Connection arrangement for electronic equipment to provide functional expansion in at least one dimension

摘要

A mother board is mounted in an electrical equipment frame and has the receptacle of a first connector attached thereto at one face. The plug of the first connector is attached to a daughter board at an interconnect edge so that the first connector can be engaged by movement of the daughter board toward the mother board along an axis perpendicular to the interconnect edge of the daughter board and to the face of the mother board. A mezzanine assembly is attached to the daughter board and includes a mezzanine board in spaced parallel relationship with the daughter board and having an edge which is substantially parallel to the interconnect edge of the daughter board and at which the receptacle of a second connector is attached to the mezzanine board. An interconnect board is mounted in the frame and has an edge at which the plug of the second connector is attached to the interconnect board. The interconnect board is oriented with the plug of the second connector parallel to the receptacle of the first connector and away from the mother board. The second connector is engaged substantially simultaneously with the first connector.