Patent Publication Number: US-11640512-B2

Title: Multimedia card and mobile electronic device

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a National Stage of International Application No. PCT/CN2019/096436, filed on Jul. 17, 2019, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201811069348.0, filed on Sep. 13, 2018. Both of the aforementioned applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties 
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     Embodiments of this application relate to the field of memory card technologies, and in particular, to a multimedia card and a mobile electronic device. 
     BACKGROUND 
     A SIM (Subscriber Identification Module) card is also referred to as a subscriber identity module card or a smart card, and a GSM digital mobile phone needs to be equipped with the SIM card for use. An SD memory card is a new-generation memory device based on a semiconductor flash memory, and is widely used in portable apparatuses because of excellent characteristics of the SD memory card, such as a small size, a high data transfer speed, and a hot-pluggable characteristic. 
     With development of mobile terminals, currently, two card slots are usually disposed in one card tray, so that both the SIM card and the SD card can be installed. 
     SUMMARY 
     A technical solution used in this application is to provide a multimedia card. The multimedia card includes a substrate, and a main control chip, a memory chip, and an interface contacts that are disposed on the substrate. The main control chip and the memory chip are covered with a packaging layer. The interface contacts includes a power contact, configured to receive a first voltage that is input from the outside; and a transformer circuit is further disposed on the substrate, is coupled to the interface contacts, the main control chip, and the memory chip, and is configured to convert the input first voltage into a second voltage, to provide two types of power supplies with the first voltage and the second voltage for the main control chip and the memory chip. 
     Another technical solution used in this application is to provide a mobile electronic device. The mobile electronic device includes a SIM card slot and a memory card slot that are disposed on a same card tray. The SIM card slot and the memory card slot have a same shape, and the memory card slot is configured to accommodate the foregoing multimedia card. 
     The multimedia card provided in this application includes the substrate, and the main control chip, the memory chip, and the interface contacts that are disposed on the substrate. The main control chip and the memory chip are covered with the packaging layer. The interface contacts includes the power contact, configured to receive the first voltage that is input from the outside; and the transformer circuit is further disposed on the substrate, is coupled to the interface contacts, the main control chip, and the memory chip, and is configured to convert the input first voltage into the second voltage, to provide the two types of power supplies with the first voltage and the second voltage for the main control chip and the memory chip. In the foregoing manner, on the premise of ensuring a small size of the multimedia card, no additional power contact is added, only one power contact is used to connected to an external power supply with a single voltage, and a plurality of power supplies are formed by using the transformer circuit, thereby ensuring a multi-mode working environment of the multimedia card. An area of the multimedia card is reduced, and a quantity of working modes of the multimedia card increases. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
       To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of this application more clearly, the following briefly describes the accompanying drawings for describing the embodiments. It is clear that the accompanying drawings in the following descriptions show merely some embodiments of this application, and a person of ordinary skill in the art may further derive other accompanying drawings from these accompanying drawings without creative efforts. 
         FIG.  1    is a schematic structural diagram of a first embodiment of a multimedia card according to this application; 
         FIG.  2    is a schematic diagram of a circuit structure of a first embodiment of a multimedia card according to this application; 
         FIG.  3    is a schematic diagram of another circuit structure of a first embodiment of a multimedia card according to this application; 
         FIG.  4    is a schematic structural diagram of a second embodiment of a multimedia card according to this application; 
         FIG.  5    is a schematic structural diagram of a third embodiment of a multimedia card according to this application; 
         FIG.  6    is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a mobile electronic device according to this application; and 
