Patent ID: 6768642
Filing Date: 2004-07-27
Classification: G06F,H05K

Abstract:
A circuit card assembly, comprising:a host card having connector assemblies and a conduction-cooling path mounted thereon; at least one base mezzanine card having electronic circuitry defining a component field, the at least one base mezzanine card being mounted to the conduction-cooling path of the host card and connecting to the connector assemblies; and supplementary mezzanine card having electronic circuitry mounted thereon, the supplementary mezzanine card being mounted to the host card such that a cooling path is provided between the supplementary mezzanine card and the host card and is located over at least a portion of the component field of the at least one mezzanine card, the supplementary mezzanine card being connected to another of the connector assemblies of the host card outside of a connector area and component field of the at least one mezzanine card, wherein the mounting of the supplementary mezzanine card to the host card prevents mechanical interference or contact between the supplementary mezzanine card and the component field.