Orthogonal cross-connecting of printed circuit boards without a midplane board

摘要

A line card of a set of line cards is configured to be coupled to a set of switch-fabric cards to collectively define at least a portion of an orthogonal cross fabric without a midplane board. The line card has an edge portion, a first side and a second side, opposite the first side. The line card includes a set of first set of connectors and a second set of connectors. The first set of connectors is disposed along the edge portion on the first side of the line card and the second set of connectors is disposed along the edge portion on the second side of the line card.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a line card configured to be included in a plurality of line cards and configured to be matingly coupled, without overlap, to a plurality of switch-fabric cards to collectively define at least a portion of an orthogonal cross fabric without a midplane board, the line card having an edge portion, a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the line card having a first plurality of connectors and a second plurality of connectors, the first plurality of connectors being disposed along the edge portion of the first side, the second plurality of connectors being disposed along the edge portion of the second side such that each connector from the first plurality of connectors is opposite a different connector from the second plurality of connectors.