Patent ID: 6147871
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: G06F,H05K

Abstract:
A low profile computer assembly, comprising:a circuit board having opposing major surfaces, wherein at least one of said major surfaces includes electrical circuitry disposed thereon;a riser card connector mounted on one of said circuit board major surfaces and being electrically connected to said electrical circuitry;a riser card having opposing first and second sides, said riser card attached to said riser card connector and held substantially perpendicular to said circuit board, wherein said riser card includes riser card traces disposed on at least one of said opposing sides of said riser card for electrically coupling to said electrical circuitry of said circuit board through said riser card connector;a first edge-card peripheral card connector mounted on said first side of said riser card, said first peripheral card connector extending substantially perpendicularly outward from said first side such that said connector is held substantially parallel with respect to said circuit board major surfaces, wherein said first edge-card peripheral card connector includes edge-card peripheral card contacts electrically coupled to some of said riser card traces, wherein said first edge-card peripheral card connector supports a first bus form factor for a first peripheral bus conforming to a first bus protocol specification; anda second edge-card peripheral card connector mounted on said second, opposite side of said riser card such that said first and second peripheral card connectors are mounted directly opposed from one another on said first and said second sides of said riser card, whereby said first and second peripheral card connectors are held substantially parallel with respect to said circuit board major surfaces along a single axis, wherein said second edge-card peripheral card connector includes edge-card peripheral card contacts electrically coupled to some of said riser card traces, and wherein said second edge-card peripheral card connector supports a second bus form factor for a second peripheral bus conforming to a second bus protocol specification.