Patent ID: 6175508
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
A hardware architecture adapted to install an electronic circuit in a housing having a plurality of card slots, which are sized to support circuit cards having form factor comprising:a printed circuit board having a configuration that does not conform with said form factor, and containing said electronic circuit, said printed circuit board including a plurality of conductors that are sized and arranged to engage associated conductors of a backplane connector installed in said housing and exclusive of a pseudo circuit card supporting said printed circuit board, when a pseudo card supporting said printed circuit board is inserted into one of said plurality of card slots; anda pseudo circuit card supporting said printed circuit board and made of a material other than that of said printed circuit board, and conforming with said form factor, so as to be insertible into said one of said plurality of card slots, and thereby bring said plurality of conductors of said printed circuit card into engagement with said associated conductors of said backplane connector.