Patent ID: 6502221
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: G06F,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A prototype development apparatus comprising:a logic board (LB) including a plurality of integrated circuit (IC) sites each adapted to receive an IC, logic traces coupled to each of said IC sites, and a plurality of logic board connector sites (LBCSs) each adapted to receive a connector and coupled to a number of said logic traces; and a mezzanine board (MB) including a plurality of mezzanine board connector sites (MBCSs) each adapted to receive a connector and coupled to a number of mezzanine traces interconnecting said MBCSs; said LBCSs each including a plurality of pads each coupled to a logic trace; said LBCSs each including a pair of holes in said LB adjacent to said pads; said MBCSs each including a plurality of pads each coupled to a mezzanine trace; said MBCSs each including a pair of holes in said LB adjacent to said pads; wherein each of said connectors includes: a flexible printed circuit board having a plurality of traces with raised dots on a first side adapted to connect to a plurality of pads and raised dots on a second side adapted to connect to a plurality of pads; a first pair of threaded receptors configured to receive a pair of threaded bolts disposed through said pair of holes in said LB, and configured such that when said threaded bolts are tightened, to press said dots on said first side to said plurality of pads in said LBCS; and a second pair of threaded receptors configured to receive a pair of threaded bolts disposed through said pair of holes in said MB, and configured such that when said threaded bolts are tightened, to press dots on said second side to said plurality of pads in said MBCS.