         FIG.  7    is a schematic structural diagram of a card tray in an embodiment of a mobile electronic device according to this application. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
     Mentioning an “embodiment” in the specification means that a particular characteristic, structure, or feature described with reference to the embodiments may be included in at least one embodiment of this application. The phrase shown in various locations in the specification may not necessarily refer to a same embodiment, and is not an independent or optional embodiment exclusive from another embodiment. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by a person skilled in the art that the embodiments described in the specification may be combined with another embodiment. 
       FIG.  1    is a schematic structural diagram of a first embodiment of a multimedia card according to this application. The multimedia card includes a substrate  11 , and a main control chip  12 , a memory chip  13 , and an interface contacts  14  that are disposed on the substrate  11 . 
     Optionally, a passive element  15  may be further disposed on the substrate  11 . The passive element  15  may include common circuit components such as a resistor, a capacitor, and an inductor. 
     In this embodiment, the main control chip  12 , the memory chip  13 , and the passive element  15  are covered with a packaging layer  16 . In this embodiment, the main control chip  12  and the memory chip  13  are unpackaged dies. Usually, there are eight memory chips  13 , which are NAND flash chips, and are stacked on a surface of the substrate  11  layer by layer. In addition, in other embodiments, the main control chip  12  and the memory chip  13  may alternatively be packaged chips. 
     In an optional embodiment, the main control chip  12 , the memory chip  13 , and the passive element  15  are disposed on one side face of the substrate  11 , and the interface contacts  14  is disposed on the other opposite side face of the substrate  11 . 
       FIG.  2    is a schematic diagram of a circuit structure of a first embodiment of a multimedia card according to this application. The multimedia card further includes a transformer circuit  17  (not shown in  FIG.  1   ), coupled to the interface contacts  14 , the main control chip  12 , and the memory chip  13 . The interface contacts  14  is configured to receive a first voltage V 1  that is input from the outside, and the transformer circuit  17  is configured to convert the input first voltage V 1  into a second voltage V 2 , to provide two types of power supplies with the first voltage V 1  and the second voltage V 2  for the main control chip  12  and the memory chip  13 . 
     It may be understood that the interface contacts is coupled to the transformer circuit  17 , the main control chip  12 , and the memory chip  13 , and therefore, the first voltage V 1  may be directly provided for the main control chip  12  and the memory chip  13 . The transformer circuit  17  is coupled to the main control chip  12  and the memory chip  13 , and therefore, after the first voltage V 1  is converted by the transformer circuit  17 , the second voltage V 2  may be provided for the main control chip  12  and the memory chip  13 . 
     In this embodiment, the transformer circuit  17  may also be disposed on the substrate  11 , and is covered with the packaging layer  16 . 
     In another embodiment,  FIG.  3    is a schematic diagram of another circuit structure of a first embodiment of a multimedia card according to this application. In this embodiment, a transformer circuit  12   a  is integrated into the main control chip  12 . 
     It may be understood that the interface contacts is coupled to the transformer circuit  12   a , the main control chip  12 , and the memory chip  13 , and therefore, a first voltage V 1  may be directly provided for the main control chip  12  and the memory chip  13 . The transformer circuit  12   a  is coupled to the main control chip  12  and the memory chip  13 , and therefore, after the first voltage V 1  is converted by the transformer circuit  12   a , a second voltage V 2  may be provided for the main control chip  12  and the memory chip  13 . 
     In this embodiment, to reduce an area of the multimedia card, a quantity of interface contacts is reduced as much as possible on the premise that more memory card working modes can be supported. Because of multi-mode working performance of the multimedia card, different voltages need to be used. Therefore, the transformer circuit provides an additional voltage for the multimedia card, so that the multimedia card can work in more modes. It may be understood that, when the multimedia card works in a first mode, the multimedia card uses the first voltage V 1 ; or when the multimedia card works in a second mode, the multimedia card uses the second voltage V 2 . 
