Interface card assembly for use in a bus extension system

摘要

An interface card assembly of a bus extension system for coupling a solid state drive to a host bus adaptor of a host computer includes a printed circuit board having an edge connector with a plurality of pins and a plurality of first conducting traces. The interface card also includes a plurality of first serially aligned plated holes disposed along a first center-line having a first end and a second and being disposed perpendicularly to the edge connector and a slot. The slot is milled in the printed circuit board so that the slot is parallel and adjacent to the first center-line and extends beyond the first and second ends thereby leaving each of the first plated holes in a semi-circular shape.

主权项

1. An interface card assembly of a bus extension system for coupling a solid state drive to a host bus adaptor of a host computer, said interface card comprising:
a. a printed circuit board having an edge connector with a plurality of pins, a plurality of first conducting traces, a plurality of first serially aligned plated holes disposed along a first center-line having a first end and a second and being disposed perpendicularly to said edge connector and a slot wherein said slot is milled in said printed circuit board so that said slot is parallel and adjacent to said first center-line and extends beyond said first and second ends thereby leaving each of said first plated holes in a semi-circular shape and wherein each of said first conducting traces electrically couples one of said pins of said edge connector to one of said first plated holes; b. a riser card having a plurality of second conducting traces and a plurality of second serially aligned plated holes disposed along a second center-line and a tongue wherein each of said second conducting traces is electrically coupled to one of said second plated holes wherein said tongue is snugly inserted into said slot of said printed circuit board so that each of said first semi-circular plated holes may be soldered to one of said second conducting traces; and c. a connector having a receptacle and a plurality of second pins configured for said receptacle wherein each of said second conducting traces is coupled to one of said second pins through one of said second plated holes and wherein said connector is mechanically coupled to said riser card so that the solid state drive may be inserted into said receptacle.