The main power connector has a body that includes a plurality ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7440291 | Method of reducing noise induced from reference plane currents A method of reducing noise induced from reference plane currents is disclosed. The method includes routing a first path for an electrical trace on a circuit board such that the first path references a voltage plane. The method further includes routing a second path ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436675 | Constant current class 3 lighting system A flexible cable is provided for a lighting system having a power supply that includes a power supply input to receive a first signal having a first frequency and a circuit for converting the first signal to a second signal, and at least one luminaire coupled to a l... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7423885 | Die module system A flex circuit is populated on one or both sides with plural integrated circuit die. In a preferred mode, the flex circuit is populated with flip-chip die. One side of the flex circuit has a connective facility implemented in a preferred mode with edge connector con... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420813 | Fastening structure for stacking electric modules A fastening structure for stacking a plurality of electronic modules on a mainboard is provided. The fastening structure includes a locking member and a plurality of supporting members. The locking member is disposed on a first electronic module for locking the firs... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7407393 | Super slim compact flash (CF) light universal serial bus (USB) device An embodiment of the present invention includes a super slim compact flash (CF) light Universal Serial Bus (USB) device having a top cover, a top cover slot formed within the top cover and forming a top cover slot cavity, a sliding plug connector positioned within t... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7383992 | Memory card with host interface and including internal interface for receiving micro-size memory cards The invention is directed to a device that functions as an adaptor for a micro-memory card. The device includes a port to receive the micro-memory card and an internal interface within the port allows for electrical connection between the device and the micro-memory... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7373107 | Ultra-wideband wireless backplane A backplane for an electronic data communication system is disclosed. The backplane comprises at least one ultra-wideband transmitter configured to transmit data in the form of a plurality of pulses in a wireless manner and at least one ultra-wideband receiver confi... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369380 | Highly available dual serial bus architecture In a highly available storage system, an enclosure includes first and second power supplies, and first and second controller boards. Each of the first and second controller boards includes first and second serial bus controllers. First and second serial buses are co... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365280 | Switch and manufacturing method thereof A switch provided with a fixed contact and a movable contact coming into contact with each other and separating from each other. The surface of at least one of the fixed contact and the movable contact is provided with a plurality of recesses whose edges are overlap... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362572 | Techniques for redundant computing within a 1U form factor with improved resource partitioning and management An improved redundant computing apparatus includes a chassis assembly configured to (i) mount to a standard electronic equipment rack and (ii) consume substantially 1U of space in a particular direction (e.g., vertical height) within the standard electronic equipmen... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362588 | Flying capacitor type battery voltage detector In a flying capacitor type battery voltage detector on a circuit substrate, a large number of photo MOS switches having performance highly depending from temperature are dividedly disposed on front and back surfaces of the circuit substrate such that the photo MOS s... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360376 | Function transform sub-base Methods, devices and systems for coupling an HVAC controller to an HVAC system are provided. In several embodiments, a sub-base is provided allowing an HVAC controller to be coupled to a printed wire board to allow, in some cases, modification of the HVAC controller... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362589 | Circuit board adapted to couple to different types of add-in cards A circuit board comprising at least one slot provided on a surface of the circuit board. An add-in card can be mated to the slot. The slot comprises a first electrical connection adapted to couple to an add-in card of a first type and a second electrical connection ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359208 | USB device with metal plug shell attached to plastic housing A Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) device includes a PCBA mounted inside a molded plastic housing structure such that metal contacts are exposed on a plug portion of the housing structure, and includes a metal plug shell attached to the housing structure such that an uppe... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359216 | Small-frame computer with overlapping add-in cards A computer module for electrically coupling a motherboard with add-in cards comprises risers connected to the motherboard and oriented facing toward each other, where the risers are connected to the add-in cards at different elevations above the motherboard, so that... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352603 | Apparatus and methods for optically-coupled memory systems Optically-coupled memory systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system memory includes a carrier substrate, and a controller attached to the carrier substrate and operable to transmit and receive optical signals, and first and second memory modules. The module ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351072 | Memory module, memory extension memory module, memory module system, and method for manufacturing a memory module A memory extension memory module, a memory module system, and a memory module is disclosed. The memory module including at least one memory device and a connector for connecting the memory module to a computer system, wherein the memory module additionally includes ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347725 | Metal fixing member for fixing a connector to a wiring board A metal fixing member for fixing a connector to a wiring board, includes a board fixing portion that is adapted to be secured to the wiring board, a housing mounting portion that is disposed in upstanding relation to the board fixing portion, and is adapted to be mo... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347700 | Electronic apparatus capable of mounting a plurality of modules According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: a casing; a circuit board provided in the casing; a connector mounted to the circuit board and detachably connecting a first module; and a first storing portion positioned between the first module and th... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349054 | Method of mounting flexible circuit boards, and display device The present invention is a method of mounting flexible circuit boards including: electrode groups formed on an insulating substrate; terminal groups formed in the vicinity of at least one side of the insulating substrate in such a manner as to be connected to outsid... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347736 | Reduced-length, low-profile USB device and card-like carrier A USB device in which all of the devices ICs are located on a lower surface of a PCB (i.e., opposite to the metal contacts) to minimize the device's thickness, and at least one of the ICs is positioned on a relatively narrow portion of the USB plug to minimize the d... | 03/25/2008 |
