Patent ID: 6246588
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A computer motherboard comprising:a circuit board;first and second sockets mounted to said circuit board, each socket having a module-receiving portion with a key portion asymmetrically located with respect to said module-receiving portion to permit a complementarily keyed module to be inserted into the socket in only one of two possible orientations, at least one of said sockets configured to receive two modules;said first and second sockets each being configured with their respective key portions in opposite asymmetric locations so that said first socket allows the module to be inserted in only a first of the two possible orientations and said second socket allows the module to be inserted in only a second of the two possible orientations; anda set of conductive traces formed on or in said circuit board for providing electrical connections to modules inserted in said sockets.