     The multimedia card provided in this application includes the substrate, and the main control chip, the memory chip, and the interface contact that are disposed on the substrate. The main control chip and the memory chip are covered with the packaging layer. The interface contact includes a power contact, configured to receive the first voltage that is input from the outside; and the transformer circuit is further disposed on the substrate, is coupled to the interface contact, the main control chip, and the memory chip, and is configured to convert the input first voltage into the second voltage, to provide the two types of power supplies with the first voltage and the second voltage for the main control chip and the memory chip. In the foregoing manner, on the premise of ensuring a small size of the multimedia card, no additional power contact is added, only one power contact is used to connect an external power supply with a single voltage, and a plurality of power supplies are formed by using the transformer circuit, thereby ensuring a multi-mode working environment of the multimedia card. The area of the multimedia card is reduced, and a quantity of working modes of the multimedia card increases. 
       FIG.  4    is a schematic structural diagram of a second embodiment of a multimedia card according to this application. The multimedia card  10  includes two opposite long edges and two opposite short edges, that is, a first long edge L 1 , a first short edge L 2 , a second long edge L 3 , and a second short edge L 4 , where a length of the long edge is 12.3±0.1 mm, and a length of the short edge is 8.8±0.1 mm. 
     Optionally, there is a first chamfered part between a long edge and a short edge that are adjacent to each other, the first chamfered part is a 45° chamfer, and a distance from one end to the other end of the chamfer is 1.65 mm. For example, the first chamfered part is disposed between the first long edge L 1  and the first short edge L 2 . 
     Optionally, an arc-shaped chamfer is further disposed between the chamfered part and the first long edge L 1 , and another arc-shaped chamfer is further disposed between the chamfered part and the first short edge L 2 , where a radius of the arc-shaped chamfer is 0.8 mm. 
     In addition, chamfers may be disposed between the first long edge L 1  and the second short edge L 4 , between the second short edge L 4  and the second long edge L 3 , and between the second long edge L 3  and the first short edge L 2 . 
     Optionally, a thickness of the multimedia card  10  is 0.7±0.1 mm. 
       FIG.  5    is a schematic structural diagram of a third embodiment of a multimedia card according to this application. The multimedia card  10  is a memory card using the eMMC (Embedded Multi Media Card) protocol. eMMC is an embedded memory standard specification formulated by the MMC association mainly for products such as a mobile phone or a tablet computer. 
     In this embodiment, an interface contact  14  is an interface contact using the eMMC protocol, and includes eight contacts, a power contact is configured to receive a 3.3 V voltage that is input from the outside, and a transformer circuit is configured to convert 3.3 V into 1.8 V. 
     As shown in  FIG.  5   , the eight contacts are respectively represented by numbers 1 to 8, and the eight contacts are arranged in a manner of four rows and two columns by using a long edge of the multimedia card  10  as the row and a short edge of the multimedia card  10  as the column. The interface contact includes a first contact, a second contact, a third contact, and a fourth contact that are arranged in the first column in order, and a fifth contact, a sixth contact, a seventh contact, and an eighth contact that are arranged in the second column in reversed order. 
     Optionally, the first contact corresponds to a first chamfered part  51 , and a corner that is of the first contact and that corresponds to the first chamfered part  51  is disposed as a second chamfered part  52 . 
     Optionally, the fourth contact includes an L-shaped first body  4   a  and a first extension part  4   b , and the first extension part  4   b  extends between the third contact and an adjacent short edge; and the fifth contact includes an L-shaped second body  5   a  and a second extension part  5   b , and the second extension part  5   b  extends between the sixth contact and an adjacent short edge. 
     It may be understood that, the contacts are insulated from each other. 
     In this embodiment, the interface contact  14  is configured to establish an electrical connection between the multimedia card  10  and an external device, and an external interface uses the eMMC protocol. In this embodiment, the interface contact  14  includes a 3.3 V power contact (VCC), a ground contact (GND), a clock contact (CLK), a command contact (CMD), and four data contacts (D 0  to D 3 ). In this embodiment, settings of the eight interface contacts are as follows: 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
               
