Patent ID: 8493745
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A low-profile personal computer motherboard comprising: a personal computer motherboard having a motherboard substrate; chips mounted on the personal computer motherboard including a processor chip; motherboard metal contacts formed along a first edge of the motherboard substrate; an edge connector having a first opening that is sized to receive the first edge of the motherboard substrate; a memory module having memory chips mounted to a memory module substrate; metal contacts formed along an insertion edge of the memory module substrate; wherein the edge connector further comprises a second opening that is sized to receive the insertion edge of the memory module substrate; metal clips, within the edge connector, that make physical and electrical contact with the motherboard metal contacts when the motherboard substrate is inserted into the first opening, and make physical and electrical contact with the metal contacts when the memory module substrate is inserted into the second opening, the metal clips having interconnect to electrically connect metal contacts from the memory module substrate to the motherboard metal contacts when both the memory module substrate and the motherboard substrate are inserted into the edge connector, whereby the memory module is edge-mounted to the personal computer motherboard, wherein the motherboard substrate is a multi-layer printed-circuit board (PCB) having metal layers sandwiched between insulating layers, wherein a height of the personal computer motherboard and all components mounted thereon is less than a height of a memory module inserted into a memory module socket that is mounted to a top surface of a standard motherboard, whereby height is reduced by edge mounting the memory module using the edge connector.