               
                   
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                 D1 
               
               
                   
                 2 
                 CMD 
               
               
                   
                 3 
                 GND 
               
               
                   
                 4 
                 D3 
               
               
                   
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                 D2 
               
               
                   
                 6 
                 VCC 
               
               
                   
                 7 
                 D0 
               
               
                   
                 8 
                 CLK 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     In the standard eMMC protocol, eight data pins and two power supply inputs, that is, VCC (3.3 V) and VCCQ (3.3 V or 1.8 V), need to be provided. In this embodiment, to reduce an area of the memory card, the eight interface contacts are disposed, and therefore only the 3.3 V power supply input is reserved, and only four data contacts are disposed. The multimedia card in this embodiment supports the following rate modes: 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
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                 Mode 
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                 Bus width 
                 Frequency 
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                 Backward 
                 Single 
                 x1, x4, x8 
                  0 to 26 MHz 
                  26 MB/s 
               
               
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                 High speed SDR 
                 Single 
                 x1, x4, x8 
                  0 to 52 MHz 
                  52 MB/s 
               
               
                 High speed DDR 
                 Dual 
                 x4, x8 
                  0 to 52 MHz 
                 104 MB/s 
               
               
                 HS200 
                 Single 
                 x4, x8 
                 0 to 200 MHz 
                 200 MB/s 
               
               
                 HS400 
                 Dual 
                 x8 
                 0 to 200 MHz 
                 400 MB/s 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Because the multimedia card  10  provided in the embodiments is only provided with the 3.3 V power contact, and supports only the 3.3 V power supply input, an added transformer circuit  17  is configured to convert the input 3.3 V voltage into a 1.8 V power supply for output, to provide an 1.8 V power supply input for the main control chip  12  and/or the memory chip  13  (when the multimedia card works in the HS200 mode, the main control chip  12  needs to be provided with the 1.8 V power supply input). 
     In addition, in the foregoing embodiments, indication points may be further disposed on the substrate  11 , to indicate locations of the chips in a manufacturing process of the multimedia card  10 , so as to facilitate installation of the main control chip  12  and the memory chip  13 . It may be understood that these indication points are grounded. 
     It may be understood that, a shape and a size of the multimedia card provided in the embodiments are consistent with those of a nano-SIM card. Therefore, when the multimedia card is used in an embedded card tray, an occupied card tray area is relatively small, so that a size of the card tray is reduced. Furthermore, in an electronic device, an area of a circuit board in which a metal dome paired with the interface contact is located may be correspondingly reduced, to reduce internal space of the electronic device, and facilitate lightness and thinness of the electronic device. 
       FIG.  6    is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a mobile electronic device according to this application. The electronic device includes a device body  61  and a card tray  62  that can be embedded into the device body  61 . 
       FIG.  7    is a schematic structural diagram of a card tray in an embodiment of a mobile electronic device according to this application. The card tray  62  includes a SIM card slot  62   a  and a memory card slot  62   b . Shapes of the SIM card slot  62   a  and the memory card slot  62   b  are the same, and the memory card slot  62   b  is configured to accommodate the multimedia card provided in the foregoing embodiments. 
     It may be understood that, in an embodiment, the shapes of the SIM card slot  62   a  and the memory card slot  62   b  are the same, but positions and functions of interface contacts disposed on the SIM card slot  62   a  and the memory card slot  62   b  are different. Therefore, different cards correspond to different external contact elastomers. Thus, a sequence of the SIM card slot  62   a  and the memory card slot  62   b  is not changeable. Optionally, corresponding signs may be printed on the card tray  62 , so that a user can correctly place the SIM card slot  62   a  and the memory card slot  62   b  during installation. 
     In another embodiment, the two card slots may be alternatively placed horizontally, that is, a short edge of the SIM card slot  62   a  is adjacent to a short edge of the memory card slot  62   b.    
     The shapes of the SIM card slot and the memory card slot on the embedded card tray of the mobile electronic device provided in this application are the same, so that a size of the memory card slot is reduced. An area of an internal circuit board of the electronic device can be correspondingly reduced, to reduce internal space of the electronic device, and facilitate lightness and thinness of the electronic device. 
     The foregoing descriptions are merely implementations of this application, but are not intended to limit the protection scope of this application. Any equivalent structure or equivalent procedure variation made by using the content of the specification and accompanying drawings of this application, or an application of the content of the specification and accompanying drawings of this application directly or indirectly to another related technical field shall fall within the protection scope of this application.